Vehicle 59610

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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 51633 during the unknown period are:

17/10/59	New to	Chaddesden	- stabled pending allocation
Dec-59	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)

Then the allocations for 59610 are:

17/07/83	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)	- also reported as 10/10/82
20/11/90	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

Modifications

Jul-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51633	59610	59640	51634					As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 17th October 1959
	51619	59610	59637	51649					Noted 20/03/71 - at Luton1
	51598	59610	59622	51644					Noted 09/09/1975 - at Luton2
	51636	59610	59627	51645					Noted 23/04/77 - on 18.13 St. Pancras – Bedford3
	51623	59610	59627	51626					Noted 13/02/79 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51623	59610	59627	51626					Noted 14/02/79 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51623	59610	59627	51626					Noted 15/02/79 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51604	59610	59627	51623					Noted 02/03/79 - on 11.15 Luton – Bedford with 51624 + 59594 + 59641 + 516253
	51599	59610	59644	51646					Noted 05/04/79 - on 12.03 Luton – Cricklewood3
	51599	59610	59644	51646					Noted 12/04/79 - on 11.29 Elstree – Cricklewood3
	51599	59610	59644	51646					Noted 21/04/79 - on 02.05 Cricklewood – Bedford3
	51598	59610	59622	51608					Noted 05/05/79 - on 07.45 Bedford – Cricklewood with 51607 + 59594 + 59641 + 516243
	51606	59610	59622	51639					Noted 23/05/79 - on 15.03 Luton – Cricklewood3
	51624	59610	59622	51646					Noted 10/06/79 - on 04.35 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51607	59610	59625	51608					Noted 13/07/79 - on 18.22 St. Albans – Bedford with 51597 + 59614 + 59634 + 516503
	51607	59610	59625	51627					Noted 28/08/79 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood3
	51607	59610	59625	51627					Noted 30/08/79 - on 23.51 Cricklewood – St. Albans3
	51626	59610	59625	51643					Noted 21/09/79 - on 23.10 Bedford - Cricklewood3
	51626	59610	59625	51643					Noted 01/10/79 - on 15.09 Cricklewood – Luton3
	51599	59610	59625	51626					Noted 17/10/79 - on 23.10 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51599	59610	59625	51626					Noted 21/10/79 - on 12.08 Cricklewood – Bedford3
	51599	59610	59625	51626					Noted 24/10/79 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras3
	51599	59610	59625	51626					Noted 26/10/79 - on 12.03 Luton – Cricklewood3
	51599	59610	59625	51626					Noted 07/11/79 - on 19.17 Cricklewood – St. Albans3
	51598	59610	59625	51642					Noted 24/12/79 - on 13.02 Luton – Cricklewood3
	51598	59610	59625	51642					Noted 03/01/80 - on 11.09 Cricklewood – Luton3
	51598	59610	59625	51626					Noted 18/01/80 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford3
	51599	59610	59625	51622					Noted 15/02/80 - on 12.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood and 15.35 St. Pancras – Bedford3
	51599	59610	59625	51622					Noted 21/02/80 - on 01.45 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51599	59610	59625	51622					Noted 24/02/80 - on 22.29 West Hampstead – Bedford3
	51645	59610	59625	51649					Noted 18/03/80 - on 14.09 Cricklewood – Luton3
	51617	59610	59648	51645					Noted 31/03/80 - on a Bedford – Cricklewood working3
	51614	59610	59625	51645					Noted 18/08/80 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood3
	51614	59610	59625	51645					Noted 23/08/80 - on 07.10 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51614	59610	59625	51645					Noted 28/08/80 - on 19.02 Cricklewood – Kentish Town3
	51614	59610	59625	51645					Noted 06/09/80 - on 07.45 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51606	59610	59625	51645					Noted 10/09/80 - on 13.49 Cricklewood – St. Pancras3
	51606	59610	59625	51645					Noted 11/09/80 - on 13.49 Cricklewood – St. Pancras3
	51606	59610	59625	51645					Noted 21/09/80 - on 02.22 Cricklewood – St. Pancras3
	51606	59610	59625	51645					Noted 22/09/80 - on 17.03 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3
	50068	59610	50903						Noted 28/11/80 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood (116/127 hybrid)3
	50071	59610	50114	50903					Noted 22/12/80 - on 18.19 Cricklewood – St. Albans and 17.58 Moorgate LT - St. Albans (116/127 hybrid)3
	50071	59610	50114	50903					Noted 23/12/80 - on 17.58 Moorgate LT - St. Albans (116/127 hybrid)3
	50071	59610	50114	50903					Noted 23/12/80 - on 18.19 Cricklewood – St. Albans (116/127 hybrid)3
	51646	59610	59631	51649					Noted 07/03/81 - on 2G02 03.20 St Pancras – Bedford (staff)3
	51646	59610	59631	51649					Noted 20/03/81 - on 2C56 20.10 Bedford – St Pancras3
	51646	59610	59631	51649					Noted 23/03/81 - on 2C45 23.10 Bedford – St Pancras3
	51621	59608	59610	51636					Noted 12/05/81 - on 2H12 16.05 St Pancras – Luton (two TSLs)3
	51595	59608	59610	51636					Noted 10/06/81 - on 2C54 19.10 Bedford – St Pancras (two TSLs)3
	51595	59608	59610	51636					Noted 15/06/81 - on 2G02 03.20 St Pancras – Bedford (staff)(two TSLs)3
	51593	59610	59645	51622					Noted 25/01/82 - on 18.11 Kentish Town – St. Pancras3
	51593	59610	59645	51637					Noted 24/02/82 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51593	59610	59645	51637					Noted 26/02/82 - on 21.20 Cricklewood – St. Pancras3
	51597	59610	59645	51604					Noted 05/04/82 - on 08.31 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3
	51597	59610	59645	51604					Noted 11/04/82 - on 06.42 Cricklewood – Bedford3
	51639	59610	59645	51611					Noted circa 05/19824
	51611	59610	59645	51639					Noted 1st May 1982
	51593	59610	59631	51645					Noted 24/06/82 - on 08.01 Luton – Bedford3
	51625	59610	59631	51645					Noted 02/08/82 - on 07.54 Cricklewood – St. Pancras3
	51626	59621	59610	51638					Noted circa 01/19834
	51626	59610	59621	51638					Noted 05/01/83 - on 04.25 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51608	59610	59621	51626					Noted 25/01/83 - on 13.27 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3
	51608	59610	59621	51626					Noted 02/02/83 - on 16.50 St. Pancras – Luton and 17.55 Luton – St. Pancras3
	51608	59610	59621	51626					Noted 04/02/83 - on 16.50 St. Pancras – Luton and 17.55 Luton – St. Pancras3
	51608	59610	59621	51626					Noted 07/02/83 - on 08.59 Cricklewood – Luton3
	51608	59610	59621	51626					Noted 10/02/83 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51608	59610	59621	51626					Noted 11/02/83 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51648	59610	59621	51618					Noted circa 03/19834
	51648	59610	59621	51647					Noted circa 03/19834
	51647	59621	59610	51648					Noted 12/03/1983 - St Pancras4
	51599	59610	59621	51647					Noted 23/03/83 - on a St. Pancras – Cricklewood working3
	51599	59610	59621	51647					Noted 10/04/83 - on 16.20 Bedford – Cricklewood3
	51599	59610	59632	51647					Noted 14/04/83 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood3
	51599	59610	59632	51647					Noted 18/04/83 - on 12.39 Cricklewood – St. Pancras3
	51616	59610	59632	51647					Noted circa 05/19834
TS504	53059	59610	53104						Noted circa 12/19834
TS504	53059	59610	53104						Noted circa 10/19844
TS504	53059	59610	53104						Noted circa 01/19854
TS504	53059	59610	53104						Noted 12/02/1985 - 0805 Hereford to Reading
TS629	53079	59610	53114						Formation change - TS - circa Sep-85 - 59610 replaced 59603
TS629	53079	59610	53114						Noted circa 10/19854
TS629	53079	59610	53114						Noted 09/12/85 - at Norwich5
TS629	53079	59610	53114						Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
	51133	59610	53886						Noted 20/01/87 - at Norwich5
T602	53082	59610	53886						Listed at TS - Jul-87
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886					Formed at TS Aug-87
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886					Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886					Noted circa 05/19884
T401	51662	59610	59743	51149					Noted circa 12/19884
T401	51662	59610	59743	53886					Noted circa 03/19894
T401	51662	59610	59743	53886					Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886					Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	51662	59743	59610	53886					Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot6
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886					Listed at TS - mid May-90

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Gerald Brown
6: Jeremy Goodyear

Images:

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7th June 1986

Hiding behind the smoke from Metropolitan 1 is Class 127 TSL 59610 with Class 116 DMS 53114 on the left. The DMBS is likely 53079, the three vehicles formed set TS629 at the time. Tyseley depot, 7 June 1986. Keith Miller.

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10th September 1991

Class 127 TSL at Snailwell on 10th September 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: August 1964

Set number: 304

Derby suburban triple set 304 seen at Widney Manor with a Leamington service in early August 1964. DMBS 50059 leads, presumably with 59004 + 50104. The set would become TY504 and then TS504, retaining the same vehicles until 1983 when Class 127 TSL 59610 replaced 59004 as a means of reducing the number of vehicles containing asbestos. Michael Mensing.

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Date: 8th April 1983

A London Midland Region publicity image (negative W19344/4) dated 8 April 1983. The details on the rear has the title 'Midland Suburban Electrification - London-Bedford' and the text 'A four-car diesel multiple unit leaving St. Pancras station. The trains are shortly to be replaced by four-car Class 317 electric multiple units.' Leading is M51599, the second car is M59610 in blue/grey livery. British Rail.

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Date: 7th July 1984

Set number: TS504

A Class 116 DMU at University, Birmingham on 07/07/84. Partly obscured, the set number TSx04 and the corner damage suggest this is set TS504 and 53059, the 127 centre car is probably 59610. Steve Jones.

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Date: 1st June 1986

Set number: TS629

TS629 (presumably 53114 + 59610 + 53079) with another set are seen on a Coalville depot open day shuttle approaching Coalville on 1 June 1986. The are passing another six-car formation which included DMBS M53055 with the WM logo on the van side. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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Date: 6th May 1987

Set number: TS602

53082/59610/53886 running 25 minutes late on the 12.59 Reading to Birmingham New Street at Leamington Spa on 06/05/87. Steve Jones.

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Date: September 1988

Set number: T401

A four-car suburban DMU - set T401 - sits in Sheffield station in September 1988. Closest is Class 115 DMBS 51662, the centre cars are presumably Class 115 TS 59743 and Class 127 TSL 59610. The rear car is a Class 116 DMS. George Woods.

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Date: September 1988

Set number: T40

A four-car suburban DMU at Sheffield in September 1988. Closest is a Class 1l6 DMS with the set number missing the last digit - it could be a stand in for the regular vehicle. At the far end is Class 115 DMBS 51662, the two centre cars are presumably Class 127 TSL 59610 and Class 115 TS 59743. George Woods.

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Date: 11th March 1989

Set number: T401

A four-car Tyseley DMU, set 401, passing the signalbox at Bearley Junction on 11 March 1989. This unit is a right hotch-potch with a class 116 DMS 53886, class 115 TS 59743, class 127 TSL 59610 and Class 115 DMBS 51662. This mixture of types was far from unusual at Tyseley around this time with the depot using whatever they had available to keep trains running at a time of dreadful reliability. Peter Tandy.

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Date: 15th March 1989

Set number: T401

Hybrid 4-car DMU with Class 115 DMBS 51662 leading arriving Lichfield Trent Valley from Birmingham on 15-3-89. The set is presumably formed 51662+59610+59743+53886, Class 115+127+115+116, DMBS+TLS+TS+DMS, but formations were very fluid at Tyseley at this time! On Tour With The Class 13 Army.