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
18/06/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
5w/e 05/08/61 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
4w/e 02/09/61 | 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 | |
20/05/93 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) NGBX | - as L754 |
circa Aug-87 - Gangway(s) fitted
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
51661 | 59654 | 59669 | 51662 | As delivered to 14A - 18/06/60 | |||||
51661 | 59662 | 59755 | 51899 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Denham1 | |||||
51661 | 59657 | 59752 | 51663 | Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot2 | |||||
51657 | 59676 | 59656 | 51661 | Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone3 | |||||
51661 | 59668 | 59738 | 51676 | Noted 13/01/79 - on emergency special from Marylebone to High Wycombe with 51674-59733-59676-51891 to connect with delayed ECS for railtour to Merseyside. Also noted as 51886-59738-59668-51894. | |||||
51661 | 59654 | 59675 | 51869 | Noted 26/05/80 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
51661 | 59661 | 59676 | 51881 | Noted 04/07/81 - on Hertfordshire Railtours The Fenbasher | |||||
51661 | 59763 | 59734 | 51667 | Noted circa 02/19824 | |||||
51661 | 59650 | 59752 | 51885 | Noted circa 08/19824 | |||||
51661 | 59669 | 59739 | 51866 | Noted 4th April 1983 | |||||
51661 | 59737 | 59669 | 51874 | Noted 24/02/1987 - at Marylebone5 | |||||
51661 | 54223 | Noted circa 02/19884 | |||||||
51661 | 54223 | Noted 24/05/19884 | |||||||
51661 | 54499 | Noted circa 01/19894 | |||||||
51661 | 59664 | 59657 | 51652 | Noted circa 05/19904 | |||||
51661 | 59664 | 59657 | 51663 | Noted 21/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51664 + 543816 | |||||
51661 | 51866 | Listed at BY - 24/02/92 - NSE NGBX pool | |||||||
L754 | 51661 | 51866 | Listed at BY - 12/08/92 | ||||||
L754 | 51661 | 51866 | Listed at BY - November 1992 - Sector NGBX | ||||||
L754 | 51661 | 51855 | Noted circa 11/19924 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Aaron Calder
Class 115 DMBS 51661 is seen at Tyseley on 11.04.1987 waiting to be paired up with another car. Note the Chiltern Line branding behind the cab door. Andy Cole.
51869 + 59675 + 59654 + 51661 on the Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road, 26/5/80. Robert Frise.
An Aylesbury-Quainton Road shuttle-service, consisting of a 4-car Class 115 DMU (51869 + 59675 + 59654 + 51661), waits at Quainton Road station for passengers returning to Aylesbury after attending the Bank Holiday Open Day (May 26, 1980) at what is now known as the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Lewis Bevan.
Hertfordshire Railtours' "Fenbasher" tour operated on 4 July 1981 and repeated later in the month. This is the original, formed 51661/59661/59676/51881 with the organiser, the late John Farrow walking alongside the train. Class 115 normally worked out of Marylebone but this tour ran from St Pancras to Kings Cross. Jeremy Chapter.
Hertfordshire Railtours' "Fenbasher" tour operated on 4 July 1981 and was repeated later in the month. This is the original, formed 51661/59661/59676/51881, at Wisbech. This class of Derby Suburban diesel units spent most of their working lives operating the routes out of Marylebone. Jeremy Chapter.
The Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" rail tour is seen at Abbey on the former Downham and Stoke Ferry railway. Formation of the tour was 51881+59676+59661+51661, all Marylebone-based class 115 Derby Suburban coaches. This was the 4 July 1981 running of the tour, which ran again three weeks later. Jeremy Chapter.
This four-car set of Derby high-density seated DMU coaches (51881/59676/59661/51661) from Marylebone was seen at Abbey in Norfolk on the first Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" railtour on 4 July 1981. This tour was repeated three weeks later owing to high demand. Jeremy Chapter.
Hertfordshire Railtours' "Fenbasher" tour operated on 4 July 1981 and repeated later in the month. This is the original, formed 51661/59661/59676/51881 with Hertfordshire Railtours' John Farrow just inside the fence. Class 115 normally worked out of Marylebone but this tour ran from St Pancras to Kings Cross. Jeremy Chapter.
The Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" is seen at Middleton Towers on 4 July 1981. It was formed of a Class 115 DMU containing 51661 + 59661 + 59676 + 51881. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Seen at Tyseley on 15 April 1987 are 53111 (withdrawn a few weeks later) + 593?? + 59604 + 53837 and 51661. Stuart Mackay Collection.