Vehicle 59763
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 51897 during the unknown period are:
| 12/11/60 | New to | Chaddesden | - stabled pending allocation |
| Jan-61 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) | |
| Jul-61 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D |
Then the allocations for 59763 are:
| Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| p/e 12/10/91 | Sector Change to | BY (Bletchley) NXXZ | |
| 25/10/91 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) NXXZ |
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 01/04/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51897 | 59743 | 59763 | 51898 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 12th November 1960 - stabled pending allocation | |||||
| 51897 | 59743 | 59763 | 51898 | Transfer to 1E - Jan-61 | |||||
| 51659 | 59763 | 59743 | 51667 | Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51659 | 59763 | 59743 | 51667 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Denham2 | |||||
| 50861 | 59763 | 51678 | Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot3 | ||||||
| 51849 | 59717 | 59763 | 51853 | Noted 23/11/75 - at Brough1 | |||||
| 51857 | 59763 | 59734 | 51866 | Noted 07/05/79 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51863 | 59650 | 59763 | 51877 | Noted 05/05/80 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51661 | 59763 | 59734 | 51667 | Noted circa 02/19824 | |||||
| 51655 | 59734 | 59763 | 51886 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
| 51869 | 59763 | 59656 | 51897 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||
| 51675 | 59763 | 59649 | 51865 | Noted circa 10/19854 | |||||
| 51659 | 59727 | 59763 | 51889 | Noted 28/03/1987 - Hertfordshire Railtours The Mickleover Hypothesis 51667-59739-59750-51666 + 51889-59763-59727-51659 | |||||
| 51889 | 59763 | 59727 | 51890 | Noted circa 07/19874 | |||||
| 51889 | 59763 | 59727 | 51659 | Noted circa 09/19874 | |||||
| 51889 | 59763 | 59727 | 51659 | Noted 11/02/19884 | |||||
| 51891 | 59727 | 59763 | 51889 | Noted circa 03/19884 | |||||
| 51663 | 59763 | 59737 | 51886 | Noted circa 01/19894 | |||||
| 51678 | 59763 | 59654 | 51894 | Noted 21/02/90 - on services to Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51894 | 59654 | 59763 | 51900 | Noted 30/03/90 - on services to Marylebone5 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder
Images:
26th November 1991
59763 Class 115 at Snailwell on 26th November 1991. Behind is seen 76314 (1902). Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th May 1979
51857 - 59763 - 59734 - 51866 at Quainton Road working The Quaintonian on 7/5/79. Robert Frise.
Date: 7th May 1979
51857 - 59763 - 59734 - 51866 at Aylsebury working The Quaintonian shuttle to Quainton Road on 7/5/79. Robert Frise.
Date: 5th May 1980
At Quainton Road on 5/5/80 working the Quaintonian shuttle are 51877 - 59763 - 59650 - 51863. Robert Frise.
Date: 19th July 1985
A Marylebone based class 115 passes on the down main line at Leamington Spa with am 1L04 High Wycombe to Matlock charter operated by Chiltern Trains on on 19 July 1985, long before privatisation and the official adoption of that name by the TOC. The set comprised of vehicles 51675, 59763, 59649 and 51671 and with 4 coaches was a relatively unusual sight at Leamington. The signal for the up main was on green so there had been a reasonable chance of a really messy picture with a third train in shot as the special passed a class 116 unit in platform 2 but all was well on this occasion. Peter Tandy.
Date: 23rd April 1989
The 11.39 to Marylebone departs from Aylesbury on 23 April 1989. The Class 115 set was recorded as 51886 + 59737 + 59763 + 51893 (order of power cars uncertain), the 108/115 at the front was 54274 + 51676. Lewis Bevan.