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Vehicle 59677

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 51677 during the unknown period are:

3w/e 02/07/60	On loan to	55H (Neville Hill)	- New
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)
4w/e 30/12/61	Transferred to	18A (Toton)
4w/e 31/03/62	Transferred to	14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63	Depot code change	1D

Then the allocations for 59677 are:

31/12/64	Listed at	1D (Marylebone)
May-73	Depot code change	ME
13/04/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
p/e 27/04/91	Sector Change to	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ
13/02/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

Modifications

Sep-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51677	59662	59677	51678	As delivered to 55H - 3w/e 02/07/60 - on loan from LMR
	51677	59662	59677	51678	Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 01/10/60 - on loan from LMR
	51677	59662	59677	51678	Transfer to Marylebone - 4w/e 01/04/61 - Ex-loan ER
	51869	59677	59744	51881	Noted 25/10/1971 - at Marylebone¹
	51669	59677	59744	51876	Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot²
	51669	59649	59677	51887	Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone with 51676/59664/59730/51870³
	51900	59677	59729	51865	Noted circa 08/1981⁴
	51655	59655	59677	51673	Noted circa 06/1982⁴
	51669	59655	59677	51673	Noted circa 08/1982⁴
	51673	59677	59655	51669	Noted circa 09/1982⁴
	51874	59677	59732	51883	Noted circa 10/1983⁴
	51879	59677	59726	51866	Noted circa 04/1984⁴
	51866	59726	59677	51879	Noted circa 04/1984⁴
	51875	59677	59734	51896	Noted 29/08/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone⁵
	51875	59677	59734	51896	Noted 02/09/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone⁵
	51661	59677	59734	51875	Noted 07/10/85 - on 07.46 Marylebone – Banbury⁵
	51652	59677	59726	51665	Noted 24/03/86 - on 18.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51876 + 59678 + 59728 + 51897⁵
	51652	59677	59726	51665	Noted 20/04/86 - on 19.45 Marylebone – Banbury and 22.33 Banbury – Marylebone⁵
	51652	59677	59726	51665	Noted 22/04/86 - on 16.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 17.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone⁵
	51652	59677	59726	51665	Noted 24/04/86 - on 16.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 17.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone⁵
	51665	59677	59726	51900	Noted 11/06/86 - on 17.10 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 18.14 High Wycombe – Marylebone⁵
	51668	59677	59726	51900	Noted 20/06/86 - on afternoon Marylebone – High Wycombe services⁵
C450	51352	59677	51394		Noted circa 10/1987 - recently transferred to Tyseley⁴
	51352	59677	51394		Noted 13/12/87 - on 11:53 Barnt Green - Lichfield City⁶
TS315	51352	59677	51394		Noted circa 01/1988⁴
T315	51352	59677	51394		Listed at TS - 07/04/88
T315	51352	59677	51394		Noted circa 05/1988⁴
T315	51352	59677	51394		Noted 13/08/88 - at Norwich²
T314	51348	59677	51390		Noted circa 12/1988⁴
T314	51348	59677	51390		Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T314	51348	59677	51390		Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	51348	59677	51390		Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot¹
T314	51348	59677	51390		Listed at TS - mid May-90
T314	51348	59677	51390		Noted circa 12/1990⁴
T314	51348	59677	51390		Noted 16/03/1991 - At Crewe.⁷

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
6: Martin Baumann
7: Dave Warby

Images:

31st March 1986

A Quaintonian service in Quainton Road (looking north) on 31 March 1985 with TCL M59677 and DMBS 51665. Dave Warby.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa February 1978

An official image (1 of 15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 115 DMU Production' shows a set arriving at Marylebone circa February 1978. The leading car appears to be M51670, there are plain blue 115s on either side including 59677 on the right. British Rail.

Date: 31st March 1986

Two Class 115 DMUs for the the Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road on 31 March 1986. Front to rear are: DMBS 51899 + TS 59656 + TCL 59675 + DMBS 51900 with DMBS 51652 + TS 59726 + TCL 59677 + DMBS 51665. Dave Warby.

Date: 28th May 1988

Set number: T310

51373, 59486, 51415, 51352, 59677, 51394 at Ely North Junction with the 10.20 Yarmouth to Birmingham Nerw Street on 28th May 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 9th September 1990

Set number: T314

A picture from 9 September 1990 with class 117 T314 formed of 51348 + 59677 + 51390 working on the Birmingham Cross City line but only between Lichfield City and New Street. The unit is leaving the station to cross over and run back into the Birmingham departure platform, a move necessary before the line was electrified and equipped with bi-directional signalling. For those liking the sun on the front of their trains it seems that I timed both this and the above shot wrongly! Peter Tandy.

Date: 9th September 1990

Set number: T314

On Sunday 9 September 1990 inter-regional trains ran via Lichfield City on the Cross City line in the West Midlands. The usual DMUs were also running and as these terminated here a shunt between up and down platforms was required. In the picture class 117 T314 (51348 + 59677 + 51390), transferred to Tyseley from the Western region in 1988, is and passing the signal box as it entered the station from Birmingham before going out towards Alrewas for its reversal. Peter Tandy.

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