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Vehicle 51658


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)
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
27/08/92 Withdrawn from OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX

Modifications

circa Mar-86 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 08/06/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

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
51658 59739 59678 51862 Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1
51658 59737 59670 51669 Noted 24/10/71 - on Bletchley depot1
51658 59652 59749 51896 Noted 26/08/74 - working The Quaintonian shuttle
51658 59756 59668 51876 Noted 11/09/76 - (2 x TC) in London Marylebone with 51671/59650/59754/518911
51658 59735 59673 51879 Noted 16/04/79 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
51658 59659 59664 51875 Noted circa 02/19822
51651 59656 59746 51658 Noted 4th April 1982
51652 59731 59750 51658 Noted circa 09/19832
51663 59731 59750 51658 Noted circa 10/19832
51894 59731 59750 51658 Noted circa 02/19842
51670 59652 59749 51658 Noted circa 11/19842
51890 59736 59678 51658 Noted circa 11/19852
51658 59678 59736 51890 Noted 06/11/85 - on 16.15 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 17.36 Aylesbury – Marylebone via Princes Risborough3
51658 59678 59736 51890 Noted 13/11/85 - on 17.00 Marylebone – Aylesbury, 18.10 Aylesbury – Marylebone, 19.50 Marylebone – Princes Risborough and 21.58 Princes Risborough - Marylebone3
51658 59678 59736 51890 Noted 15/11/85 - on 16.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 17.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone3
51658 59736 59746 51877 Noted 12/12/85 - on 17.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough with 51660 + 59656 + 59675 + 516683
51658 59746 59736 51877 Noted 28/12/1985 - at Marylebone4
51658 59736 59746 51877 Noted 09/01/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51675 + 59649 + 59763 + 518653
51658 59661 59748 51877 Noted 01/02/86 - on 13.33 Marylebone – Banbury and 16.40 Banbury - Marylebone3
51658 59652 59764 51880 Noted 25/03/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51656 + 59655 + 59749 + 516673
51658 59652 59764 51880 Noted 25/03/86 - on 18.55 Aylesbury – Bletchley (19.56) ECS3
51658 59652 59764 51873 Noted 18/04/86 - on 07.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 09.10 Aylesbury – Marylebone3
51658 59652 59764 51873 Noted 18/04/86 - on 11.50 Marylebone – Banbury and 14.03 Banbury – Marylebone3
51658 59652 59764 51873 Noted 23/04/86 - on 22.10 Banbury – Marylebone3
51658 59652 59764 51873 Noted 20/05/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone both with 51660 + 59650 + 59673 + 516673
51658 59652 59764 51873 Noted 22/05/86 - on 17.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough with 51670 + 59666 + 59730 + 516733
51658 59662 59665 51862 Noted 22/06/86 - on 09.40 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 11.35 High Wycombe – Marylebone3
51658 59678 59738 51879 Noted 24/02/1987 - at Marylebone4
51890 59667 59655 51658 Noted 19/09/19872
51677 59667 59655 51658 Noted circa 02/19882
51896 59651 59671 51658 Noted circa 01/19892
51658 59657 59667 51886 Noted 24/02/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Phil Shatford
4: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Quainton Road

16th April 1979

51658 - 59735 - 59673 - 51879 form The Quaintonian shuttle when seen at Quainton Road on 16/4/79. Robert Frise.

Class 115 DMU at Ruislip

21st August 1985

51658 leads a Banbury to Marylebone 4-car class 115 unit past Ruislip golf course on August 21, 1985. Mike Dean.

Class 115 DMU at London Marylebone

5th January 1986

M51658 pulls into London Marylebone, 5/1/86. Chris Moxon Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Marylebone

28th June 1986

A 3-car class 115 sporting its new NSE livery makes a typically smoky exit from Marylebone on 28 June 1986. It is attached to M51658 still in Blue/Grey and displaying a Chiltern Line logo. Robert28194.

Class 115 DMU at High Wycombe

22nd November 1986

A Class 115 stabled at High Wycombe on 22 November 1986. The power car looks like it could be 51658. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 115 DMU at Moor Park

6th June 1988

BR Derby Class 115 DMBS M51658 at Moor Park on 6 June 1988. Dave Warby.

Class 115 DMU at Marylebone

13th April 1991

51658 has been attached to a set with a Class 108, seen in Marylebone station on the 13th April 1991. Gazza Prescott.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 26th August 1974

51896 - 59749 - 59652 - 51658 at Quainton Road on The Quaintonian shuttle, 26/8/74. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: July 1975

BR (Derby) Class 115 4-car suburban dmu No.M51658 (Class 115), M59656 (173), M59665 (177), M51867 (115) in BR Rail Blue and all yellow front ends arrives at Marylebone on a service from Aylesbury, 07/75. Hugh Llewelyn.