Vehicle 59744
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 51899 during the unknown period are:
| 17/12/60 | New to | 1E (Bletchley) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| w/e 05/08/61 | Stored | Derby Friargate | |
| 4w/e 30/09/61 | Transfer | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D |
Then the allocations for 59744 are:
| 03/05/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 27/01/89 | Stored | CP | |
| 06/07/90 | Withdrawn from | CP PXXZ |
Disposal
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51899 | 59744 | 59764 | 51900 | As delivered to 1E - 17th December 1960 | |||||
| 51879 | 59749 | 59744 | 51900 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51663 | 59749 | 59744 | 51891 | Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51869 | 59677 | 59744 | 51881 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Marylebone2 | |||||
| 51669 | 59677 | 59744 | 51876 | Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot3 | |||||
| 51672 | 59758 | 59744 | 51900 | Noted 03/09/76 - on Marylebone depot3 | |||||
| 51857 | 59665 | 59744 | 51879 | Noted 07/04/80 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51663 | 59757 | 59744 | 51678 | Noted 24/05/80 | |||||
| 51663 | 59744 | 59761 | 51861 | Noted circa 08/19824 | |||||
| 51896 | 59744 | 59746 | 51667 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
| 51669 | 59764 | 59744 | 51653 | Noted circa 04/19844 | |||||
| 51652 | 59744 | 59747 | 51673 | Noted 17/01/1987 - Hertfordshire Railtours The Chiltern Chariot 51877-59675-59731-51669 + 51673-59747-59744-51652 | |||||
| 51673 | 59747 | 59744 | 51896 | Noted 25/02/1987 - at Marylebone5 | |||||
| TS806 | 51880 | 59744 | 59670 | 53110 | Noted 18/06/19874 | ||||
| T806 | 51880 | 59744 | 59670 | 53110 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | ||||
| 51880 | 59744 | 59670 | 53110 | Noted 01/11/87 - at Norwich3 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 6th April 1980
An open day at the Quainton Railway Centre in Buckhinghamshire on 6th April 1980 was served by shuttle services from Aylesbury provided by a class 115 DMU. The vehicles should be M51879 + M59744 + M59665 + M51857. Bob Belcher.
Date: 7th April 1980
M51857 + M59665 + M59744 + M51879 at Quainton Road on 7/4/80. This set worked The Quaintonian shuttle on the 6th and 7th. Robert Frise.
Date: 7th April 1980
51857 + 59665 + 59744 + 51879 at Quainton Road on The Quaintonian shuttle to Aylesbury, 7/4/80. Robert Frise.
Date: 24th May 1980
At Liverpool on the 24th May 1980 the Rainhill shuttle is formed of 51678 (closest) + 59744 + 59757 + 51663 + 51674 + 59758 + 59739 + 51898 - vehicles on loan from Marylebone. Robert Frise.