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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11/06/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) RDTS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 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
	51679	59672	59731	51656	Noted circa 04/1984⁵
	51880	59733	59672	51883	Noted circa 11/1984⁵
	51883	59672	59733	51665	Noted circa 04/1985⁵
	51652	59726	59672	51898	Noted circa 11/1985⁵
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 Crewe⁶
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 14/12/91⁷

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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

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.

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