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Vehicle 51669

Class 115

BR Diagram 598

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

04/06/60 New to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 03/06/61 Stored Marylebone
4w/e 01/07/61 Transfer 14A (Cricklewood)
5w/e 05/08/61 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
4w/e 02/09/61 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D
May-73Depot code changeME
Oct-88 Transferred to BY (Bletchley)
21/01/92 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX
27/03/92 Withdrawn from OO (Old Oak Common) NTCZ

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 15/09/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51669 59658 59673 51670 As delivered to 14A - 04/06/60
51669 59662 59755 51874 Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1
51658 59737 59670 51669 Noted 24/10/71 - on Bletchley depot1
51669 59677 59744 51876 Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot2
51654 59749 59653 51669 Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot2
51669 59649 59677 51887 Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone with 51676/59664/59730/518701
51669 59665 59657 51895 Noted circa 08/19813
51669 59736 59678 51868 Noted circa 06/19823
51669 59655 59677 51673 Noted circa 08/19823
51673 59677 59655 51669 Noted circa 09/19823
51669 59764 59744 51653 Noted circa 04/19843
51669 59662 59755 51876 Noted circa 04/19853
51857 59753 59658 51669 Noted circa 11/19853
51669 59658 59753 51886 Noted 28/12/1985 - at Marylebone4
51669 59731 59675 51877 Noted 22/11/86 - on 18:38 Marylebone - Banbury5
51877 59675 59731 51669 Noted 17/01/1987 - Hertfordshire Railtours The Chiltern Chariot 51877-59675-59731-51669 + 51673-59747-59744-51652
51660 59729 59764 51669 Noted circa 07/19873
51669 59662 59749 51660 Noted circa 02/19883
51669 59662 59749 51660 Noted circa 03/19883
51660 59749 59662 51669 Noted 27/07/19883
51669 54284 Noted 02/04/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51888 + 542226
51669 54284 Noted 11/04/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54222 + 518886
51669 54284 Noted 05/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51882 + 542226
51669 54259 59737 51670 Noted circa 11/19913
51669 59662 59750 51674 Noted 24/02/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
5: Martin Baumann
6: Aaron Calder

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Aylesbury

Unknown date

M51669, displaying Little Kimble on the destination blind, at the front of two Class 115 DMUs at Aylesbury. Early 1980s. Ian Docwra.

Class 115 DMU at Princes Risborough

Unknown date

M51669 at the front of a Little Kimble train at Princes Risborough in the early eighties. Ian Docwra.

Class 115 DMU at Wembley Complex

5th April 1986

A class 115 heads towards Marylebone at Wembley Complex on 5 April 1986. The current Wembley Stadium was opened as Wembley Hill in 1906, although was named Wembley Complex between 1978 and 1987. Image by Alec Swain. Kevin Lane Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Aylesbury

8th April 1989

Just arrived at Aylesbury Station from London Marylebone is a 4 car DMU set with Class 115 DMBS 51669 at the rear (closest) on Saturday 8th April 1989. AndrewHA.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1989

Class 115s at the southern end of Aylesbury station around 1989. Closest is M51887, the other could be M51669. Kevin Lane.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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