Vehicle 59649
Class 115
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30531
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 51651 during the unknown period are:
| 26/03/60 | New to | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
| Nov-60 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
| 4w/e 30/09/61 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| 4w/e 30/12/61 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| Feb-62 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D |
Then the allocations for 59649 are:
| 31/12/64 | Listed at | 1D (Marylebone) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| 26/10/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 11/05/88 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 02/06/88 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Notes
2nd June 1988 - Hauled from Newton Heath depot to Humberstone Yard via Toton depot by 31 230
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51651 | 59649 | 59664 | 51652 | As delivered to 9E - 26th March 1960 | |||||
| 51670 | 59668 | 59649 | 51868 | Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51670 | 59649 | 59668 | 51868 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Marylebone2 | |||||
| 51678 | 59668 | 59649 | 51909 | Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot3 | |||||
| 51669 | 59649 | 59677 | 51887 | Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone with 51676/59664/59730/518701 | |||||
| 51678 | 59753 | 59649 | 51886 | Noted 27/08/79 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51671 | 59649 | 59759 | 51862 | Noted circa 02/19824 | |||||
| 51656 | 59649 | 59762 | 51679 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||
| 51887 | 59649 | 59762 | 51889 | Noted 25/04/84 - on the Quaintonian shuttle with 51865 + 59651 + 59748 + 51678 | |||||
| 51895 | 59675 | 59649 | 51671 | Noted circa 11/19844 | |||||
| 51895 | 59675 | 59649 | 51671 | Noted circa 12/19844 | |||||
| 51671 | 59649 | 59675 | 51872 | Noted 27/05/85 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51675 | 59763 | 59649 | 51865 | Noted circa 10/19854 | |||||
| 51675 | 59649 | 59763 | 51865 | Noted 09/01/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51658 + 59736 + 59746 + 518775 | |||||
| 51675 | 59649 | 59752 | 51865 | Noted 28/04/86 - on 06.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe, 06.57 High Wycombe – Marylebone, 08.03 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 09.12 High Wycombe – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51675 | 59649 | 59752 | 51865 | Noted 02/05/86 - on 06.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe, 06.57 High Wycombe – Marylebone, 08.03 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 09.12 High Wycombe – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51675 | 59649 | 59752 | 51865 | Noted 21/05/86 - on 18.00 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone, the 2nd with 51872 + 59726 + 59756 + 518755 | |||||
| TS511 | 53832 | 59649 | 53913 | Noted circa 06/19874 | |||||
| T511 | 53832 | 59649 | 53913 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| TS511 | 53832 | 59649 | 53913 | Noted 31/10/19874 | |||||
| TS511 | 53832 | 59649 | 53913 | Noted circa 01/19884 | |||||
| T511 | 53832 | 59649 | 53913 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
Images:
circa June 1988
Class 115 TS M59649 is seen in Vic Berry's scrapyard in Leicester, circa June 1988. Malcolm Clements.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 27th August 1979
At Aylesbury on 27/8/79 working The Quaintonian shuttle to Quainton Road are 51886 - 59649 - 59753 - 51678. Robert Frise.
Date: 27th August 1979
51886 - 59649 - 59753 - 51678 at Quainton Road while working The Quaintonian shuttle, 27/8/79. Robert Frise.
Date: 25th April 1984
51865 at the head of the Quaintonian at Quainton Road on 25/4/84 which also contained 59651 + 59748 + 51678 / 51887 + 59649 + 59762 + 51889. Robert Frise.
Date: 25th April 1984
The Quaintonian has an audience as it makes a smoky departure from Quainton Road on 25/4/84, containing 51865 + 59651 + 59748 + 51678 / 51887 + 59649 + 59762 + 51889. Robert Frise.
Date: 25th April 1984
The Quaintonian shuttle departs from Quainton Road for Aylesbury on 25/4/84, containing 51865 - 59651 - 59748 - 51678 + 51887 - 59649 - 59762 - 51889. Robert Frise.
Date: 25th April 1984
Two Class 115 sets formed 51865 - 59651 - 59748 - 51678 + 51887 - 59649 - 59762 - 51889 arrive at Quainton Road while working the Quaintonian on 25/4/84. Robert Frise.
Date: 27th May 1985
Working the Quaintonian on 27/5/85 are 51872 + 59675 + 59649 + 51671. Seen at Quainton Road. Robert Frise.
Date: 27th May 1985
Sitting in Quainton Road are 51671 + 59649 + 59675 + 51872 while working the Quaintonian shuttle to Aylesbury on 27/5/85. Robert Frise.
Date: 19th July 1985
A Marylebone based class 115 passes on the down main line at Leamington Spa with am 1L04 High Wycombe to Matlock charter operated by Chiltern Trains on on 19 July 1985, long before privatisation and the official adoption of that name by the TOC. The set comprised of vehicles 51675, 59763, 59649 and 51671 and with 4 coaches was a relatively unusual sight at Leamington. The signal for the up main was on green so there had been a reasonable chance of a really messy picture with a third train in shot as the special passed a class 116 unit in platform 2 but all was well on this occasion. Peter Tandy.
Date: 11th July 1987
Set number: TS511
A bit of paint makes all the difference when applied to a class 116 DMU; the ubiquitous type of unit in the West Midlands in 1987. On 11 July of that year T511 with 53832 + 59649 + 53913 was approaching Bearley Junction when I photographed it working a Leamington Spa to Stratford-upon-Avon train. Peter Tandy.
Date: 24th September 1987
Set number: TS511
At Birmingham Moor Street 1987 on 24/9/87, 2 days before the closure of the terminal platforms, a class 116 DMU awaits departure with a Leamington Spa service. It carries set number TS511 in the window, by this date it would probably be known as set T511, presumably with 53832 closest with 59649 + 53913. Stephen Burdett.