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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17/12/92	Withdrawn from	BY (Bletchley) NGBX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
	51657	59667	59744	51880	Noted 12/09/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone⁵
	51657	59667	59743	51880	Noted 24/10/85 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone⁵
	51880	59667	59743	51657	Noted circa 11/1985⁴
	51657	59667	59743	51880	Noted 19/11/85 - on a morning Marylebone – High Wycombe service⁵
	51885	59662	59665	51657	Noted circa 12/1985⁴
	51657	59662	59665	51885	Noted 11/12/85 - on 17.00 Marylebone – Aylesbury, 18.10 Aylesbury – Marylebone, 19.50 Marylebone – Princes Risborough and 21.58 Princes Risborough - Marylebone⁵
	51657	59662	59665	51885	Noted 26/01/86 - on 08.45 Marylebone – Banbury, 10.54 Banbury – Marylebone, 13.45 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 14.45 High Wycombe - Marylebone⁵
	51657	59662	59665	51885	Noted 28/01/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51888 + 59668 + 59737 + 51893⁵
	51657	59672	59734	51863	Noted 16/05/86 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone⁵
	51657	59672	59734	51863	Noted 02/06/86 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51656 + 59655 + 59749 + 51676 then 16.25 Aylesbury – Marylebone via Princes Risborough alone⁵
	51657	59672	59738	51863	Noted 01/07/86 - on 15.05 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 16.00 High Wycombe – Marylebone⁵
	51657	59672	59738	51863	Noted 02/07/86 - on 18.15 Marylebone – Banbury and 21.02 Banbury - Marylebone⁵
	51657	59672	59738	51863	Noted 07/07/86 - on 18.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51656 + 59655 + 59749 + 51676⁵
	51657	59732	59746	51670	Noted 22/12/1986 - at Marylebone⁶
	51657	51865			Noted 25/02/1987 - at Marylebone⁶
	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 Marylebone⁷
	51657	54224			Noted 17/04/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54257 + 51893⁷
	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: Phil Shatford
6: Robert Chilton
7: 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.

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