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Vehicle 59717

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

27/02/60	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)
Sep-87	Stored U.	CP
06/07/90	Withdrawn from	CP PXXZ

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51857	59717	59723	51858	As delivered to 14A - 27th February 1960
	51849	59717	59720	51851	Noted 20/12/66¹
AN602	51852	59717	59721	51858	Noted circa Jun-69
	51853	59717	59719	51859	Noted 31/12/69 - in Manchester Oxford Road²
	51850	59721	59717	51856	Noted 12/08/70 - in Manchester Oxford Road²
	51850	59717	59720	51851	Noted 04/06/71 - at Manchester Piccadilly¹
	51852	59722	59717	51856	Noted 19/04/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road²
	51849	59717	59722	51855	Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street²
	51849	59717	59763	51853	Noted 23/11/75 - at Brough¹
	51853	59717	59720	51858	Noted 10/04/76 - in Manchester Piccadilly¹
	51850	59722	59717	51858	Noted 04/01/78
TS539	51133	59717	50119		Noted circa 10/1981³
TS539	50063	59717	50119		Noted circa 05/1982³
TS539	50063	59717	50119		Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS539	50063	59717	50119		Noted circa 01/1983³
TS539	53838	59717	53119		Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS539	53838	59717	53119		Noted circa 12/1983³
TS539	53838	59717	53119		Noted circa 03/1984³
TS539	53838	59717	53119		Noted circa 05/1984³
TS539	53075	59717	53119		Noted 03/06/84
TS539	53063	59717	53119		Noted circa 10/1984³
TS512	53063	59717	53119		Noted 07/09/1985 - 53063-59717-53119 + 53831-59713-53834 Doncaster-Finningley and return airshow special
TS539	53063	59717	53119		Noted circa 10/1985³
TS512	53063	59717	53119		Noted circa 05/1986³
TS512	53063	59717	53119		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS512	53063	59717	53119		Noted circa 06/1987³
T512	53063	59717	53119		Listed at TS - Jul-87

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 17th February 1982

Set number: TS539

Mixed-livery Class 116 set TS539 (front two vehicles presumably being 50119 + 59717) departing Tyseley for Leamington Spa via Shirley on 17-2-82. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 3rd June 1984

Derby vehicles Class 116 M53119 and Class 115 M59717 at Stratford-upon-Avon on 3 June 1984. Vincent Haworth.

Date: 3rd June 1984

Set number: TS539

Class 116 set TS539 (M53075 + M59717 + M53119) seen at Stratford-upon-Avon, 03-06-84. Vincent Haworth.

Date: 3rd June 1984

M53075 and M59717 in Stratford-upon-Avon station, 03-06-84. Vincent Haworth.

Date: 16th August 1986

Set number: TS512

Barnt Green is the junction for the Redditch branch, the line for which curves sharply away from the Birmingham to Bristol line. Line occupation, especially in the summer, meant that trains from Redditch often had quite a wait in the platform until Saltley Power Box found them a path, especially if they were a minute or two late arriving. The usual class 116 (TS512, presumably 53063 + 59717 + 53119) is shown here on 16 August 1986 waiting at the signal before heading off to Lichfield City via Birmingham New Street. Peter Tandy.

Date: 24th April 1987

Set number: TS512

An evening train from Leamington Spa to Birmingham Moor Street had just dropped off a few passengers at Hatton when I photographed it on 24 April 1987. The unit is the usual class 116 3 car - set TS512 presumably 53063 + 59717 (a 115 TS) + 53119. Peter Tandy.

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