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Vehicle 51657

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

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-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17/12/92 Withdrawn from BY (Bletchley) NGBX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

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 59663 59758 51663 Noted 15/08/86 - on 19.50 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough5
51657 59651 59668 51663 Noted 12/09/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51653 + 59734 + 59762 + 518935
51657 59651 59668 51663 Noted 30/09/86 - on Marylebone (08.19) – Aylesbury (09.19) and 09.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone with 51667 + 59650 + 59673 + 516705
51657 59651 59668 51663 Noted 08/10/86 - on 14.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51668 + 59729 + 59756 + 518755
51657 59732 59746 51670 Noted 22/12/1986 - at Marylebone6
51657 59732 59746 51670 Noted 23/01/87 - on Marylebone (17.55) – High Wycombe (18.49) and High Wycombe (19.03) – Marylebone (20.05)5
51657 59732 59746 51670 Noted 29/01/87 - on Marylebone (16.28) – Aylesbury (17.26)5
51657 59732 59746 51670 Noted 30/01/87 - on Marylebone (16.53) – Aylesbury (18.19) via Princes Risborough5
51657 59732 59746 51670 Noted 04/02/87 - on Marylebone (10.38) – Aylesbury (12.02) via Princes Risborough and Aylesbury (12.07) – Marylebone (13.31) via Princes Risborough5
51657 59732 59746 51670 Noted 11/02/87 - on 15.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and High Wycombe (16.38) – Marylebone (17.31)5
51657 51865 Noted 25/02/1987 - at Marylebone6
51657 59732 59746 51670 Noted 13/03/87 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51654 + 542225
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:

Class 115 DMU at Princes Risborough

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.

Class 115 DMU at Princes Risborough

17th June 1981

M51657 leads this Class 115 DMU over the crossing towards Princes Risborough station on June 17, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Marylebone depot

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.

Class 115 DMU at Marylebone depot

23rd June 1984

Class 115 Derby DMBS car 51657 in Marylebone car sheds 23-6-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 115 DMU at Marylebone

29th June 1986

Derby Class 115 DMBS M51657 having arrived in Marylebone with the 09.10 ex-Bicester on 29 June 1986. Dave Warby.

Class 115 DMU at Tyseley

28th June 1987

Class 115 DMBS 51657 is seen stabled at Tyseley carriage sidings on 28.06.1987. Andy Cole.

Class 115 DMU at High Wycombe

22nd May 1991

51657 is closest in this 115/115/108/115 formation seen at High Wycombe on May 22, 1991. John Carter.

Class 115 DMU at Gospel Oak

1992

Set number: L753

L753 (51657 and presumably 51855) at Gospel Oak in 1992. John Grey Turner.

Class 115 DMU at Gospel Oak

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:

DMU

Date: 20th February 1984

A Csass 115 DMU formed of 51866, 59734, 59745, and 51657 in Marylebone station on 20 February 1984. Phil Bevan.

DMU

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.

DMU

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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