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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-63Depot code change1D

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10/07/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) RDTS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
51657 59667 59743 51880 Noted 24/10/85 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone5
51880 59667 59743 51657 Noted circa 11/19854
51657 59667 59743 51880 Noted 19/11/85 - on a morning Marylebone – High Wycombe service5
51670 59743 59667 51674 Noted 28/12/1985 - at Marylebone6
51670 59667 59743 51674 Noted 28/12/85 - on 16.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 16.55 High Wycombe - Marylebone5
51670 59667 59743 51674 Noted 08/01/86 - on 17.00 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 18.10 Aylesbury – Marylebone5
51673 59667 59743 51873 Noted 12/02/86 - on afternoon Marylebone – High Wycombe duties5
51673 59667 59743 51873 Noted 13/02/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51655 + 59663 + 59758 + 518695
51664 59667 59743 51893 Noted 20/04/86 - on 16.45 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 17.45 High Wycombe - Marylebone both with 51666 + 59669 + 59744 + 518865
51664 59667 59743 51893 Noted 03/05/86 - on 07.27 Marylebone – Banbury and 10.08 Banbury - Marylebone5
51664 59667 59743 51893 Noted 09/05/86 - on 16.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 17.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5
51664 59667 59743 51893 Noted 12/05/86 - on 06.33 Marylebone – Princes Risborough and 08.10 Princes Risborough – Marylebone with 51876 + 59678 + 59728 + 518975
51886 59667 59743 51893 Noted 18/06/86 - on afternoon Marylebone – High Wycombe services5
51886 59667 59743 51893 Noted 26/06/86 - on 13.33 Marylebone – Banbury, 16.48 Banbury – Marylebone and 18.45 Marylebone - Aylesbury5
51886 59667 59743 51893 Noted 03/07/86 - on 18.15 Marylebone – Banbury and 21.02 Banbury - 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 14/12/917
T401 51865 59743 59516 53907 Noted circa 01/19924

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 30th May 1983

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

DMU

Date: 30th May 1983

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

DMU

Date: 30th May 1983

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

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 30th May 1983

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

DMU

Date: 6th May 1985

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

DMU

Date: 6th May 1985

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

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.