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Vehicle 59723


Class 115

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30597
Diagram: 599

Allocations

27/02/60 New to 14A (Cricklewood)
Jun-60 Transferred to 9E (Trafford Park)
Nov-60 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
Sep-63Depot code change8J
06/05/73Depot code changeAN
12/11/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
20/11/90 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

Modifications

Jul-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51857 59717 59723 51858 As delivered to 14A - 27th February 1960
51850 59718 59723 51857 Noted 03/05/69 - in Manchester Central (last day)1
51849 59718 59723 51853 Noted 04/06/71 - at Liverpool Lime Street1
51854 59718 59723 51855 Noted 19/09/71 - at Crewe possibly subbing for a Class 304 if the current was switched off between Liverpool and Crewe1
AN274 51850 59715 59723 51853 Noted 05/09/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road, 51853 was thought to display AN6102
51856 59716 59723 51858 Noted Sep-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly1
51858 59723 59718 51859 Noted 24/05/80
51654 59723 51851 Noted 16/01/19823
AN804 51851 59723 51849 Noted 31/05/19823
51849 59723 51926 Noted circa 06/19823
51851 59723 51860 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc3
51858 59723 51853 Noted circa 10/19823
51858 59723 51855 Noted circa 11/19823
51855 59723 51856 Noted circa 12/19823
51654 59723 51858 Noted circa 02/19833
51853 59723 51868 Noted 05/01/1984 - at Liverpool Lime Street3
51868 59723 51892 Noted 22/01/84 - on Chester depot
51422 59723 51892 Noted 27/03/1984 - at Liverpool Lime Street3
51858 59723 51892 Noted circa 02/19863
T321 53854 59723 53907 Formation change - TS - Aug-87 - 59723 replaced 59528
T321 53854 59723 53907 Noted 31/10/19873
T321 53854 59723 53907 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
53854 59723 53907 Noted 09/07/88 - on 10:05 Nottingham - Derby
T321 53854 59723 53907 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T321 53854 59723 53907 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
53854 59723 53907 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot4
T321 53854 59723 53907 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T321 53854 59723 53907 Noted 29/06/90 - on 08:32 Lichfield TV - Longbridge
T321 53854 59723 53907 Noted circa 10/19903

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th June 1980

E51951 leads a Liverpool Lime Street - Hull special into Sheffield on June 15, 1980. The complete rake was E51951, E51975, E59718, E59766, E52102, M51859, M59718, M59723 and M51561. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 22nd January 1984

Class 115 Derby 3-car DMU 51868 + 59723 + 51892 stabled on Chester MPD on 22-1-84. The only time I saw one of these Allerton allocated units at Chester. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: May 1989

Set number: T321

Two suburban sets in Butterley station (Midland Railway Centre) in May 1989, probably on a railtour. Closest is T321, 53907 and presumably 59723 + 53854. Ian Francis.

DMU

Date: May 1989

Set number: T321

Two suburban sets in Swanwick station (Midland Railway Centre) in May 1989. See images 4628/9. Closest is set T321 with 53907 and presumably 59723 + 53854. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: 29th June 1990

Set number: T321

T321 (53854 + 59723 + 53907) “Dusty Bin” (a nickname the set received after the catchphrase from a TV show) leaves King’s Norton with the 08:32 Lichfield TV - Longbridge, 29th June 1990. Gazza Prescott.