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Vehicle 59738


Class 115

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30599
Diagram: 590

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 51887 during the unknown period are:

01/10/60 New to Chaddesden - stabled pending allocation
4w/e 31/12/60 On loan to 30A (Stratford)
2w/e 08/04/61 Stored Marylebone - ex-loan
4w/e 01/07/61 Transfer 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D

Then the allocations for 59738 are:

Oct-88 Transferred to BY (Bletchley)
23/12/91 Withdrawn from BY (Bletchley) NXXZ

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51887 59738 59758 51888 As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 1st October 1960 - stabled pending allocation
51887 59738 59758 51888 Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 31/12/60 - on loan from LMR
51887 59738 59758 51888 Transfer to Marylebone - 2w/e 08/04/61 - ex-loan 30A
51672 59738 59675 51894 Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1
51882 59738 59747 51898 Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1
51661 59668 59738 51676 Noted 13/01/79 - on emergency special from Marylebone to High Wycombe with 51674-59733-59676-51891 to connect with delayed ECS for railtour to Merseyside. Also noted as 51886-59738-59668-51894.
51886 59738 59668 51894 Noted 13/01/79 - Noted 13/01/79 - on emergency special from Marylebone to High Wycombe with 51674-59733-59676-51891 to connect with delayed ECS for railtour to Merseyside. Also noted as 51661-59738-59668-51676.2
51677 59738 59756 51896 Noted 12/04/82 - on the Quaintonian shuttle with 51870 + 59673 + 59728 + 51665
51869 59738 59675 51867 Noted circa 09/19823
51657 59672 59738 51863 Noted 01/07/86 - on 15.05 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 16.00 High Wycombe – Marylebone2
51657 59672 59738 51863 Noted 02/07/86 - on 18.15 Marylebone – Banbury and 21.02 Banbury - Marylebone2
51657 59672 59738 51863 Noted 07/07/86 - on 18.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51656 + 59655 + 59749 + 516762
51658 59678 59738 51879 Noted 24/02/1987 - at Marylebone4
51890 59738 59678 51896 Noted circa 02/19883

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: July 1975

BR (Derby) Class 115 4-car suburban dmu No.M51889 (Class 115), M59738 (173), M59672 (177), M51674 (115) in BR Rail Blue and all yellow front ends at Marylebone on an Aylesbury service, 07/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: September 1975

BR (Derby) Class 115 4-car suburban dmu No.M51889 (Class 115), M59738 (173), M59672 (177), M51674 (115) in BR Rail Blue and all yellow front ends at Marylebone on an Aylesbury service, 09/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 21st June 1986

Class 115 DMUs in Aylesbury station on 21 June 1986. Closest is 51863, the other vehicles in the set noted as 59672 + 59738 + 51657. Stuart Mackay Collection.