Vehicle 59673
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 51669 during the unknown period are:
| 04/06/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 4w/e 03/06/61 | Stored | Marylebone | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transfer | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 5w/e 05/08/61 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
| 4w/e 02/09/61 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D |
Then the allocations for 59673 are:
| 31/12/64 | Listed at | 1D (Marylebone) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| 24/05/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/03/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PTSX |
Modifications
Dec-87 - Gangway(s) fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51669 | 59658 | 59673 | 51670 | As delivered to 14A - 04/06/60 | |||||
| 59673 | Noted 02/01/70 - in Derby, loose vehicle (works?)1 | ||||||||
| 51656 | 59652 | 59673 | 51676 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone2 | |||||
| 51881 | 59673 | 59652 | 51900 | Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone2 | |||||
| 51878 | 59673 | 59652 | 51900 | Noted 24/10/71 - on Bletchley depot2 | |||||
| 51878 | 59652 | 59673 | 51900 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Marylebone3 | |||||
| 51664 | 59673 | 50912 | Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot1 | ||||||
| 51658 | 59735 | 59673 | 51879 | Noted 16/04/79 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51665 | 59728 | 59673 | 51870 | Noted 12/04/82 - on the Quaintonian shuttle with 51677 + 59738 + 59756 + 51896 | |||||
| 51666 | 59673 | 59652 | 51680 | Noted 31/05/82 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51680 | 59652 | 59673 | 51666 | Noted circa 06/19824 | |||||
| 51857 | 59673 | 59650 | 51875 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
| 51880 | 59650 | 59673 | 51652 | Noted circa 04/19844 | |||||
| 51674 | 59656 | 59673 | 51869 | Noted 23/06/84 - on 16:10 Marylebone - Aylesbury | |||||
| 51676 | 59673 | 59650 | 51877 | Noted circa 11/19854 | |||||
| 51676 | 59650 | 59673 | 51877 | Noted 18/11/85 - on 06.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe, 06.57 High Wycombe – Marylebone, 08.03 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 09.12 High Wycombe - Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51676 | 59650 | 59673 | 51877 | Noted 22/11/85 - on 06.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 06.57 High Wycombe - Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51676 | 59650 | 59673 | 51897 | Noted 23/12/85 - on 20.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51676 | 59650 | 59673 | 51897 | Noted 24/12/85 - on 20.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 21.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51676 | 59673 | 59650 | 51897 | Noted 28/12/1985 - at Marylebone6 | |||||
| 51676 | 59650 | 59673 | 51897 | Noted 18/01/86 - on 07.27 Marylebone – Banbury and 10.08 Banbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51676 | 59650 | 59673 | 51897 | Noted 28/01/86 - on 17.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough with 51655 + 59663 + 59758 + 518695 | |||||
| 51676 | 59650 | 59673 | 51897 | Noted 11/02/86 - on 17.00 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 18.10 Aylesbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51676 | 59650 | 59673 | 51897 | Noted 12/02/86 - on afternoon Marylebone – High Wycombe duties5 | |||||
| 51653 | 59650 | 59673 | 51667 | Noted 26/04/86 - on 15.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 18.25 Banbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51653 | 59650 | 59673 | 51667 | Noted 07/05/86 - on 17.00 Marylebone – Aylesbury, 18.10 Aylesbury – Marylebone, 19.50 Marylebone – Princes Risborough and 21.58 Princes Risborough – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51660 | 59650 | 59673 | 51667 | Noted 18/05/86 - on 18.40 Marylebone – Banbury, 20.44 Banbury – Marylebone, 23.10 Marylebone – Bicester and (next day) 00.38 Bicester – Marylebone ECS5 | |||||
| 51660 | 59650 | 59673 | 51667 | Noted 20/05/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone both with 51658 + 59652 + 59764 + 518735 | |||||
| 51660 | 59650 | 59673 | 51667 | Noted 01/06/86 - on 07.40 Marylebone – Bicester, 09.10 Bicester – Marylebone, 11.40 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 13.35 High Wycombe - Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51660 | 59650 | 59673 | 51667 | Noted 05/06/86 - on 19.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 20.43 High Wycombe – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51660 | 59650 | 59673 | 51667 | Noted 10/06/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51680 + 59651 + 59676 + 518965 | |||||
| 51667 | 59650 | 59673 | 51890 | Noted 19/06/86 - on afternoon Marylebone – High Wycombe services5 | |||||
| 51667 | 59650 | 59673 | 51890 | Noted 24/06/86 - on 13.33 Marylebone – Banbury, 16.48 Banbury – Marylebone and 18.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury5 | |||||
| 51667 | 59650 | 59673 | 51890 | Noted 26/06/86 - on 20.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51667 | 59650 | 59673 | 51862 | Noted 09/07/86 - on 16.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 17.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51667 | 59650 | 59673 | 51862 | Noted 10/07/86 - on 12.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 14.40 High Wycombe - Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51667 | 59673 | 51887 | Noted 3rd January 1987 | ||||||
| TS805 | 51865 | 59673 | 59716 | 53127 | Noted circa 06/19874 | ||||
| T805 | 51865 | 59673 | 59716 | 53127 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | ||||
| TS805 | 51865 | 59673 | 59716 | 53127 | Noted 24/07/19874 | ||||
| T342 | 53055 | 59673 | 53056 | Formation change - TS - 2w/e 13/03/88 | |||||
| T342 | 53055 | 59673 | 53056 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T342 | 53055 | 59673 | 53056 | Noted circa 05/19884 | |||||
| 53055 | 59673 | 53056 | Noted 13/07/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness | ||||||
| T342 | 53055 | 59673 | 53056 | Noted circa 05/19894 | |||||
| T342 | 53055 | 59673 | 53056 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T342 | 53055 | 59673 | 53056 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| T342 | 53055 | 59673 | 53056 | Noted circa 05/19904 | |||||
| 53055 | 59673 | 53056 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot3 | ||||||
| T342 | 53055 | 59673 | 53056 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T421 | 51897 | 59673 | 59741 | 53878 | Noted circa 12/19904 | ||||
| T421 | 51897 | 59673 | 59741 | 53878 | Noted circa 05/19914 | ||||
| T417 | 51892 | 59335 | 59673 | 53897 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||
| T421 | 51897 | 59741 | 59673 | 53878 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||
| T421 | 51897 | 59741 | 59673 | 53878 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
6: Robert Chilton
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 16th April 1979
51658 - 59735 - 59673 - 51879 form The Quaintonian shuttle when seen at Quainton Road on 16/4/79. Robert Frise.
Date: 12th April 1982
51677 at the head of an 8-car Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road on the afternoon of 12/4/82. The other vehicles were 59738 - 59756 - 51896 + 51870 - 59673 - 59728 - 51665. Robert Frise.
Date: 12th April 1982
51677 at the head of an 8-car Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road on the afternoon of 12/4/82. The other vehicles were 59738 - 59756 - 51896 + 51870 - 59673 - 59728 - 51665. Robert Frise.
Date: 31st May 1982
51680 leads 59652 - 59673 - 51666 into Quainton Road station while working the Quaintonian from Aylesbury on 31/5/82. Robert Frise.
Date: 31st May 1982
The Quaintonian contains 51666 - 59673 - 59652 and 51680 in this view at Quainton Road on 31/5/82. Robert Frise.
Date: 31st May 1982
51680 + 59652 + 59673 + 51666 at Quainton Road in 31/5/82 working the Quaintonian shuttle to Aylesbury. Robert Frise.
Date: 23rd June 1984
Class 115 Derby DMU 51869 + 59673 + 59656 + 51674 at Marylebone with the 16-10 to Aylesbury on 23-6-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 23rd June 1984
Class 115 Derby DMU 51674 + 59656 + 59673 + 51869 departing Chorleywood with the 16-10 ex-Marylebone to Aylesbury on 23-6-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 1988
Set number: T342
Class 116 DMU set T342 (presumably 53056 + 59673 + 53055) in Birmingham Snow Hill station circa summer 1988. Brian Ward.
Date: 20th April 1988
Set number: T342
Class 116 Derby DMU Tyseley set T342 53056+59673+53055 (DMBS+Class 115 TCL+DMBS) Birmingham New Street with 'Longbridge' on the destination blind, 20-4-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Date: circa 1988 - 1990
Set number: T342
Tyseley 116/115/116 set T342 - presumably 53056 + 59673 + 53055 - circa 1988-90. John Law.
Date: 30th August 1989
Set number: T342
Set T342 (presumably 53055 + 59673 + 53056) + T313 on a Birmingham New St - Llandudno service passes 150 204 as it departs Deganwy at 12:20 on Wednesday 30th August 1989. Colin Brooks.
Date: 27th October 1989
Set number: T342
Class 116 Derby Suburban unit T342 at Duddeston on 27/10/89, 53056 is closest, presumably with 59673 + 53055. Sparegang.
Date: 3rd March 1990
Set number: T342
Tyseley's set T342 53056 - 59673 - 53055 at Barnt Green heading for Redditch on 3/Mar/1990 (formed 116DMBS - 115TCL - 116DMBS - unusually with a DMBS at both ends). Note that the driver has already altered the destination blind to 'Lichfield City' for the return journey - having just come off the main line, at Barnt Green heading south there is nowhere else to go other than Redditch! Robert Chilton.