Vehicle 59626

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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: 30523
Diagram: 590

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 51605 during the unknown period are:

15/08/59	New to	Chaddesden	- stabled pending allocation
4w/e 30/01/60	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)

Then the allocations for 59626 are:

12/04/83	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
31/03/88	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 07/04/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51605	59596	59626	51606					As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 15th August 1959 - stored pending allocation
	51610	59589	59626	51629					Noted 08/08/1963 - South end of Midland Main Line1
	51596	59618	59626	51617					Noted 17/01/76 - on 20.10 Bedford – Luton2
	51647	59592	59626	51650					Noted 05/01/79 - on 13.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51647	59592	59626	51650					Noted 11/01/79 - on 13.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
	51595	59595	59626	51650					Noted 16/01/79 - on 07.33 Cricklewood – Luton2
	51640	59592	59626	51647					Noted 07/02/79 - on 12.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
	51640	59592	59626	51647					Noted 11/02/79 - on 06.20 Bedford – St. Pancras2
	51640	59592	59626	51649					Noted 16/02/79 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51640	59592	59626	51649					Noted 22/02/79 - on 14.03 Luton – Cricklewood2
	51640	59622	59626	51649					Noted 24/02/79 - on 20.35 St. Pancras – Bedford (no lavatory trailer)2
	51608	59595	59626	51628					Noted 04/06/79 - on 18.22 Bedford – Luton2
	51608	59595	59626	51628					Noted 06/06/79 - on 18.20 Bedford – Luton2
	51625	59595	59626	51649					Noted 04/07/79 - on 13.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51625	59595	59626	51649					Noted 04/07/79 - on 18.57 St. Albans – Bedford with 51596 + 59604 + 59633 + 516202
	51625	59595	59626	51649					Noted 06/07/79 - on 20.20 Cricklewood – St. Albans2
	51628	59595	59626	51649					Noted 12/07/79 - on 12.03 Luton – Cricklewood2
	51625	59595	59626	51649					Noted 14th July 1979
	51625	59595	59626	51649					Noted 14/07/79 - on 12.15 Luton – Cricklewood2
	51591	59595	59626	51612					Noted 17/08/79 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51612	59595	59626	51613					Noted 26/08/79 - on 08.20 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51612	59595	59626	51613					Noted 29/08/79 - on 03.31 Cricklewood – Bedford2
	51595	59595	59626	51613					Noted 18/09/79 - on 07.17 Cricklewood – Bedford2
	51595	59595	59626	51613					Noted 25/09/79 - on 13.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51595	59595	59626	51613					Noted 27/09/79 - on 13.02 Luton – Cricklewood and 19.53 St. Albans – Bedford2
	51595	59602	59626	51650					Noted 01/11/79 - on 12.42 Cricklewood – St. Pancras2
	51595	59602	59626	51650					Noted 02/11/79 - on 07.32 St. Albans – Cricklewood2
	51595	59602	59626	51647					Noted 23/11/79 - on 11.03 Luton – Cricklewood2
	51595	59602	59626	51647					Noted 25/11/79 - on 07.20 Bedford – Cricklewood and 14.47 Cricklewood – Bedford2
	51595	59602	59626	51647					Noted 27/11/79 - on 19.15 Luton – Cricklewood2
	51595	59602	59626	51626					Noted 04/12/79 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51626	59602	59626	51649					Noted 04/01/80 - on 11.16 Luton – Bedford2
	51633	59602	59626	51634					Noted 21/01/80 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51633	59602	59626	51634					Noted 15/02/80 - on 14.02 Cricklewood – St. Pancras (59602 presumed based on the previous day)2
	51619	59602	59626	51634					Noted 06/03/80 - on 12.09 Cricklewood – Luton2
	51619	59602	59626	51634					Noted 15/03/80 - on 15.10 Bedford – Luton2
	51619	59602	59626	51634					Noted 23/03/80 - on 04.35 Bedford – Luton and 12.02 Cricklewood – Bedford2
	51619	59602	59626	51634					Noted 25/03/80 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51619	59602	59626	51634					Noted 31/03/80 - on a Bedford – Cricklewood working2
	51613	59602	59626	51619					Noted 06/05/80 - on 15.09 Cricklewood – Luton2
	51613	59602	59626	51619					Noted 10/05/80 - on 06.28 St. Albans – Cricklewood2
	51613	59602	59626	51619					Noted 11/05/80 - on 12.02 Cricklewood – Bedford2
	51613	59602	59626	51619					Noted 24/05/80 - on 07.45 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51613	59602	59626	51621					Noted 29/05/80 - on 12.00 Luton – Cricklewood2
	51621	59602	59626	51647					Noted 06/06/80 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51621	59602	59626	51647					Noted 18/06/80 - on 17.48 Kentish town – Elstree2
	51621	59602	59626	51647					Noted 25/06/80 - on 05.35 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51597	59608	59626	51636					Noted 29/10/80 - on 21.15 Luton – Cricklewood2
	51636	59608	59626	51639					Noted 12/11/80 - on 18.18 Cricklewood – Bedford2
	51636	59608	59626	51639					Noted 13/11/80 - on 11.00 Bedford – Luton2
	51636	59608	59626	51639					Noted 21/11/80 - on 16.05 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51636	59608	59626	51639					Noted 02/12/80 - on 02.30 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51636	59608	59626	51639					Noted 08/12/80 - on 14.00 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51636	59613	59626	51639					Noted 16/12/80 - on 01.45 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51636	59613	59626	51639					Noted 19/12/80 - on 11.09 Cricklewood – Luton2
	51615	59613	59626	51639					Noted 11/01/81 - on 2C02 04.35 Bedford - St Pancras2
	51613	59613	59626	51625					Noted 01/02/81 - on 2C12 14.30 Bedford – St Pancras2
	51613	59613	59626	51615					Noted 03/02/81 - on 2G31 23.15 St Pancras – Bedford2
	51613	59613	59626	51615					Noted 10/02/81 - on 2C21 08.11 St Albans – St. Pancras2
	51603	59614	59626	51622					Noted 13/07/81 - on 2G01 01.54 St Pancras – Bedford (staff)2
	51603	59614	59626	51622					Noted 14/07/81 - on 2G02 03.20 St Pancras – Bedford (staff) and 2C57 21.15 Luton – St Pancras2
	51595	59614	59626	51649					Noted 14/08/81 - on 2G03 05.35 St Pancras – Bedford2
	51595	59614	59626	51649					Noted 27/08/81 - on 2H17 20.55 St Pancras – Luton2
	51595	59614	59626	51649					Noted 01/09/81 - on 2C02 01.45 Bedford – St Pancras (staff)2
	51595	59614	59626	51649					Noted 07/09/81 - on 2H08 11.57 St Pancras – Luton2
	51599	59614	59626	51633					Noted 08/10/81 - on 2C10 05.45 Kettering – St Pancras2
	51599	59614	59626	51633					Noted 22/10/81 - on 2G01 01.54 St Pancras – Bedford (staff)2
	51626	59600	59626	51633					Noted 30/11/81 - on 07.14 Bedford – Flitwick2
	51626	59600	59626	51633					Noted 14/12/81 - on 2C10 05.45 Kettering – St. Pancras2
	51626	59600	59626	51633					Noted 24/12/81 - on 2C39 13.00 Luton – St Pancras2
	51603	59600	59626	51617					Noted 18/01/82 - on 11.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51603	59600	59626	51617					Noted 19/01/82 - on 13.57 St. Pancras – Cricklewood2
	51622	59591	59626	51630					Noted 12/02/82 - on 14.16 Luton – Bedford2
	50068	59626	50114						Noted circa 04/19823
	51627	59606	59626	51645					Noted 18/05/82 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood2
	51627	59606	59626	51645					Noted 19/05/82 - on 07.30 St. Albans – Cricklewood2
	51597	59603	59626	51624					Noted 11/08/82 - on 06.15 Bedford – Cricklewood2
	51596	59626	59593	51613					Noted circa 11/19823
	51596	59593	59626	51613					Noted 13/11/82 - on 13.04 Cricklewood – West Hampstead2
	51596	59593	59626	51613					Noted 25/11/82 - on a Cricklewood – Bedford working2
	51597	59593	59626	51648					Noted circa 12/19823
	51597	59593	59626	51648					Noted 11/12/82 - on 02.06 Cricklewood – Bedford2
	51638	59591	59626	51639					Noted 28/01/83 - on 20.46 St. Albans – Bedford2
TS511	53054	59626	53106						Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS511	53054	59626	53106						Noted circa 09/19833
TS511	53054	59626	53106						Noted 10/10/1983 - at Birmingham New Street4
TS511	53054	59626	53106						Noted circa 02/19843
TS511	53054	59626	53106						Noted circa 08/19843
TS526	53070	59626	53095						Noted circa 02/19853
	53054	59626	53106						Noted 24/03/85
TS526	53070	59626	53095						Noted circa 12/19853
TS526	53070	59626	53095						Noted circa 02/19863
TS526	53070	59626	53095						Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS526	53070	59626	53095						Noted 29/07/1986 - at Hagley5
TS526	53070	59626	53095						Noted circa 01/19873
T526	53070	59626	53095						Listed at TS - Jul-87

Formation Sources
1: Tony Fowkes / BRCS
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Lumley
5: Robert Chilton

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: September 1983

Set number: TS511

A Class 116 DMU at Duffield in September 1983. It looks to be set TS511 (presumably 53054 + 59626 + 53106). Mel Smith.

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Date: 10th August 1985

Set number: TS526

Class 116 units were by far the most common to be seen at Leamington Spa and on 10 August 1985 TS526 (53070 + 59626 (class 127 trailer) + 53095) had just arrived from Birmingham Moor Street looking as if it had recently been repainted in the standard blue and grey. Peter Tandy.

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Date: 14th June 1986

Set number: TS526

It wasn't too difficult to take this sort of picture at Longbridge in 1986. There was a 15 minute local service on the Cross City line with some trains terminating here with others continuing to Redditch. I can't quite make out the unit number on the hybrid set about to leave on the up line on 14 June but think it may be T526 with class 116 power cars sandwiching a class 127 trailer. If I am correct then the car numbers are 53070 + 59626 + 53095 which were listed as being at Tyseley during 1987 although as a four-car set with another class 127 vehicle. It wasn't uncommon for Tyseley to muck about with their sets as faults developed and all sorts of odd combinations were seen. Peter Tandy.