Vehicle 59672
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 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-63 | Depot code change | 1D |
Then the allocations for 59672 are:
| 31/12/64 | Listed at | 1D (Marylebone) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| 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| 11/06/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) RDTS |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 liveryDisposal
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 | |||||
| 51655 | 59672 | 59738 | 51670 | Noted 31/07/86 - on 22.38 Marylebone – Bicester and (next day) 00.10 Bicester – Marylebone ECS6 | |||||
| 51655 | 59672 | 59738 | 51670 | Noted 12/08/86 - on 19.50 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough6 | |||||
| 51655 | 59672 | 59738 | 51670 | Noted 13/08/86 - on 19.50 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough6 | |||||
| 51664 | 59672 | 59730 | 51673 | Noted 27/09/86 - on Marylebone – High Wycombe services6 | |||||
| 51664 | 59672 | 59730 | 51673 | Noted 02/10/86 - on morning Marylebone – Aylesbury services6 | |||||
| 51664 | 59672 | 51673 | Noted 20/10/86 - on 22.38 Marylebone – Bicester and (next day) 00.10 Bicester – Marylebone ECS6 | ||||||
| 51664 | 59672 | 51673 | Noted 27/10/86 - on 06.40 Marylebone – Amersham ECS, 07.17 Amersham - Aylesbury and 08.00 Aylesbury – Marylebone, all with 51667 + 59673 + 518876 | ||||||
| 51664 | 59672 | 51673 | Noted 28/10/86 - on Marylebone (07.00) – Aylesbury (08.30) via Princes Risborough and Aylesbury (08.39) – Marylebone (09.54) via Princes Risborough6 | ||||||
| 51664 | 59672 | 51673 | Noted 05/11/86 - on 22.38 Marylebone – Bicester and (next day) 00.10 Bicester – Marylebone ECS6 | ||||||
| 51664 | 59672 | 51673 | Noted 07/11/86 - on 22.38 Marylebone – Bicester and (next day) 00.10 Bicester – Marylebone ECS6 | ||||||
| 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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.