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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25/10/91	Withdrawn from	BY (Bletchley) NXXZ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 livery

Disposal

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
51675	59649	59763	51865	Noted 09/01/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51658 + 59736 + 59746 + 51877⁵
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 Marylebone⁶
51894	59654	59763	51900	Noted 30/03/90 - on services to Marylebone⁶

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
6: 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.

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