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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-63Depot code change1D
May-73Depot code changeME
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17/12/92 Withdrawn from BY (Bletchley) NGBX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:

Class 115 DMU at Quainton Road

4th May 1981

51656 + 59669 + 59725 + 51893 at Quainton Road on the Quaintonian shuttle, 4/5/81. Robert Frise.

Class 115 DMU at West Ruislip

20th November 1988

Class 115 with 51656 leading at West Ruislip on 20/11/88. Ian Buck.

Class 115 DMU at West Ruislip

20th November 1988

Class 115 car 51656 at West Ruislip 20th November 1988. Ian Buck.

Class 115 DMU at Amersham

1990

A Class 115 DMBS (51656) / Class 108 DTC set in Amersham in 1990. Image by Tony Martens. John Law Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Aylesbury

circa May 1990

A Class 115 / 108 hybrid set formed of 51656 + 54491 in Aylesbury (Town) station, circa May 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Gospel Oak

7th March 1992

070392 51656+51654 at Gospel Oak, working Barking services Jason Hall.

Class 115 DMU at Gwent Demolition, Margam

23rd September 1994

Set number: L752

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:

DMU

Date: 4th May 1981

The Quaintonian with 51893 - 59725 - 59669 and 51656 on 4/5/81 at Quainton Road. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: circa May 1990

A Class 108 / 115 hybrid set formed of 54491 + 51656 in Aylesbury (Town) station, circa May 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.