Vehicle 59760
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 51891 during the unknown period are:
| 15/10/60 | New to | Chaddesden | - stabled pending allocation |
| 4w/e 31/12/60 | On loan to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 01/04/61 | Stored | Marylebone | - ex-loan |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transfer | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D |
Then the allocations for 59760 are:
| 4w/e 05/08/78 | Transferred to | AN (Allerton) | |
| 11/02/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| p/e 10/11/90 | Sector Change to | TS (Tyseley) PXXZ | |
| 27/11/90 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PXXZ |
Modifications
Jul-87 - Gangway(s) fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 09/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51891 | 59740 | 59760 | 51892 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 15th October 1960 - pending allocation | |||||
| 51891 | 59740 | 59760 | 51892 | Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 31/12/60 - on loan | |||||
| 51891 | 59740 | 59760 | 51892 | Transfer to Marylebone - 4w/e 01/04/61 - ex-loan | |||||
| 51675 | 59730 | 59760 | 51888 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51884 | 59741 | 59760 | 51892 | Noted 12/08/78 - at Allerton2 | |||||
| 51852 | 59713 | 59760 | 51853 | Noted 23/09/1979 - at Liverpool Lime Street2 | |||||
| AN803 | 51854 | 59760 | 51884 | Noted 31/05/19823 | |||||
| 51853 | 59760 | 51849 | Noted circa 09/19823 | ||||||
| 51853 | 59760 | 51856 | Noted circa 11/19823 | ||||||
| 53935 | 59760 | 51853 | Noted 27/03/1984 - at Liverpool Lime Street3 | ||||||
| 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Noted 13/12/87 - on 12:26 Lichfield City - Barnt Green4 | ||||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Noted 07/05/19883 | |||||
| 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Noted 02/08/88 - on 16:30 Doncaster-Skegness | ||||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Noted 13/08/1989 - Special Train Birmingham New Street-Ironbridge and return | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| T322 | 53071 | 59760 | 53880 | Noted 28/12/89 - in Nottingham Midland5 | |||||
| 53073 | 59760 | 53132 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot6 | ||||||
| T328 | 53073 | 59760 | 53132 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Martin Lumley
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Gerald Brown
6: Jeremy Goodyear
Images:
23rd December 1987
Set number: T322
Class 115 TS(L) M59760 at Sutton Coldfield on 23/12/87. Steve Jones.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th November 1987
Set number: T322
Birmingham Snow Hill was reopened as a terminus station on 5 October 1987. On 26 November of that year I took this picture of class 116 T322 (53071 + presumably 59760 + 53880) standing in the platform that was later taken over by the tram system. I don't know why it was at the buffers so far along the platform nor why there is a tail-lamp on it; the engines were clearly working but there may have been a problem with the transmission which caused a failure. Peter Tandy.
Date: 23rd December 1987
Set number: T322
Tyseley set T322 (M53880/M59760/M53071) leaves Sutton Coldfield with a cross-city service to Longbridge via Birmingham New Street on 23/12/87. This is a Class 116 set with a Class 115 TS(L) in the middle. Steve Jones.
Date: 23rd December 1987
Set number: T322
Tyseley set T322 (M53071/M59760/M53880) at Sutton Coldfield with a cross-city service to Longbridge via Birmingham New Street on 23/12/87. This is a Class 116 set with a Class 115 TS(L) in the middle. Steve Jones.
Date: 23rd April 1988
Set number: T322
Class 116 set T322 (53880 + 59760 + 53071) passes through Bingley station with a return excursion from the Severn Valley to the Worth Valley on April 23rd, 1988. Rex Holt.
Date: 23rd April 1988
Set number: T322
Class 116 DMU set T322 (53071 + 59760 + 53880) lays over at Keighley prior to working a return excursion to the Severn Valley Railway on April 23rd, 1988. Rex Holt.
Date: 2nd July 1988
Set number: T322
Class 116 3-car DMU with set number T322 at Selly Oak on 2 July 1988, presumably formed of 53071 + 59760 + 53880. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 28th April 1990
Set number: T328
53073 is at the rear of set T328 with 59760 + 53132 leaving Kidderminster, on the 09:32 Birmingham New Street - Great Malvern, 28/4/90. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 18th May 1990
Set number: T328
T328 awaiting departure from Worcester, 18/5/90. The DMBS is 53073, presumably with 59760 + 53132. Mike Cooper.