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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-63Depot code change1D

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27/08/92 Withdrawn from OO (Old Oak Common)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 livery

Disposal

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
51874 59761 59728 51893 Noted 21/11/86 - on Bletchley depot3
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
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:

Class 115 DMU at Marylebone

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:

DMU

Date: December 1982

Class 115s in Aylesbury station in December 1982, including M59761 on the left. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 19th October 1991

51885 + 59659 + 59761 + 51665 depart Marylebone on 19/10/91. Sparegang.

DMU

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.