Vehicle 59761

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27/08/92	Withdrawn from	OO (Old Oak Common)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

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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:

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Date: December 1982

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

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Date: 19th October 1991

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

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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.