Vehicle 51657
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
| 09/04/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 4w/e 04/11/61 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| 4w/e 02/12/61 | Stored | ||
| 4w/e 30/12/61 | Reinstated | 18A (Toton) | |
| Feb-62 | Transferred to | 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| 17/12/92 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) NGBX |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
circa early 1975 - AWS fitted
Jul-87 - Gangway(s) fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51657 | 59652 | 59667 | 51658 | As delivered to 14A - 09/04/60 | |||||
| 51657 | 59726 | 59675 | 51675 | Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51657 | 59658 | 59751 | 51675 | Noted 29/05/1975 - at Banbury 2 | |||||
| 51657 | 59658 | 59756 | 51660 | Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot3 | |||||
| 51657 | 59676 | 59656 | 51661 | Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51877 | 59748 | 59727 | 51657 | Noted circa 02/19824 | |||||
| 51861 | 59755 | 59740 | 51657 | Noted circa 04/19844 | |||||
| 51657 | 59651 | 59748 | 51894 | Noted 23/06/84 - in Marylebone car sheds | |||||
| 51656 | 59678 | 59730 | 51657 | Noted circa 04/19854 | |||||
| 51880 | 59667 | 59743 | 51657 | Noted circa 11/19854 | |||||
| 51885 | 59662 | 59665 | 51657 | Noted circa 12/19854 | |||||
| 51657 | 59732 | 59746 | 51670 | Noted 22/12/1986 - at Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51657 | 51865 | Noted 25/02/1987 - at Marylebone5 | |||||||
| 51657 | 54224 | Noted 10/09/19874 | |||||||
| 51657 | 54499 | Noted circa 02/19884 | |||||||
| 51657 | 54499 | Noted 03/09/1988 - Hertfordshire Railtours Chinnor Tonic second rerun 54499-51657 + 51893-54224 | |||||||
| 51657 | 54224 | 59659 | 51678 | Noted 26/03/90 - on services from Marylebone6 | |||||
| 51657 | 54224 | Noted 17/04/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54257 + 518936 | |||||||
| 51855 | 51657 | Noted circa 01/19924 | |||||||
| L753 | 51657 | 51855 | Listed at BY - 12/08/92 | ||||||
| L753 | 51657 | 51855 | Listed at BY - November 1992 - Sector NGBX |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Aaron Calder
Images:
17th June 1981
Four vehicles, three liveries. M51657 and the trailer behind are in blue/grey, the second trailer is plain blue and the rear DMBS is in refurbished livery. Taken in Princes Risborough on June 17, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
17th June 1981
M51657 leads this Class 115 DMU over the crossing towards Princes Risborough station on June 17, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
23rd June 1984
Class 115 Derby 4-car DMU 51657 + 59651 + 59748 + 51894 in Marylebone car sheds 23-6-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
23rd June 1984
Class 115 Derby DMBS car 51657 in Marylebone car sheds 23-6-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
29th June 1986
Derby Class 115 DMBS M51657 having arrived in Marylebone with the 09.10 ex-Bicester on 29 June 1986. Dave Warby.
28th June 1987
Class 115 DMBS 51657 is seen stabled at Tyseley carriage sidings on 28.06.1987. Andy Cole.
22nd May 1991
51657 is closest in this 115/115/108/115 formation seen at High Wycombe on May 22, 1991. John Carter.
1992
Set number: L753
L753 (51657 and presumably 51855) at Gospel Oak in 1992. John Grey Turner.
29th July 1992
Set number: L753
51657 carries a small headboard 'Farewell to the Chilterns' when seen at Gospel Oak on the 29th July 1992. It is presumably paired with 51855. Gazza Prescott.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 20th February 1984
A Csass 115 DMU formed of 51866, 59734, 59745, and 51657 in Marylebone station on 20 February 1984. Phil Bevan.
Date: 21st June 1986
Class 115 DMUs in Aylesbury station on 21 June 1986. Closest is 51863, the other vehicles in the set noted as 59672 + 59738 + 51657. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 10th November 1990
Three two coach Class 115/108 units (51679 + 54259 / 51657 + 54224 / 54499 + 51652) are seen here at Claydon LN&E Junction on 10 November 1990 with the second Aylesbury to Milton Keynes shopper specials of 1990. The train had travelled via Quainton Road and Calvert and was about to pass Claydon Loop on the way to Bletchley and its destination. The signal on the extreme right shows where the line from Bicester enters the loop which at this time was used by such trains as Whatley to Wolverton stone, the Bath and Bristol to Calvert household rubbish containers and the much-missed Akeman Street fertiliser vans. Peter Tandy.