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Vehicle 59756

Class 115

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30600
Diagram: 599

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 51883 during the unknown period are:

01/10/60	New to	Chaddesden	- stabled pending allocation
4w/e 29/10/60	Transferred to	9E (Trafford Park)
Nov-60	Transferred to	8H (Allerton)
w/e 05/05/62	Transferred to	14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63	Depot code change	1D

Then the allocations for 59756 are:

15/03/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
11/06/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) RDTS

Modifications

Dec-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51883	59736	59756	51884	As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 1st October 1960 - stabled pending allocation
	51883	59736	59756	51884	Transfer to 9E - Oct-60
	51883	59736	59756	51884	Transfer to 8H - Nov-60
	51657	59658	59756	51660	Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot¹
	51658	59756	59668	51876	Noted 11/09/76 - (2 x TC) in London Marylebone with 51671/59650/59754/51891²
	51651	59756	59733	51865	Noted 18/06/77 - on Marylebone depot¹
	51677	59738	59756	51896	Noted 12/04/82 - on the Quaintonian shuttle with 51870 + 59673 + 59728 + 51665
	51888	59756	59660	51890	Noted circa 08/1982³
	51674	59756	59733	51898	Noted circa 10/1983³
	51674	59756	59653	51875	Noted circa 02/1984³
	51875	59653	59756	51891	Noted circa 04/1984³
	51673	59730	59756	51873	Noted 06/09/85 - on 06.33 Marylebone – Princes Risborough⁴
	51673	59730	59756	51873	Noted 23/10/85 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone⁴
	51673	59730	59756	51873	Noted 31/10/85 - on 17.00 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 18.10 Aylesbury – Marylebone⁴
	51673	59756	59730	51873	Noted circa 11/1985³
	51673	59730	59756	51873	Noted 01/01/86 - on 12.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 14.01 High Wycombe - Marylebone⁴
	51665	59730	59756	51670	Noted 13/02/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51660 + 59653 + 59664 + 51887⁴
	51872	59729	59756	51875	Noted 24/04/86 - on 19.25 Marylebone – Banbury and 22.10 Banbury – Marylebone⁴
	51872	59729	59756	51875	Noted 01/05/86 - on 06.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe, 06.57 High Wycombe – Marylebone, 08.03 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 09.12 High Wycombe – Marylebone⁴
	51872	59726	59756	51875	Noted 10/05/86 - on 18.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 20.42 Banbury – Marylebone⁴
	51872	59726	59756	51875	Noted 12/05/86 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone⁴
	51872	59726	59756	51875	Noted 13/05/86 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone⁴
	51872	59726	59756	51875	Noted 19/05/86 - on 17.10 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 18.14 High Wycombe – Marylebone⁴
	51872	59726	59756	51875	Noted 21/05/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51675 + 59649 + 59752 + 51865⁴
	51872	59729	59756	51875	Noted 03/06/86 - on 19.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 20.43 High Wycombe - Marylebone⁴
	51872	59729	59756	51875	Noted 10/06/86 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury, 12.45 Banbury - Marylebone, and with 51670 + 59666 + 59730 + 51673 on 18.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone⁴
	51872	59729	59756	51875	Noted 21/06/1986 - at Marylebone⁵
	51668	59729	59756	51875	Noted 08/10/86 - on 14.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51657 + 59651 + 59668 + 51663 then 15.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone alone⁴
	51668	59729	59756	51875	Noted 21/10/86 - on Marylebone (17.30) - High Wycombe (18.19) and 18.55 High Wycombe – Marylebone⁴
	51668	59729	59756	51869	Noted 30/11/86 - on Marylebone (09.07) – Princes Risborough (10.10) and 10.23 Princes Risborough – Marylebone⁴
	51668	59729	59756	51869	Noted 02/12/86 - on Marylebone (16.53)– Aylesbury (18.19) via Princes Risborough⁴
	51668	59729	59756	51869	Noted 05/12/86 - 18.25 Marylebone - Aylesbury⁴
	51668	59728	59756	51869	Noted 10/12/86 - on 12.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and High Wycombe (14.38) – Marylebone (15.31)⁴
	51668	59729	59756	51869	Noted 20/12/86 - on 17.43 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 18.40 High Wycombe - Marylebone⁴
T335	53827	59756	53844		Listed at TS - Jul-87
T335	53827	59756	53844		Noted 26/07/87 - at Norwich¹
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted circa 01/1988³
T319	51129	59756	51149		Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted 23/04/1988³
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted 13/05/1988³
	51129	59756	51149		Noted 02/06/88 - on 15:32 Great Malvern - Birmingham New Street with 55033⁶
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted circa 03/1989³
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted 23/04/1989 - The Institution of Mining Engineers Notts & North Derbyshire Railtour T227+T319+T303
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted circa 09/1989³
T319	51129	59756	51149		Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T319	51129	59756	51149		Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted circa 05/1990³
	51129	59756	51149		Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot⁷
T319	51129	59756	51149		Listed at TS - mid May-90
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted 03/08/90 - at Llandudno
T319	53054	59756	51129		Noted circa 10/1990³
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted circa 12/1990³
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted 19/03/91 - in Birmingham area⁸
T319	51129	59756	51149		Noted 23/03/91 - at Birmingham⁸
T319	51129	59756	51149		Listed at TS - Jul-91
T319	51129	59756	51149		Listed at TS - Aug-91
T319	51129	59756	51149		Listed at TS - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Phil Shatford
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann
7: Jeremy Goodyear
8: Aaron Calder

Images:

23rd July 1985

M59756, Doncaster, 23rd July 1985. Graham Johnston.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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.

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.

Date: 23rd November 1983

M51895 M59653 M59756 waiting departure from Aylesbury with the 1110 to London Marylebone 23rd November 1983. Keith Long.

Date: 23rd November 1983

M51674 M59756 M59653 M51895 waiting departure from Aylesbury with the 1110 to London Marylebone 23rd November 1983. Keith Long.

Date: 23rd November 1983

BR Derby Works built Class 115 numbers Class M51674 M59756 M59653 M51895 stand at London Marylebone after arriving with the 1240 from Aylesbury on 23 November 1983. Keith Long.

Date: 20th July 1984

A Class 115 Derby 4-car DMU with 51863 + 59756 (DMBS + TC) closest at Aylesbury with the 08:20 to Marylebone on 20-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 20th July 1984

A Class 115 Derby 4-car DMU with 51863 + 59756 (DMBS + TC) closest at Aylesbury with the 08:20 to Marylebone on 20-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 9th July 1988

Set number: T319

M51129, M59756, M51149 and M53822 seen at Ely North Junction with the 09.55 SO Birmingham New Street to Yarmouth on 9th July 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 23rd April 1989

Set number: T227

53019 leads 54027 as set T227 with T319 (51129, 59756, 51149) and T303 (51406, 59516, 51364) on The Institution of Mining Engineers Notts & North Derbyshire Railtour near Welbeck Colliery on a wet and overcast 23/Apr/1989. Robert Chilton.

Date: 14th October 1989

Set number: T319

Class 116 suburban DMU set no. T319 formed 51129 - (presumably 59756) - 51142, with 51129 trailing out of Birmingham New Street on a wet 14/Oct/1989. Robert Chilton.

Date: 3rd August 1990

Set number: T319

Class 116 set T319 (presumably 51149 + 59756 + 51129) at Llandudno on 03/08/1990. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 8th June 1991

Set number: T319

51149 + 59756 + 51129 (T319) arrive at Smethwick West with the 12:41 New St - Stourbridge on 8th June 1991. Gazza Prescott.

Date: 26th July 1991

Set number: T319

Tyseley's 3-car suburban set T319 formed class 116 DMS 51149 (nearest), 59756 (class 115 TCL) & 51129 (class 116 DMBS) just protruding from the undercover part of Birmingham New Street. 47851 is stabled in the adjacent line awaiting it's next turn of duty on 26/Jul/1991. Robert Chilton.

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