Vehicle 59715
Class 115
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30596
Diagram: 590
Allocations
| 06/02/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| Jun-60 | Transferred to | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
| Nov-60 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 8J | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AN | |
| 13/09/81 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| by May-88 | Stored U. | TS (Tyseley) PSPX | |
| by 04/11/89 | Stored U. | CP PCPX | |
| 06/07/90 | Withdrawn from | CP PXXZ |
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 06/06/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51853 | 59715 | 59721 | 51854 | As delivered to 14A - 6th February 1960 | |||||
| 51852 | 59715 | 59722 | 51858 | Noted 05/01/66 - in Liverpool Central High Level station1 | |||||
| 51855 | 59715 | 59719 | 51856 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Allerton1 | |||||
| AN274 | 51850 | 59715 | 59723 | 51853 | Noted 05/09/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road, 51853 was thought to display AN6102 | ||||
| 51852 | 59722 | 59715 | 51860 | Noted 24/05/80 - on Rainhill shuttle | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59715 | 50108 | Noted circa 10/19813 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59715 | 50108 | Noted circa 09/19823 | |||||
| TS537 | 51130 | 59715 | 50108 | Listed at TS - Jan-83 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53117 | Listed at TS - 14/07/83 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53117 | Noted circa 09/19833 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53117 | Noted circa 12/19833 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53117 | Noted circa 01/19843 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53117 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53117 | Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| TS528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53103 | Noted 27/06/19873 | |||||
| T528 | 53062 | 59715 | 53103 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 24th May 1980
Allerton based 51852 (leading) 59722 59715 51860 with another unit on Rainhill shuttle duties, 24th May 1980 seen at Liverpool. Robert Frise.
Date: 20th December 1986
Set number: TS528
A portrait view of Tyseley set TS528 (53117 + 59715 + 53062) about to leave the Birmingham to Gloucester main line at Barnt Green with a Birmingham Cross City service to Redditch. This picture was taken from the site of the cattle dock in the long-gone goods yard on 20 December 1986. Peter Tandy.