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Vehicle 51857


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: 30595
Diagram: 598

Allocations

27/02/60 New to 14A (Cricklewood)
Jun-60 Transferred to 9E (Trafford Park)
Nov-60 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
Sep-63Depot code change8J
04/04/64 Transferred to 1D (Marylebone)
3w/e 02/04/66 Transferred to 8J (Allerton)
06/05/73Depot code changeAN
4w/e 27/12/75 Transferred to ME (Marylebone)
Oct-88 Transferred to BY (Bletchley)
21/01/92 Sector Change to BY (Bletchley) NXXZ
14/02/92 Withdrawn from BY (Bletchley) NTCZ

Modifications

circa Dec-72 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 22/04/1983 released in blue/grey livery

51857 was involved in the following incident:


Image on the Rail Photoprints website.

circa early 1971 - Unknown, LMR

Collision involving Class 115

Allerton based Class 115 power car M51857 was seen on Longsight depot with collision damage to the left side and missing a bogie. It would be returned to traffic.


Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51857 59717 59723 51858 As delivered to 14A - 27th February 1960
51850 59718 59723 51857 Noted 03/05/69 - in Manchester Central (last day)1
51857 59720 59713 51858 Noted 02/09/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road2
51857 59763 59734 51866 Noted 07/05/79 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
51857 59665 59744 51879 Noted 07/04/80 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
51857 59652 51677 59666 59732 51888 Noted 20/04/81 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
51894 59651 59674 51857 Noted circa 02/19823
51662 59659 59664 51857 Noted circa 08/19823
51857 59673 59650 51875 Noted circa 10/19833
51673 59665 59657 51857 Noted circa 02/19843
51893 59732 59678 51857 Noted circa 04/19843
51857 59737 59746 51888 Noted 08/06/85 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
51857 59753 59658 51669 Noted circa 11/19853
51857 59755 59733 51866 Noted 30/09/86 - at Marylebone
51857 59761 59739 51664 Noted circa 02/19883
51679 59678 59656 51857 Noted 19/02/90 - on services to Marylebone4
51680 59671 59656 51857 Noted 13/06/90 - on services to Marylebone4

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Aaron Calder

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Quainton Road

7th May 1979

51857 - 59763 - 59734 - 51866 at Quainton Road working The Quaintonian on 7/5/79. Robert Frise.

Class 115 DMU at Aylesbury

7th May 1979

51857 - 59763 - 59734 - 51866 at Aylsebury working The Quaintonian shuttle to Quainton Road on 7/5/79. Robert Frise.

Class 115 DMU at Quainton Road

7th April 1980

M51857 + M59665 + M59744 + M51879 at Quainton Road on 7/4/80. This set worked The Quaintonian shuttle on the 6th and 7th. Robert Frise.

Class 115 DMU at Quainton Road

7th April 1980

51857 + 59665 + 59744 + 51879 at Quainton Road on The Quaintonian shuttle to Aylesbury, 7/4/80. Robert Frise.

Class 115 DMU at Aylesbury

20th April 1981

51857 with 59652 - 51677 - 59666 - 59732 and 51888 at Aylesbury working the Quaintonian shuttle to Quainton Road, 20/4/81. Robert Frise.

Class 115 DMU at Princes Risborough

17th June 1981

M51857 leads a Class 115 DMU away from Princes Risborough on June 17, 1981. Note the passenger door this side of the guards van is in plain blue. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Quainton Road

8th June 1985

51857 - 59737 - 59746 - 51888 on the Quaintonian at Quainton Road, 8/6/85. Robert Frise.

Class 115 DMU at Amersham

21st July 1990

Class 115 DMBS 51857 on the rear of the 11:10 Marylebone-Aylesbury service seen at Amersham station on 21 July 1990. Robert Thomas.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 6th April 1980

An open day at the Quainton Railway Centre in Buckhinghamshire on 6th April 1980 was served by shuttle services from Aylesbury provided by a class 115 DMU. The vehicles should be M51879 + M59744 + M59665 + M51857. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: 20th April 1981

51888 on the rear of the Quaintonian shuttle with 59732 - 59666 - 51677 + 59652 - 51857 on 20/4/81. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 30th September 1986

Class 115 M51866 + M59733 + M59755 + M51857 at Marylebone on the 30th September 1986. Kevin Law.

DMU

Date: 20th October 1989

With Derby Class 115 51896, Class 108 DTCL 54495 and Class 115 DMBS 51857 in view the 12.40 To Marylebone awaits departure from Aylesbury on 20 October 1989. Dave Warby.

DMU

Date: 20th October 1989

Class 108 DTCL 54495 (right) faces Class 115 DMBS 51857 in Aylesbury station with the 12.40 To Marylebone on 20 October 1989. Dave Warby.

DMU

Date: 10th February 1991

Weather conditions on Saturday 10 February 1991 were such that EMUs on the Euston-Northampton-Birmingham route were experiencing operating problems with snow causing problems wit the sliding doors. As a result at least one Class 115 dmu was borrowed from Bletchley depot to operate a Rugby-Northampton-Milton Keynes shuttle so that Wolverton/Northampton/Long Buckby passengers could change onto main line trains at Rugby or MK. This is one set, with driving car 51857, passing Kingsthorpe on a Rugby-Milton Keynes shuttle train. The two snow-covered tracks in the foreground are the branch from Northampton to Market Harborough which closed in 1981, but had still not been lifted 10 years later. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 10th February 1991

Weather conditions on Saturday 10 February 1991 were such that EMUs on the Euston-Northampton-Birmingham route were experiencing operating problems with snow causing problems wit the sliding doors. As a result at least one Class 115 dmu was borrowed from Bletchley depot to operate a Rugby-Northampton-Milton Keynes shuttle so that Wolverton/Northampton/Long Buckby passengers could change onto main line trains at Rugby or MK. This is one set, with driving car 51857, passing Kingsthorpe on a Rugby-Milton Keynes shuttle train. The two snow-covered tracks in the foreground are the branch from Northampton to Market Harborough which closed in 1981, but had still not been lifted 10 years later. Lewis Bevan.