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
16/04/60 | 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 | |
16/05/64 | Transferred to | 8J (Allerton) | |
2w/e 02/04/66 | Transferred to | 1D (Marylebone) | |
May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
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27/08/92 | Withdrawn from | OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX | |
01/10/92 | Reinstated | TS (Tyseley) RDTS | |
17/11/92 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
27/11/92 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
51659 | 59653 | 59668 | 51660 | As delivered to 14A - 16/04/60 | |||||
51659 | 59674 | 59654 | 51671 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
51659 | 59763 | 59743 | 51667 | Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1 | |||||
51659 | 59763 | 59743 | 51667 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Denham2 | |||||
51659 | 59725 | 59759 | 51896 | Noted 14/09/1975 - at Banbury 3 | |||||
51659 | 59743 | 59759 | 51864 | Noted 24/05/80 | |||||
51659 | 59747 | 59652 | 51652 | Noted circa 08/19814 | |||||
51653 | 59764 | 59653 | 51659 | Noted circa 02/19824 | |||||
51659 | 59654 | 59672 | 51880 | Noted circa 08/19824 | |||||
51889 | 59745 | 59661 | 51659 | Noted circa 09/19824 | |||||
51659 | 59762 | 59726 | 51869 | Noted circa 09/19834 | |||||
51895 | 59743 | 59747 | 51659 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
51659 | 59727 | 59671 | 51889 | Noted 24/02/1987 - at Marylebone - as 6 car set with 51849 + 542745 | |||||
51659 | 59727 | 59763 | 51889 | Noted 28/03/1987 - Hertfordshire Railtours The Mickleover Hypothesis 51667-59739-59750-51666 + 51889-59763-59727-51659 | |||||
51889 | 59763 | 59727 | 51659 | Noted circa 09/19874 | |||||
51889 | 59763 | 59727 | 51659 | Noted 11/02/19884 | |||||
51680 | 59728 | 59671 | 51659 | Noted circa 03/19884 | |||||
51659 | 54259 | 59731 | 51673 | Noted 10/03/90 - on services to Marylebone6 | |||||
51659 | 59759 | 51887 | Noted 24/02/92 | ||||||
51659 | 59761 | 51886 | Noted 07/08/92 - on 12:47 Paddington - Twyford | ||||||
Spare | 51659 | Listed at TS - November 1992 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Aaron Calder
A class 115 DMU at Derby on the Mickleover Hypothesis railtour, 28th March 1987, 51659 closest. Jonathan Hazan.
A class 115 DMU in Network SouthEast livery at Marylebone, about to set off on the Mickleover Hypothesis railtour, 28th March 1987. DMBS 51659 is closest. Jonathan Hazan.
The crew for the Class 115 DMUs on the Mickleover Hypothesis railtour heads up the platform to the cab of 51659 at Marylebone on 28th March 1987. Jonathan Hazan.
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Mickleover Hypothesis' formed of two Class 115s at Nuneaton on 28th March 1987. 51659 is closest. Jonathan Hazan.
Class 115 DMBS 51659 at the end of the 'Mickleover Hypothesis' railtour at Nuneaton on 28th March 1987. Jonathan Hazan.
A class 115 DMU at Derby on the Mickleover Hypothesis railtour, 28th March 1987, 51659 closest. Jonathan Hazan.
51659 at the front of the Mickleover Hypothesis railtour during the stop at Derby on 28th March 1987. Jonathan Hazan.
Class 115 vehicles 51659 + 59727 at Derby as part of the ‘Mickleover Hypothesis’ tour on 28 March 1987. Rob Paterson.
Northolt Junction, near South Ruislip on 8 March 1990. A hybrid Class 115/108 dmu set (51659 + 54259 + 59731 + 51673) approaches working the 14.10 Marylebone - Banbury. Lewis Bevan.
Class 115 DMBS 51659 is seen stabled inside Marylebone depot in Network South East livery on 03.03.1991. Behind is a Class 108 DTC. Andy Cole.
When the 115s were withdrawn from Chiltern a few were used on Thames 117 turns for a short time, such as this image of 51659 with 59761 and 51886 on the 12:47 Paddington - Twyford, seen at Hayes on 7/8/92. Gazza Prescott.
A Class 115 set sits in London St.Pancras station about to depart with the 1.35pm to Bedford on January 21st, 1961. Michael noted "I recorded one of the vehicles as M51659". Michael Mensing.