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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09/03/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PTSX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	59673	59650	51897	Noted 28/12/1985 - at 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: 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.

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