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Vehicle 59743

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 51897 during the unknown period are:

12/11/60	New to	Chaddesden	- stabled pending allocation
Jan-61	Transferred to	1E (Bletchley)
Jul-61	Transferred to	14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63	Depot code change	1D

Then the allocations for 59743 are:

26/10/86	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
10/07/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) RDTS

Modifications

circa Oct-86 - Gangway(s) fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 17/12/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51897	59743	59763	51898	As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 12th November 1960 - stabled pending allocation
	51897	59743	59763	51898	Transfer to 1E - Jan-61
	51673	59745	59743	51861	Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone¹
	51659	59763	59743	51667	Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone¹
	51659	59763	59743	51667	Noted 25/10/1971 - at Denham²
	51660	59743	59762	51662	Noted 08/09/76 - at Banbury³
	51660	59743	59762	51662	Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone¹
	51659	59743	59759	51864	Noted 24/05/80
	51652	59743	59755	51871	Noted circa 02/1982⁴
	51671	59755	59743	51895	Noted circa 08/1982⁴
	51895	59743	59755	51671	Noted circa 09/1982⁴
	51877	59747	59743	51895	Noted 30/08/83 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
	51895	59743	59747	51659	Noted circa 10/1983⁴
	51888	59747	59743	51900	Noted circa 02/1984⁴
	51888	59747	59743	51666	Noted circa 04/1984⁴
	51888	59743	59669	51666	Noted circa 11/1984⁴
	51878	59743	59669	51891	Noted 06/05/85 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
	51878	59743	59669	51891	Noted circa 07/1985⁴
	51880	59667	59743	51657	Noted circa 11/1985⁴
	51670	59743	59667	51674	Noted 28/12/1985 - at Marylebone⁵
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886	Formed at TS Aug-87
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886	Noted circa 05/1988⁴
T401	51662	59610	59743	51149	Noted circa 12/1988⁴
T401	51662	59610	59743	53886	Noted circa 03/1989⁴
T401	51662	59610	59743	53886	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	51662	59743	59610	53886	Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot²
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886	Listed at TS - mid May-90
T401	51865	59724	59743	53886	Noted circa 12/1990⁴
T401	51865	59724	59743	53886	Noted 11/05/91 - on 17:41 New St - Kidderminster service
spare	59743				Listed at TS - Jul-91
T401	51865	59724	59743	53886	Listed at TS - Aug-91
spare	59743				Listed at TS - Aug-91
T401	51865	59724	59743	53886	Listed at TS - Dec-91
	51865	59743	59516	53907	Noted 14/12/91⁶
T401	51865	59743	59516	53907	Noted circa 01/1992⁴

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Graeme Phillips

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 30th May 1983

51895 + 59743 + 59747 + 51877 forms the Quaintonian at Quainton Road on 30/5/83. Robert Frise.

Date: 30th May 1983

51895 + 59743 + 59747 + 51877 at Quainton Road on the Quaintonian, 30/5/83. Robert Frise.

Date: 30th May 1983

51895 + 59743 + 59747 + 51877 sitting in Quainton Road working The Quaintonian on 30/5/83. Robert Frise.

Date: 30th May 1983

59747 is one of the vehicles in The Quaintonian on 30/5/83, to it's left are 51895 and 59743, to it's right 51877. Seen at Quainton Road. Robert Frise.

Date: 30th May 1983

51895 + 59743 + 59747 + 51877 form the Quaintonian at Quainton Road on 30/5/83. Robert Frise.

Date: 6th May 1985

51891 with 59669 - 59743 - 51878 at Quainton Road working the Quaintonian on 6/5/85. Robert Frise.

Date: 6th May 1985

51878 - 59743 - 59669 - 51891 sits in Quainton Road on 6/5/85 on Quaintonian duties. Robert Frise.

Date: September 1988

Set number: T401

A four-car suburban DMU - set T401 - sits in Sheffield station in September 1988. Closest is Class 115 DMBS 51662, the centre cars are presumably Class 115 TS 59743 and Class 127 TSL 59610. The rear car is a Class 116 DMS. George Woods.

Date: September 1988

Set number: T40

A four-car suburban DMU at Sheffield in September 1988. Closest is a Class 1l6 DMS with the set number missing the last digit - it could be a stand in for the regular vehicle. At the far end is Class 115 DMBS 51662, the two centre cars are presumably Class 127 TSL 59610 and Class 115 TS 59743. George Woods.

Date: 11th March 1989

Set number: T401

A four-car Tyseley DMU, set 401, passing the signalbox at Bearley Junction on 11 March 1989. This unit is a right hotch-potch with a class 116 DMS 53886, class 115 TS 59743, class 127 TSL 59610 and Class 115 DMBS 51662. This mixture of types was far from unusual at Tyseley around this time with the depot using whatever they had available to keep trains running at a time of dreadful reliability. Peter Tandy.

Date: 15th March 1989

Set number: T401

Hybrid 4-car DMU with Class 115 DMBS 51662 leading arriving Lichfield Trent Valley from Birmingham on 15-3-89. The set is presumably formed 51662+59610+59743+53886, Class 115+127+115+116, DMBS+TLS+TS+DMS, but formations were very fluid at Tyseley at this time! On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Date: 11th May 1991

Set number: T401

T401 (53886 + 59743 + 59724 + 51865) arrives at Old Hill with the 17:41 New St - Kidderminster, 11th May 1991. Gazza Prescott.

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