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Vehicle 59591

Class 127

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square / Red Triangle
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30522
Diagram: 589

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 51595 during the unknown period are:

20/06/59	New to	Chaddesden	- pending allocation
Dec-59	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)

Then the allocations for 59591 are:

11/10/83	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
10/06/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
23/06/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Notes

November 1986 - 59590/1 listed as transferred to Eastfield but move cancelled

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 30/09/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51595	59591	59621	51596	As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 20th June 1959 - pending allocation
	51612	59640	59591	51622	Noted 02/09/71 - at Kentish Town¹
	51612	59642	59591	51622	Noted 24/09/71 - in St Pancras¹
	51612	59591	59628	51637	Noted 21/12/78 - on 09.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood²
	51612	59591	59628	51638	Noted 15/02/79 - on 12.15 Luton – Bedford²
	51612	59591	59628	51638	Noted 19/02/79 - on 21.54 Cricklewood – St. Pancras²
	51612	59591	59628	51638	Noted 23/02/79 - on 13.00 Bedford – Luton²
	51612	59591	59628	51638	Noted 24/02/79 - on 13.16 Luton – Cricklewood²
	51603	59591	59628	51650	Noted 16/03/79 - on 09.15 Cricklewood – Luton with 51617 + 59606 + 59636 + 51627²
	51603	59591	59628	51650	Noted 26/03/79 - on 13.43 Elstree – Bedford²
	51603	59591	59628	51650	Noted 30/03/79 - on 04.28 Bedford – Cricklewood²
	51603	59591	59628	51650	Noted 01/04/79 - on a Bedford – Cricklewood service²
	51604	59591	59643	51618	Noted 05/03/80 - on 05.05 Bedford – Cricklewood²
	51604	59591	59643	51618	Noted 15/03/80 - on 02.05 Cricklewood – Bedford²
	51604	59591	59643	51618	Noted 20/03/80 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood²
	51604	59591	59643	51618	Noted 09/04/80 - on 16.47 Bedford – Cricklewood²
	51604	59591	59643	51618	Noted 20/04/80 - on 06.42 Cricklewood – Bedford²
	51604	59591	59643	51618	Noted 29/04/80 - on 21.10 Bedford – Luton²
	51597	59591	59643	51645	Noted 10/05/80 - on 05.05 Bedford – St. Albans²
	51613	59591	59642	51614	Noted 11/09/80 - on 11.00 Bedford – Luton²
	51613	59591	59642	51614	Noted 24/09/80 - on 16.59 Cricklewood – St. Pancras and 17.38 St. Pancras – Bedford²
	51613	59591	59642	51614	Noted 25/09/80 - on 19.37 St. Pancras – Bedford²
	51618	59591	59636	51623	Noted 18/01/81 - on 2G13 17.40 St Pancras – Bedford²
	51600	59591	59636	51627	Noted 24/02/81 - on 2C14 07.30 St. Albans – St Pancras²
	51600	59591	59636	51627	Noted 05/03/81 - on 2C57 21.15 Luton – St Pancras²
	51600	59591	59636	51627	Noted 09/03/81 - on 2C41 14.00 Luton – St. Pancras²
	51600	59591	59636	51627	Noted 16/03/81 - on 2C42 14.00 Bedford – St Pancras²
	51610	59591	59637	51622	Noted 11/04/81 - on 2C07 05.05 Bedford – St Pancras²
	51610	59591	59637	51622	Noted 25/04/81 - on 2C07 05.05 Bedford – St Pancras²
	51600	59591	59637	51610	Noted 22/05/81 - on 2C57 21.30 Luton – St Pancras²
	51600	59591	59637	51643	Noted 29/05/81 - on 2G03 05.35 St Pancras – Bedford²
	51600	59591	59637	51612	Noted 04/06/81 - on 2H12 16.05 St Pancras – Luton²
	51600	59591	59637	51612	Noted 07/06/81 - on 2G05 09.50 St Pancras – Bedford²
	51600	59591	59637	51611	Noted 18/06/81 - on 2C14 07.30 St Albans – St Pancras²
	51600	59591	59637	51611	Noted 06/08/81 - on 2C10 05.45 Kettering – St Pancras²
	51600	59591	59637	51611	Noted 13/08/81 - on 2G03 05.35 St Pancras – Bedford²
	51600	59591	59637	51611	Noted 17/08/81 - on 2C59 22.15 Luton – St Pancras²
	51600	59591	59637	51611	Noted 20/08/81 - on 2K05 17.44 St Pancras – St Albans²
	51600	59591	59637	51611	Noted 26/08/81 - on 2C42 14.00 Bedford – St Pancras²
	51600	59591	59637	51611	Noted 28/08/81 - on 2C42 14.00 Bedford – St Pancras²
	51604	59591	59637	51618	Noted 13/10/81 - on 2G09 10.27 St Pancras – Bedford²
	51623	59591	59640	51634	Noted 11/12/81 - on 2C25 07.57 Bedford – St Pancras²
	51623	59591	59640	51634	Noted 20/12/81 - on 2C14 16.20 Bedford – St Pancras²
	51623	59591	59640	51634	Noted 31st December 1981
	51622	59591	59626	51630	Noted 12/02/82 - on 14.16 Luton – Bedford²
	51614	59591	59631	51638	Noted 18/03/82 - on 09.57 St. Pancras – Kentish Town²
	51614	59591	59631	51638	Noted 15/04/82 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood²
	51640	59591	59631	51645	Noted circa 05/1982³
	51640	59591	59631	51645	Noted 14/05/82 - on 10.16 Luton – Bedford²
	51610	59591	59642	51650	Noted 05/08/82 - on 11.00 Bedford – Cricklewood²
	51637	59591	59644	51646	Noted circa 11/1982³
	51598	59591	59644	51644	Noted 13/11/82 - on 10.15 Bedford – Luton²
	51598	59591	59644	51644	Noted 16/11/82 - on 20.10 Bedford – Cricklewood²
	51637	59591	59644	51644	Noted 24/11/82 - on a Cricklewood – Bedford working²
	51637	59591	59644	51644	Noted 25/11/82 - on 13:57 St Pancras to Luton
	51613	59591	59644	51644	Noted 24/12/82 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood²
	51639	59591	59644	51644	Noted circa 01/1983³
	51639	59591	59644	51644	Noted 08/01/83 - on 14.12 Cricklewood – Luton²
	51638	59591	59626	51639	Noted 28/01/83 - on 20.46 St. Albans – Bedford²
	51635	59591	59647	51644	Noted 21/04/83 - on 19.17 Cricklewood – Luton²
	51635	59591	59647	51644	Noted 25/04/83 - on 20.10 Bedford – Cricklewood²
	51644	59591	59647	51635	Noted circa 05/1983³
	51635	59591	59647	51644	Noted 06/05/83 - on 08.47 St. Pancras – Cricklewood²
	51625	59591	59647	51644	Noted 13/05/83 - on 02.06 Cricklewood – Bedford²
	51640	59591	59647	51644	Noted 05/06/83 - on 06.42 Cricklewood – Bedford²
	51640	59591	59647	51644	Noted 07/06/83 - on 17.54 St. Pancras – Cricklewood²
TS615	53850	59591	53102		Noted circa 09/1984³
TS615	53850	59591	53102		Listed at TS - May-85
TS615	53850	59591	53102		Noted circa 11/1985³
	53850	59591	53102		Noted 07/12/85 - on 15:30 Leamington - Birmingham Moor Street service⁴
TS615	53850	59591	53102		Noted 01/06/1986 - Coalville Depot open day shuttles to and from Leicester TS611+TS615
TS615	53850	59591	53102		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS615	53850	59591	53102		Noted circa 02/1987³
TS615	53102	59591			Noted 25/02/1987 - at Old Oak Common⁵
TS615	53850	59591	53102		Noted circa 06/1987³
T615	53850	59591	53102		Listed at TS - Jul-87
	53850	59591	53102		Noted 02/09/87 - on 14.10 Machynllech - Pwllheli
T412	51867	59446	59591	53102	Noted circa 01/1988³
T412	51867	59446	59591	53102	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T412	51867	59446	59591	53102	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Noted circa 10/1989³
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot⁶
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - mid May-90
T412	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted circa 12/1990³
T412	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted circa 03/1991³
L412	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted 19/03/91 - in Banbury area⁷
T412	51867	59591	59446	53055	Noted circa 05/1991³
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - Jul-91
T412	51867	59446	59591	53055	Listed at TS - Aug-91
T412	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted circa 09/1991³
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - Dec-91
T412	51884	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T412	51877	59591	59446	53116	Noted circa 09/1992³
T412	51877	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T412	51868	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - November 1992
T412	51860	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - 10/12/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Robert Chilton
6: Jeremy Goodyear
7: Aaron Calder

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 31st December 1981

M51623 + M59591 + M59640 + M51634 with the 11:57 London St.Pancras - Bedford service at Cricklewood, 31/12/81. John Carter.

Date: 1st June 1986

Set number: TS615

M53850 leads TS615 on a Coalville depot open day shuttle at Coalville on 1 June 1986. The Six Bells Junction website lists the other vehicles as 59591 + 53102 with the set on the rear being TS611 (53116 + 59611 + 53055). Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 5th June 1986

Set number: TS615

Tyseley's class 116 T615 (presumably 53850 + 59591 + 53102) working a Birmingham New Street to Hereford service approaches the stop at Langley Green station on a dull and misty 5 June 1986 as 31 142 takes chlorine tanks from Allbright and Wilson's through the yard at Rood End to Bescot and eventually ICI Wilton. Peter Tandy.

Date: 2nd September 1987

By September 1987 nearly all passenger trains on the Cambrian Coast were worked by Class 150 Sprinters, but this is a "heritage dmu" (formed 53102/59591/53850) crossing Barmouth Bridge on the 14.10 Machynllech - Pwllheli on 2 September 1987. Taken while I was waiting for "Manor" 7819 on a Barmouth - Machynllech working. Lewis Bevan.

Date: 17th November 1990

Set number: T412

Tyseley's set T412 at Small Heath station, which should have been headed by 53102 but had been reformed with 53116, followed by 59591, 59668 and 51867, on 17/Nov/1990. The formation was a mixture of class 116, 127 and 115 which was normal for most of the four-car sets at Tyseley at the time. Robert Chilton.

Date: 6th May 1991

Set number: T412

Tyseley's four car sets were mostly formed of class 115, 116 and 127 as was the case on 6 May 1991 when I photographed T412 (53055 + 59446 + 59591 + 51867) passing the now demolished Smethwick West signalbox with a Hereford to Birmingham New Street train. The class 47 waiting at the signal was 47813 working a railtour that had just visited Handsworth in the days before the line was re-opened through to Snow Hill. Just behind the camera the Handsworth line crossed the Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton route. This is now the site of Galton Bridge Station interchange where passengers can change trains between the two lines thus making the old Smethwick West station redundant. It's worth noting that any train leaving the Handsworth branch including this railtour had to run wrong line as far as Rood End Yard between here and Langley Green. Peter Tandy.

Date: 23rd January 1993

Set number: T412

T412 (53116 + 59446 + 59591 + 51860) at Redditch, having arrived as the 09:36 ex-New St, and about to form the 10:23 to New St. Note the wiring which was near to completion, spelling the end of most Tyseley DMU’s. 23rd January 1993. Gazza Prescott.

Date: 10th April 1993

Set number: T412

53116 at the rear of set T412, after arrival at New St as the 11.25 from Longbridge on 10/4/93. The set would reverse and then form the 12.06 to Redditch. On this day the other cars in the set were 59591, 59446 and 51860. At this time 53116 was approaching 36 years of service and would go on to achieve another two, all at Tyseley. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 10th April 1993

Set number: T412

51860 at the head of set T412 (51860/59591/59446/53116) leaves University station, Birmingham, on the 12.53 Redditch - New St on 10/4/93. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 10th April 1993

Set number: T412

53116 at the rear of set T412 (51860/59591/59446/53116) leaves University station, Birmingham, on the 12.53 Redditch - New St on 10/4/93. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 2nd May 1993

On 2 May 1993 Pathfinder ran a mini-railtour in connection with an open day at Worcester using 20138+20066. The 2 locos were, unusually, hauling two 4-car DMUs, T404 (51853+59735+59604+53919) + T412 (51860+59591+59446+53116) which ran from Birmingham New Street to Worcester via the Lickey incline, and then on to Hereford and back via Great Malvern. The first of four shots was taken as train slowed for the junction at Stoke Prior before it turned onto the single line to Droitwich and Worcester. Peter Tandy.

Date: 2nd May 1993

On 2 May 1993 Pathfinder ran a mini-railtour in connection with an open day at Worcester using 20138+20066. The 2 locos were, unusually, hauling two 4-car DMUs, T404 (51853+59735+59604+53919) + T412 (51860+59591+59446+53116) which ran from Birmingham New Street to Worcester via the Lickey incline, and then on to Hereford and back via Great Malvern. The second of four shots was taken after a quick drive down to Ashchurch with a couple of minutes to spare. It is interesting to note that the trees on the up side of the line were still quite small in 1993. They subsequently grew very tall and were felled in 2004. Peter Tandy.

Date: 2nd May 1993

On 2 May 1993 Pathfinder ran a mini-railtour in connection with an open day at Worcester using 20138+20066. The 2 locos were, unusually, hauling two 4-car DMUs, T404 (51853+59735+59604+53919) + T412 (51860+59591+59446+53116) which ran from Birmingham New Street to Worcester via the Lickey incline, and then on to Hereford and back via Great Malvern. There was plenty of time to run over to Stoke Edith, on the Worcester - Hereford line, to obtain the third of four shots. The sun still co-operated for this pleasantly rural view. Peter Tandy.

Date: 2nd May 1993

On 2 May 1993 Pathfinder ran a mini-railtour in connection with an open day at Worcester using 20138+20066. The 2 locos were, unusually, hauling two 4-car DMUs, T404 (51853+59735+59604+53919) + T412 (51860+59591+59446+53116) which ran from Birmingham New Street to Worcester via the Lickey incline, and then on to Hereford and back via Great Malvern. This was the final shot of four of the tour - no longer in full sun which infuriated some of the more vocal enthusiasts - but still quite an acceptable shot. It is the classic view at Stoke Edith which I expect is now so overgrown as to be unusable. Peter Tandy.

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