Vehicle 59670
Class 115
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30532
Diagram: 599
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 51663 during the unknown period are:
| 14/05/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 5w/e 05/08/61 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
| 4w/e 02/09/61 | 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 59670 are:
| 31/12/64 | Listed at | 1D (Marylebone) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| 03/05/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 10/11/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) RDTS |
Modifications
Dec-87 - Gangway(s) fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51663 | 59655 | 59670 | 51664 | As delivered to 14A - 14/05/60 | |||||
| 51885 | 59736 | 59670 | 51898 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51658 | 59737 | 59670 | 51669 | Noted 24/10/71 - on Bletchley depot1 | |||||
| 51879 | 59739 | 59670 | 51882 | Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot2 | |||||
| 51871 | 59653 | 59670 | 51888 | Noted 13/04/1974 - at Banbury 3 | |||||
| 51671 | 59741 | 59670 | 51890 | Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot2 | |||||
| 51673 | 59741 | 59670 | 51890 | Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot2 | |||||
| 51678 | 59737 | 59670 | 51679 | Noted 18/06/77 - on Marylebone depot2 | |||||
| 51675 | 59670 | 59656 | 51886 | Noted 15/05/81 - at Aylesbury2 | |||||
| 51675 | 59670 | 59656 | 51677 | Noted circa 08/19814 | |||||
| 51865 | 59655 | 59670 | 51666 | Noted circa 02/19824 | |||||
| 51879 | 59670 | 59660 | 51668 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
| 51879 | 59670 | 59660 | 51891 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
| 51673 | 59660 | 59670 | 51876 | Noted circa 04/19844 | |||||
| 51666 | 59670 | 59744 | 51878 | Noted 17/06/86 - on afternoon Marylebone – High Wycombe services5 | |||||
| 51666 | 59670 | 59744 | 51878 | Noted 07/07/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51678 + 59663 + 59758 + 518695 | |||||
| TS516 | 53074 | 59670 | 53110 | Noted circa 04/19874 | |||||
| TS806 | 51880 | 59744 | 59670 | 53110 | Noted 18/06/19874 | ||||
| T806 | 51880 | 59744 | 59670 | 53110 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | ||||
| 51880 | 59744 | 59670 | 53110 | Noted 01/11/87 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| 53850 | 59670 | 53863 | Noted 11/12/87 - on 16:32 Birmingham New Street - Hereford6 | ||||||
| T339 | 53850 | 59670 | 53863 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T339 | 53850 | 59670 | 53863 | Noted 10/09/88 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| T339 | 53850 | 59670 | 53863 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| spare | 59670 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||||
| 53093 | 59670 | 53818 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot7 | ||||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59670 | 53093 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59670 | 53093 | Noted circa 05/19914 | |||||
| T323 | 53073 | 59670 | 53093 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
| T323 | 53093 | 59670 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||||
| T323 | 53818 | 59670 | 53093 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| spare | 59670 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||||
| T414 | 51880 | 59641 | 59670 | 53921 | Noted 01/08/92 | ||||
| T414 | 51880 | 59641 | 59670 | 53921 | Noted circa 09/19924 | ||||
| spare | 59670 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
6: Martin Baumann
7: Jeremy Goodyear
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th April 1988
Set number: T339
Suburban set T339 (53850 + 59670 closest, presumably with 53863) at Birmingham New Street on 15/4/88. Sparegang.
Date: 27th March 1989
Set number: T339
Two suburban sets - the first Class 116 T339 (presumably 53863 + 59670 + 53850) - at Prestatyn on 27/03/1989 with a service heading for Llandudno. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 10th March 1990
Set number: T323
Tyseley's set T323 53093 - 59670 - 53818 at Longbridge on 10/Mar/1990 heading for Redditch (formed 116DMS, 115TCL, 116DMBS). Robert Chilton.
Date: 18th May 1990
Set number: T328
T328 arriving at Worcester on 18/5/90, presumably formed 53132 + 59670 + 53073. Mike Cooper.
Date: 18th May 1990
Set number: T328
T328 leaving Worcester, 18/5/90, presumably formed 53132 + 59670 + 53073. Mike Cooper.
Date: 9th September 1990
Set number: T328
On Sunday 9 September 1990 I spent a few hours around the station area at Lichfield City as inter-regional trains were diverted from the main Derby line where an engineering possession was in place. Here is Tyseley's class 116 T328 (presumably formed 53132 + 59670 + 53073) after it had shunted from the station for reversal; the ground signal, which can be seen in front of the unit, had just been pulled off after the points were set to allow movement into the platform for Birmingham and Redditch-bound services. Peter Tandy.
Date: 13th April 1991
Set number: T323
Class 116/115 hybrid set T323 (53093 + 59670 + 53818) about to call at a gloomy-looking Wilmcote with a Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham service on 13 April 1991. A solitary passenger was waiting for the next train to Stratford. Peter Tandy.
Date: circa April 1992
Set number: T323
Hybrid Class 116/115/116 DMU T323 (presumably 53093 + 59670 + 53818) seen heading for Birmingham New Street. This is thought to be taken where Fenny Compton Road crosses the Oxford - Birmingham line near Wormleighton. The slide has a process date of April 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.