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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06/07/90	Withdrawn from	CP PXXZ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	59752	51890	Noted 22/08/85 - on 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone⁵
	51657	59667	59744	51880	Noted 12/09/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone⁵
	51663	59669	59744	51886	Noted 15/02/86 - on 20.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 22.30 Banbury – Marylebone ECS⁵
	51663	59669	59744	51886	Noted 19/03/86 - on Marylebone – High Wycombe duties⁵
	51663	59669	59744	51886	Noted 24/03/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone - Aylesbury with 51670 + 59666 + 59730 + 51673⁵
	51663	59669	59744	51886	Noted 27/03/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 18.55 Aylesbury – Bletchley (19.42) ECS both with 51680 + 59651 + 59676 + 51896⁵
	51663	59669	59744	51886	Noted 16/04/86 - on 09.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone⁵
	51666	59669	59744	51886	Noted 20/04/86 - on 16.45 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 17.45 High Wycombe - Marylebone both with 51664 + 59667 + 59743 + 51893⁵
	51666	59669	59744	51886	Noted 10/05/86 - on 16.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 16.55 High Wycombe – Marylebone with 51890 + 59736 + 59746 + 51891⁵
	51666	59670	59744	51878	Noted 17/06/86 - on afternoon Marylebone – High Wycombe services⁵
	51666	59670	59744	51878	Noted 07/07/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51678 + 59663 + 59758 + 51869⁵
	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 Marylebone⁶
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: Phil Shatford
6: 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.

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