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Vehicle 59757

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 51885 during the unknown period are:

01/10/60	New to	Chaddesden	- stabled pending allocation
4w/e 31/12/60	On loan to	30A (Stratford)
2w/e 08/04/61	Stored	Marylebone	- ex-loan
4w/e 01/07/61	Transfer	14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63	Depot code change	1D

Then the allocations for 59757 are:

p/e 31/10/82	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
11/06/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) RDTS

Modifications

2w/e 14/04/87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51885	59737	59757	51886	As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 1st October 1960 - stabled pending allocation
	51885	59737	59757	51886	Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 31/12/60 - on loan from LMR
	51885	59737	59757	51886	Transfer to Marylebone - 2w/e 08/04/61 - ex-loan
	51861	59661	59757	51863	Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone¹
	51666	59653	59757	51888	Noted 08/09/76 - at High Wycombe²
	51874	59665	59757	51881	Noted 14th April 1979
	51663	59757	59744	51678	Noted 24/05/80
	51891	59757	59657	51866	Noted circa 02/1982³
spare	59757				Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS559	53073	59757	53891		Noted 31/05/1983 - on 13:42 Leicester to Birmingham⁴
TS559	53073	59757	53891		Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS559	53073	59757	53891		Noted circa 09/1983³
TS532	55004	59757	53121		Noted circa 01/1984³
TS532	55004	59757	53121		Noted circa 03/1984³
TS532	53818	59757	53121		Noted circa 05/1984³
TS531	53052	59757	53914		Noted circa 01/1985³
TS531	53052	59757	53914		Noted circa 03/1985³
spare	59757				Listed at TS - Aug-85
TS535	53860	59757	53913		Noted circa 02/1986³
TS535	53860	59757	53913		Noted circa 05/1986³
TS500	53860	59757	53913		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS500	53860	59757	53103		Formation change - TS - circa Oct-86 - 53103 (ex-TS515) replaces 53913 (to TS515)
T325	53060	59757	51142		Noted 11/04/87 - on 17:05 Cardiff to Gloucester with C313⁵
TS325	53060	59757	51142		Noted circa 06/1987³
T325	53060	59757	51142		Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS325	53060	59757	51142		Noted 04/07/1987³
T325	53060	59757	51142		Noted circa 01/1988³
T325	53060	59757	51142		Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T325	53060	59757	51142		Noted 23/04/1988³
T325	53060	59757	51142		Noted 01/10/1988 - T305+T325 worked special train to Stanhope, origin unclear
T325	53060	59757	51142		Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T325	53060	59757	51142		Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	53060	59757	51142		Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot⁶
T325	53060	59757	51142		Listed at TS - mid May-90
T325	53060	59757	51142		Noted circa 05/1991³
spare	59757				Listed at TS - Jul-91
spare	59757				Listed at TS - Aug-91
T325	53060	59757	51142		Listed at TS - Dec-91
	53060	59672	59757	51142	Noted 14/12/91⁷
T325	53060	59757	51142		Noted circa 01/1992³

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Jeremy Goodyear
7: Graeme Phillips

Images:

20th April 1981

Class 115 TC M59757 at Aylesbury on 20 April 1981. It appears to be ex-works, and being blue when other vehicles are blue/grey suggests it's still unrefurbished. Robert Frise.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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.

Date: 30th January 1982

51891+59657+59757+51866 London Marylebone 30th Jan 1982 Kevin Watson.

Date: 30th August 1983

Set number: TS559

A suburban DMU in Redditchstation, thought to be taken on (or around) 30 August 1983. Closest is Class 116 DMBS 53073 displaying set number TS559 and a smiley face drawn on the top marker lamp. The centre car is thought to be Class 115 59757. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 9th May 1987

Set number: TS325

Class 116 DMU set T325 (53060 + 59757 + 51142) at Kidderminster on 9 May 1987, taken from the platform as the unit prepared to stop while on its way to Birmingham New Street. The sidings on the left were still in use at the time but were subsequently lifted. Peter Tandy.

Date: 7th April 1988

Set number: T325

51142, 59757 and 53060 departing from Birmingham Moor Street with a train from Snow Hill to Shirley on 7 April 1988. Keith Long.

Date: 7th May 1988

Set number: T325

Class 116 DMUs were the commonest sets found in the West Midlands with Tyseley having a large allocation. In this picture from Kidderminster taken on 7 May 1988 set T325 formed of 51142 + 59757 + 53060 was approaching Kidderminster station with a Worcester to Birmingham New Street service. The background has changed since this date with the Severn Valley Railway having built various structures including a large carriage shed on the land on the right hand side. Peter Tandy.

Date: 29th May 1988

Set number: T325

Class 116/115 hybrid T325 (53060, 59757 and 51142) north of Ely with the 12.50 Birmingham to Norwich on Sunday 29th May 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: 16th January 1989

Set number: T325

Class 116/115 set T325 (presumably 51142 + 59757 + 53060) outside Worcester Tunnel on 16 January 1989. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 16th January 1989

Set number: T325

Sprinter 150 137 passes Class 116/115 set T325 (presumably 51142 + 59757 + 53060) outside Worcester Tunnel on 16 January 1989. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 28th August 1989

Set number: T325

Class 116 Set T325 (presumably 51142 59757 53060) and 117 Set T311 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) 2XXX 1710 Llandudno - Birmingham New St curve into Deganwy (at 1717) on Monday 28th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

Date: 11th February 1991

Set number: T325

51142 - 59757 - 53060 (T325) at Rose Hill, it arrived as the 18:21 ex-Piccadilly (the set used to cover a Class 108 failure). 11th February 1991. Gazza Prescott.

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