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Vehicle 59672

Class 115

BR Diagram 599

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 51667 during the unknown period are:

3w/e 02/07/60 New to 55H (Neville Hill) - on loan
4w/e 01/10/60 On loan to 30A (Stratford)
4w/e 01/04/61 Ex-loan back to Marylebone
4w/e 01/07/61 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D

Then the allocations for 59672 are:

31/12/64 Listed at 1D (Marylebone)
May-73Depot code changeME
07/12/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
11/06/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) RDTS

Modifications

Dec-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 11/11/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51667 59657 59672 51668 As delivered to 55H - 3w/e 02/07/60 - on loan from LMR
51667 59657 59672 51668 Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 01/10/60
51667 59657 59672 51668 Transfer to LMR - 4w/e 01/04/61
51665 59672 59660 51876 Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1
51665 59672 59660 51876 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Denham2
51880 59672 59740 51886 Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot3
51864 59737 59672 51892 Noted 09/1974 - at St Pancras4
51672 59657 59672 51867 Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone1
51659 59654 59672 51880 Noted circa 08/19825
51656 59731 59672 51679 Noted circa 04/19845
51880 59733 59672 51883 Noted circa 11/19845
51665 59733 59672 51883 Noted circa 04/19855
51652 59726 59672 51898 Noted circa 11/19855
51652 59672 59726 51898 Noted 05/11/85 - on 16.15 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 17.36 Aylesbury – Marylebone via Princes Risborough6
51652 59672 59726 51898 Noted 08/11/85 - on 19.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 20.30 High Wycombe – Marylebone6
51652 59672 59726 51898 Noted 14/11/85 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone6
51652 59672 59726 51898 Noted 15/11/85 - on 19.25 Marylebone – Banbury and 22.10 Banbury – Marylebone6
51652 59672 59726 51898 Noted 27/11/85 - on 15.05 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 16.00 High Wycombe – Marylebone6
51652 59672 59726 51898 Noted 20/12/85 - on morning Marylebone – High Wycombe services6
51652 59672 59726 51898 Noted 28/12/85 - on 18.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 20.42 Banbury – Marylebone6
51652 59672 59726 51898 Noted 10/01/86 - on 16.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 17.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone6
51652 59672 59726 51898 Noted 27/01/86 - on 17.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51678 + 59659 + 59754 + 518946
51652 59672 59726 51898 Noted 14/02/86 - on 19.50 Marylebone – Princes Risborough and 21.58 Princes Risborough – Marylebone6
51657 59672 59734 51863 Noted 16/05/86 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone6
51657 59672 59734 51863 Noted 02/06/86 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51656 + 59655 + 59749 + 51676 then 16.25 Aylesbury – Marylebone via Princes Risborough alone6
51657 59672 59738 51863 Noted 01/07/86 - on 15.05 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 16.00 High Wycombe – Marylebone6
51657 59672 59738 51863 Noted 02/07/86 - on 18.15 Marylebone – Banbury and 21.02 Banbury - Marylebone6
51657 59672 59738 51863 Noted 07/07/86 - on 18.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51656 + 59655 + 59749 + 516766
TS324 53053 59672 53101 Noted circa 06/19875
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted 20/06/87 - at Norwich3
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted circa 10/19875
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted 16/04/1988 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Trelewis Bog Railtour T303+T324
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted 24/07/89 - being hauled by 31408 on 2P82 1727 Llandudno-Derby
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted 10/12/1989 - Branch Line Society South Midlands Railtour T421+T324
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted 03/06/1990 - 14.40 Leicester to Burton-on-Trent via Coalville (Depot Open Day)
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted 19/03/91 - at Crewe7
T324 53053 59672 53101 Noted circa 05/19915
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T324 53053 59672 53101 Listed at TS - Dec-91
53060 59672 59757 51142 Noted 14/12/918

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Phil Shatford
7: Aaron Calder
8: Graeme Phillips

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: July 1975

BR (Derby) Class 115 4-car suburban dmu No.M51889 (Class 115), M59738 (173), M59672 (177), M51674 (115) in BR Rail Blue and all yellow front ends at Marylebone on an Aylesbury service, 07/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: September 1975

BR (Derby) Class 115 4-car suburban dmu No.M51889 (Class 115), M59738 (173), M59672 (177), M51674 (115) in BR Rail Blue and all yellow front ends at Marylebone on an Aylesbury service, 09/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 21st June 1986

Class 115 DMUs in Aylesbury station on 21 June 1986. Closest is 51863, the other vehicles in the set noted as 59672 + 59738 + 51657. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 13th September 1987

Set number: T324

Class 116 DMS 53101 at the rear of set T324 formed with class 115 TC 59672 and class 116 DMBS 53053 at Sleaford on 13/Sep/1987. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 4th October 1987

Set number: T324

The stabling sidings at Leamington on 4 October 1987 contain two dmu sets and Class 31 no. 31127. On the left is T324, presumably 53101 + 59672 + 53053. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: T324

Class 116 set T324 is caught on the Coalville branch. Presumably 53101 + 59672 + 53053, date unknown but possibly on the 1988 open day shuttles? Tom Clift.

DMU

Date: 5th June 1988

Set number: T324

A Coalville - Leicester DMU shuttle led by T324 (presumably 53101 + 59672 + 53053), run in connection with Coalville Open Day, passes Bagworth and Ellistown. The track looks as if it has been affected by mining subsidence. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 10th July 1988

Set number: T324

Class 116 3-car DMU (with a Class 115 centre car) Tyseley set T324 (53101 + 59672 + 53053) arriving at Rhyl with service for Chester 10-7-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 4th March 1990

Set number: T324

Class 116 DMBS 53053 leading set T324, with 59672 and 53101 on the Lickey Incline near Bromsgrove on 4/Mar/1990. The centre trailer is a class 115 TCL. The leading vehicle still retains it's top marker light - originally the earliest batches of class 116s had four marker lights, one above the destination box and three across the cab front. Later the lower centre marker light was removed leaving just the two standard marker lights on the cab front; in most cases the top light was removed at the same time. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 2nd June 1990

Set number: T324

A Class 116 (which looks like it could be set T324 and thus 53101 + 59672 + 53053) and Class 108 with a Nottingham -Skegness service departs from Nottingham Platform 5 on 2nd June 1990. David Page.

DMU

Date: 11th May 1991

Set number: T324

T324 (53101 + 59672 + 53053) leaves Old Hill working the 17:09 Worcester F St-Birmingham New St. on the 11th May 1991. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 2nd January 1992

Set number: T324

T324 (53053 + 59672 + 53101) with T027 (53019 + 54006) at Hereford, having arrived as the 17:30 ex-Birmingham New Street on the 2nd January 1992. Gazza Prescott.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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