Vehicle 51656
Class 115
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Albion 230hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30530
Diagram: 598
Allocations
| 02/04/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 4w/e 28/05/60 | Transferred to | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
| Nov-60 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
| 4w/e 01/04/61 | Stored | Marylebone | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transfer | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| 21/01/92 | Sector Change to | BY (Bletchley) NGBX | |
| 17/12/92 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) NGBX |
Modifications
Jan-85 - AWS fitted
Aug-87 - Gangway(s) fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51655 | 59651 | 59666 | 51656 | As delivered to 14A - 02/04/60 | |||||
| 51656 | 59652 | 59673 | 51676 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51656 | 59752 | 59734 | 51833 | Noted 18/06/77 - on Marylebone depot2 | |||||
| 51656 | 59740 | 59751 | 51878 | Noted 24/05/80 | |||||
| 51656 | 59669 | 59725 | 51893 | Noted 04/05/81 - working The Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51656 | 59669 | 59725 | 51893 | Noted 15/05/81 - at Aylesbury2 | |||||
| 51679 | 59762 | 59649 | 51656 | Noted circa 02/19843 | |||||
| 51679 | 59672 | 59731 | 51656 | Noted circa 04/19843 | |||||
| 51656 | 59678 | 59730 | 51657 | Noted circa 04/19853 | |||||
| 51656 | 59759 | 59729 | 51666 | Noted circa 10/19853 | |||||
| 51666 | 59729 | 59755 | 51656 | Noted circa 11/19853 | |||||
| 51656 | 59655 | 59749 | 51676 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Marylebone4 | |||||
| 51656 | 59671 | 59736 | 51875 | Noted 22/12/1986 - at Marylebone4 | |||||
| 51656 | 54499 | Noted circa 09/19873 | |||||||
| 51656 | 54499 | Noted 24/10/1987 - Chiltern Tours Special Train from Aylesbury to Folkestone Harbour 54500-51652 + 54499-51656 | |||||||
| 51656 | 54499 | Noted 24/12/19873 | |||||||
| 51656 | 54499 | Noted circa 01/19883 | |||||||
| 51896 | 59671 | 59740 | 51656 | Noted circa 07/19883 | |||||
| 51654 | 51656 | Noted circa 01/19923 | |||||||
| 51654 | 51656 | Listed at - 24/02/92 - NSE NGBX pool | |||||||
| L752 | 51654 | 51656 | Listed at - 12/08/92 | ||||||
| L752 | 51654 | 51656 | Listed at BY - November 1992 - Sector NGBX |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
Images:
4th May 1981
51656 + 59669 + 59725 + 51893 at Quainton Road on the Quaintonian shuttle, 4/5/81. Robert Frise.
20th November 1988
Class 115 with 51656 leading at West Ruislip on 20/11/88. Ian Buck.
20th November 1988
Class 115 car 51656 at West Ruislip 20th November 1988. Ian Buck.
1990
A Class 115 DMBS (51656) / Class 108 DTC set in Amersham in 1990. Image by Tony Martens. John Law Collection.
circa May 1990
A Class 115 / 108 hybrid set formed of 51656 + 54491 in Aylesbury (Town) station, circa May 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
7th March 1992
070392 51656+51654 at Gospel Oak, working Barking services Jason Hall.
23rd September 1994
Vehicle 51656 was delivered new to Cricklewood East Depot in April 1960 but had spells at Trafford Park and Allerton Depots before moving back south to Marylebone in June 1961 where it stayed until the depot closed and units were moved to Bletchley in 1988. It was transferred on paper from Bletchley to Old Oak on 21/1/92 but the move never took place and it remained allocated to Bletchley for a few more months before being withdrawn on 17/12/92. Like many of its type it ended up dragged to South Wales after being sold to Gwent Demolition Ltd for disposal. The company used sidings in the Margam Yard complex to break up many former Network SouthEast multiple units. It arrived on 6/4/93 and after being torched by vandals lingered a further two years before the inevitable when it was finally cut up on 30/6/95. It is seen here on 23 September 1994. Adrian Nicholls.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 4th May 1981
The Quaintonian with 51893 - 59725 - 59669 and 51656 on 4/5/81 at Quainton Road. Robert Frise.
Date: circa May 1990
A Class 108 / 115 hybrid set formed of 54491 + 51656 in Aylesbury (Town) station, circa May 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.