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<- 59653 | 59654 | 59655 ->

Vehicle 59654

Class 115

BR Diagram 590

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 51661 during the unknown period are:

18/06/60 New to 14A (Cricklewood)
5w/e 05/08/61 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
4w/e 02/09/61 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D

Then the allocations for 59654 are:

31/12/64 Listed at 1D (Marylebone)
May-73Depot code changeME
Oct-88 Transferred to BY (Bletchley) - from ME
23/12/91 Withdrawn from BY (Bletchley) NXXZ

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 18/01/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51661 59654 59669 51662 As delivered to 14A - 18/06/60
51659 59674 59654 51671 Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1
51653 59752 59654 51893 Noted 08/09/76 - in Marylebone2
51652 59759 59654 51655 Noted 22/01/19773
51661 59654 59675 51869 Noted 26/05/80 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
51663 59665 59654 51665 Noted circa 02/19824
51659 59654 59672 51880 Noted circa 08/19824
51652 59654 59667 51666 Noted circa 10/19834
51895 59654 59753 51671 Noted circa 02/19844
51671 59753 59654 51676 Noted 02/06/84 - on RESL The Midland Engineer railtour
51655 59654 59745 51663 Noted circa 04/19854
51655 59654 59754 51663 Noted 31/08/85
51655 59654 59745 51663 Noted circa 10/19854
51655 59654 59745 51663 Noted 01/11/85 - on 16.30 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 17.35 High Wycombe – Marylebone5
51679 59745 59654 51871 Noted circa 11/19854
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 12/12/85 - on 19.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone5
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 29/01/86 - on 17.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51679 + 59657 + 59745 + 518715
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 31/01/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51674 + 59739 + 59750 + 518665
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 03/02/86 - on 07.04 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 08.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 29/03/86 - on 20.30 High Wycombe – Marylebone with 51679 + 59657 + 59745 + 518715
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 21/04/86 - on 16.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 17.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5
51651 59654 59749 51676 Noted 29/07/86 - on 22.38 Marylebone – Bicester and (next day) 00.10 Bicester – Marylebone ECS5
51651 59654 59749 51676 Noted 11/08/86 - on evening Aylesbury - Marylebone service5
51651 59654 59749 51676 Noted 13/08/86 - on evening Aylesbury - Marylebone service5
51651 59654 59764 51676 Noted 16/09/86 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.45 Banbury – Marylebone5
51651 59654 59764 51676 Noted 27/09/86 - on Marylebone – High Wycombe services5
51651 59654 59664 51676 Noted 30/09/86 - on 12.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 14.40 High Wycombe – Marylebone5
51676 59654 59764 51867 Noted 04/10/86 - on 08.38 Marylebone – Princes Risborough and 09.47 Princes Risborough - Marylebone5
51863 59654 59747 51876 Noted 01/12/86 - on 18.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone5
51863 59654 59747 51876 Noted 17/12/86 - on 18.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone5
51677 59654 59664 51678 Noted 09/04/87 - on 15.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and High Wycombe (16.38) – Marylebone (17.31)5
51677 59654 59664 51874 Noted circa 07/19874
51667 59654 59665 51874 Noted 16/09/19874
51667 59654 59665 51874 Noted 06/10/19874
51667 59654 59665 51874 Noted 21/12/19874
51667 59654 59665 51900 Noted circa 02/19884
51667 59654 59665 51900 Noted 15th April 1988
51674 59747 59654 51888 Noted circa 01/19894
51676 54274 59654 51894 Noted 19/02/90 - on services to Marylebone6
51678 59763 59654 51894 Noted 21/02/90 - on services to Marylebone6
51894 59654 59763 51900 Noted 30/03/90 - on services to Marylebone6
51894 59654 59749 51900 Noted 18/06/90 - on services to Marylebone6

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

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Bletchley depot

Unknown date

A bunch of loose Class 115 DMU vehicles stabled at Bletchley depot, date unknown. Probably in the 1970s, the freshly painted TS seems to be M59654. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 26th May 1980

51869 + 59675 + 59654 + 51661 on the Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road, 26/5/80. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 26th May 1980

An Aylesbury-Quainton Road shuttle-service, consisting of a 4-car Class 115 DMU (51869 + 59675 + 59654 + 51661), waits at Quainton Road station for passengers returning to Aylesbury after attending the Bank Holiday Open Day (May 26, 1980) at what is now known as the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 2nd June 1984

Bedford on the 2nd of June 1984 and we have the 1T08 RESL Midland Engineer Railtour worked by Class 115 DMU set 51676 59654 59753 and 51671. The tour ran from Marlyebone to Crewe and returned to St Pancras, outward via Neasden, High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Bedford, Leicester and Derby, return via Derby and the Midland Main line. Details are on Six Bells Junction. The KDH Archive.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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