Vehicle 59761
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 51893 during the unknown period are:
| 29/10/60 | New to | Chaddesden | - stabled pending allocation |
| Jan-61 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Stored | Derby Friargate | |
| Jul-61 | Transfer | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D |
Then the allocations for 59761 are:
| Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| 21/01/92 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX | |
| 27/08/92 | Withdrawn from | OO (Old Oak Common) |
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 27/03/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51893 | 59741 | 59761 | 51894 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 29th October 1960 | |||||
| 51873 | 59657 | 59761 | 51892 | Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51666 | 59728 | 59761 | 51874 | Noted 23/10/1971 - at Denham2 | |||||
| 51666 | 59728 | 59761 | 51874 | Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51675 | 59652 | 59761 | 51879 | Noted 03/09/76 - in Marylebone station3 | |||||
| 51876 | 59761 | 59737 | 51872 | Noted circa 02/19824 | |||||
| 51877 | 59761 | 59737 | 51885 | Noted circa 06/19824 | |||||
| 51663 | 59744 | 59761 | 51861 | Noted circa 08/19824 | |||||
| 51676 | 59727 | 59761 | 51878 | Noted circa 04/19844 | |||||
| 51897 | 59761 | 59727 | 51870 | Noted circa 12/19844 | |||||
| 51897 | 59761 | 59727 | 51870 | Noted circa 04/19854 | |||||
| 51870 | 59660 | 59761 | 51891 | Noted 03/06/86 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51876 + 59678 + 59728 + 51897 then 16.25 Aylesbury – Marylebone via Princes Risborough alone5 | |||||
| 51870 | 59660 | 59761 | 51891 | Noted 23/06/86 - on 20.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51871 | 59660 | 59761 | 51891 | Noted 11/08/86 - on evening Aylesbury - Marylebone service5 | |||||
| 51871 | 59660 | 59761 | 51891 | Noted 17/08/86 - on Marylebone – High Wycombe services5 | |||||
| 51680 | 59728 | 59761 | 51874 | Noted 08/09/86 - on 17.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough with 51660 + 59649 + 59752 + 518655 | |||||
| 51680 | 59728 | 59761 | 51874 | Noted 13/09/86 - on Marylebone – High Wycombe services5 | |||||
| 51656 | 59761 | 59736 | 51876 | Noted 08/10/86 - on Marylebone (17.35) – West Ruislip (18.05) and West Ruislip (18.48) - Marylebone (19.17)5 | |||||
| 51874 | 59761 | 59728 | 51893 | Noted 21/11/86 - on Bletchley depot3 | |||||
| 51871 | 59761 | 51894 | Noted 07/04/87 - on 15.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and High Wycombe (16.38) – Marylebone (17.31)5 | ||||||
| 51871 | 59761 | 51894 | Noted 23/04/87 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury5 | ||||||
| 51871 | 59761 | 51894 | Noted 07/05/87 - on Marylebone (13.38) – Banbury (15.22), Banbury (16.48) – Marylebone (18.31) and Marylebone (18.50) – Aylesbury (20.07) via Princes Risborough5 | ||||||
| 51871 | 59761 | 51894 | Noted 09/06/87 - on morning Marylebone – Aylesbury services5 | ||||||
| 51663 | 59728 | 59761 | 51894 | Noted 02/07/87 - on 17.42 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51878 + 542595 | |||||
| 51663 | 59728 | 59761 | 51894 | Noted 15/07/19874 | |||||
| 51663 | 59651 | 59761 | 51894 | Noted 12/09/19874 | |||||
| 51663 | 59651 | 59761 | 51894 | Noted 16/09/19874 | |||||
| 51663 | 59651 | 59761 | 51665 | Noted circa 12/19874 | |||||
| 51664 | 59739 | 59761 | 51857 | Noted circa 02/19884 | |||||
| 51664 | 59739 | 59761 | 51857 | Noted 18/05/88 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51664 | 59739 | 59761 | 51857 | Noted 25/05/88 - on 06.53 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 08.49 Aylesbury – Marylebone via Princes Risborough5 | |||||
| 51664 | 59739 | 59761 | 51857 | Noted 26/05/88 - on 06.53 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 08.49 Aylesbury – Marylebone via Princes Risborough5 | |||||
| 51664 | 59739 | 59761 | 51857 | Noted 01/07/88 - on 17.25 Marylebone – Banbury and 19.47 Banbury - Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51664 | 59659 | 59761 | 51857 | Noted 15/07/88 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 16.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51855 + 544915 | |||||
| 51664 | 59659 | 59761 | 51857 | Noted 18/07/88 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 16.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone both with 51676 + 542595 | |||||
| 51849 | 59659 | 59761 | 51857 | Noted 31/08/88 - on 07.45 Marylebone – Banbury and 09.42 Banbury - Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51849 | 59659 | 59761 | 51857 | Noted 04/09/88 - on 19.36 Marylebone – Princes Risborough and 21.28 Princes Risborough - Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51849 | 59659 | 59761 | 51857 | Noted 09/10/88 - on 20.34 Marylebone – Banbury and Banbury (23.15) – Marylebone (00.58)5 | |||||
| 51849 | 59659 | 59761 | 51857 | Noted 21/10/88 - on 16.30 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 17.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51857 | 59659 | 59761 | 51889 | Noted 10/11/88 - on 06.35 Marylebone – High Wycombe ECS and 07.55 High Wycombe – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51677 | 59747 | 59761 | 51888 | Noted 30/12/88 - on Marylebone (16.34) – Aylesbury (17.34)5 | |||||
| 51657 | 59727 | 59761 | 51900 | Noted 24/02/89 - on 16.30 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 17.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51659 | 59727 | 59761 | 51900 | Noted 01/04/89 - on 07.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 08.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51659 | 59727 | 59761 | 51900 | Noted 06/04/89 - on 17.31 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 18.41 High Wycombe – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51879 | 59727 | 59761 | 51900 | Noted 21/04/89 - on 22.55 Marylebone – Bicester North and (next day) 01.47 Bicester North – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough ECS5 | |||||
| 51879 | 59727 | 59761 | 51900 | Noted 22/04/89 - on 06.10 Aylesbury - Marylebone via Princes Risborough5 | |||||
| 51879 | 59727 | 59761 | 51900 | Noted 25/04/89 - on 20.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51874 | 59659 | 59761 | 51900 | Noted 20/06/89 - on 05.43 Marylebone – Banbury and 07.42 Banbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51863 | 59727 | 59761 | 51885 | Noted 20/06/90 - on services to Marylebone6 | |||||
| 51885 | 59761 | 59727 | 51863 | Noted circa 07/19904 | |||||
| 51665 | 59761 | 59659 | 51885 | Noted 19/10/91 - at Marylebone | |||||
| 51655 | 59761 | 59764 | 51855 | Noted 25/02/92 - at Royal Oak3 | |||||
| 51659 | 59761 | 51886 | Noted 07/08/92 - on 12:47 Paddington - Twyford |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
6: Aaron Calder
Images:
9th September 1985
Class 115 DMUs at Marylebone on 9th September 1985 including TCL M59761 on the right. Jonathan Hazan.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: December 1982
Class 115s in Aylesbury station in December 1982, including M59761 on the left. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 19th October 1991
51885 + 59659 + 59761 + 51665 depart Marylebone on 19/10/91. Sparegang.
Date: 7th August 1992
When the 115s were withdrawn from Chiltern a few were used on Thames 117 turns for a short time, such as this image of 51659 with 59761 and 51886 on the 12:47 Paddington - Twyford, seen at Hayes on 7/8/92. Gazza Prescott.