Vehicle 59677
Class 115
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30532
Diagram: 599
Allocations
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 51677 during the unknown period are:
| 3w/e 02/07/60 | On loan to | 55H (Neville Hill) | - New |
| 4w/e 01/10/60 | On loan to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 01/04/61 | Ex-loan back to | Marylebone | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| 4w/e 30/12/61 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| 4w/e 31/03/62 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D |
Then the allocations for 59677 are:
| 31/12/64 | Listed at | 1D (Marylebone) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| 13/04/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| p/e 27/04/91 | Sector Change to | TS (Tyseley) PXXZ | |
| 13/02/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PXXZ |
Modifications
Sep-87 - Gangway(s) fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51677 | 59662 | 59677 | 51678 | As delivered to 55H - 3w/e 02/07/60 - on loan from LMR | |||||
| 51677 | 59662 | 59677 | 51678 | Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 01/10/60 - on loan from LMR | |||||
| 51677 | 59662 | 59677 | 51678 | Transfer to Marylebone - 4w/e 01/04/61 - Ex-loan ER | |||||
| 51869 | 59677 | 59744 | 51881 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51669 | 59677 | 59744 | 51876 | Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot2 | |||||
| 51669 | 59649 | 59677 | 51887 | Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone with 51676/59664/59730/518703 | |||||
| 51900 | 59677 | 59729 | 51865 | Noted circa 08/19814 | |||||
| 51673 | 59677 | 59655 | 51655 | Noted circa 06/19824 | |||||
| 51669 | 59655 | 59677 | 51673 | Noted circa 08/19824 | |||||
| 51673 | 59677 | 59655 | 51669 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| 51883 | 59732 | 59677 | 51874 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
| 51879 | 59677 | 59726 | 51866 | Noted circa 04/19844 | |||||
| 51866 | 59726 | 59677 | 51879 | Noted circa 04/19844 | |||||
| C450 | 51352 | 59677 | 51394 | Noted circa 10/1987 - recently transferred to Tyseley4 | |||||
| 51352 | 59677 | 51394 | Noted 13/12/87 - on 11:53 Barnt Green - Lichfield City5 | ||||||
| TS315 | 51352 | 59677 | 51394 | Noted circa 01/19884 | |||||
| T315 | 51352 | 59677 | 51394 | Listed at TS - 07/04/88 | |||||
| T315 | 51352 | 59677 | 51394 | Noted circa 05/19884 | |||||
| T315 | 51352 | 59677 | 51394 | Noted 13/08/88 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| T314 | 51348 | 59677 | 51390 | Noted circa 12/19884 | |||||
| T314 | 51348 | 59677 | 51390 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T314 | 51348 | 59677 | 51390 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| 51348 | 59677 | 51390 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot1 | ||||||
| T314 | 51348 | 59677 | 51390 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T314 | 51348 | 59677 | 51390 | Noted circa 12/19904 | |||||
| T314 | 51348 | 59677 | 51390 | Noted 16/03/1991 - At Crewe.6 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann
6: Dave Warby
Images:
31st March 1986
A Quaintonian service in Quainton Road (looking north) on 31 March 1985 with TCL M59677 and DMBS 51665. Dave Warby.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa February 1978
An official image (1 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 115 DMU Production' shows a set arriving at Marylebone circa February 1978. The leading car appears to be M51670, there are plain blue 115s on either side including 59677 on the right. British Rail.
Date: 31st March 1986
Two Class 115 DMUs for the the Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road on 31 March 1986. Front to rear are: DMBS 51899 + TS 59656 + TCL 59675 + DMBS 51900 with DMBS 51652 + TS 59726 + TCL 59677 + DMBS 51665. Dave Warby.
Date: 28th May 1988
Set number: T310
51373, 59486, 51415, 51352, 59677, 51394 at Ely North Junction with the 10.20 Yarmouth to Birmingham Nerw Street on 28th May 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 9th September 1990
Set number: T314
A picture from 9 September 1990 with class 117 T314 formed of 51348 + 59677 + 51390 working on the Birmingham Cross City line but only between Lichfield City and New Street. The unit is leaving the station to cross over and run back into the Birmingham departure platform, a move necessary before the line was electrified and equipped with bi-directional signalling. For those liking the sun on the front of their trains it seems that I timed both this and the above shot wrongly! Peter Tandy.
Date: 9th September 1990
Set number: T314
On Sunday 9 September 1990 inter-regional trains ran via Lichfield City on the Cross City line in the West Midlands. The usual DMUs were also running and as these terminated here a shunt between up and down platforms was required. In the picture class 117 T314 (51348 + 59677 + 51390), transferred to Tyseley from the Western region in 1988, is and passing the signal box as it entered the station from Birmingham before going out towards Alrewas for its reversal. Peter Tandy.