Vehicle 51659
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
| 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| 27/08/92 | Withdrawn from | OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX | |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| 27/11/92 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 17/11/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 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 | 59763 | 51899 | Noted 17/08/86 - on Marylebone – High Wycombe services5 | |||||
| 51659 | 59727 | 59763 | 51889 | Noted 09/09/86 - on 17.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough with 51666 + 59670 + 59744 + 516715 | |||||
| 51659 | 59727 | 59763 | 51889 | Noted 04/10/86 - on 11.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 14.38 Banbury – Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51659 | 59727 | 59763 | 51889 | Noted 07/12/86 - on Marylebone (14.40) – Gerrards Cross (15.14) and Gerrards Cross (15.29) – Marylebone (15.57)5 | |||||
| 51659 | 59727 | 59763 | 51889 | Noted 30/12/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51653 + 59655 + 59754 + 518655 | |||||
| 51659 | 59727 | 59671 | 51889 | Noted 24/02/1987 - at Marylebone - as 6 car set with 51849 + 542746 | |||||
| 51659 | 59727 | 59763 | 51889 | Noted 12/03/87 - on 19.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe and High Wycombe (21.00) – Marylebone (21.54)5 | |||||
| 51659 | 59727 | 59763 | 51889 | Noted 28/03/1987 - Hertfordshire Railtours The Mickleover Hypothesis 51667-59739-59750-51666 + 51889-59763-59727-51659 | |||||
| 51659 | 59727 | 59763 | 51889 | Noted 01/04/87 - on 12.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe, High Wycombe (14.38) – Marylebone (15.31), Marylebone (15.53) – Banbury (17.28) and Banbury (18.39) – Marylebone (20.18)5 | |||||
| 51889 | 59763 | 59727 | 51659 | Noted circa 09/19874 | |||||
| 51889 | 59763 | 59727 | 51659 | Noted 11/02/19884 | |||||
| 51659 | 59671 | 59728 | 51680 | Noted circa 03/19884 | |||||
| 51659 | 54259 | 59731 | 51673 | Noted 10/03/90 - on services to Marylebone7 | |||||
| 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: Phil Shatford
6: Robert Chilton
7: Aaron Calder
Images:
28th March 1987
A class 115 DMU at Derby on the Mickleover Hypothesis railtour, 28th March 1987, 51659 closest. Jonathan Hazan.
28th March 1987
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.
28th March 1987
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.
28th March 1987
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Mickleover Hypothesis' formed of two Class 115s at Nuneaton on 28th March 1987. 51659 is closest. Jonathan Hazan.
28th March 1987
Class 115 DMBS 51659 at the end of the 'Mickleover Hypothesis' railtour at Nuneaton on 28th March 1987. Jonathan Hazan.
28th March 1987
A class 115 DMU at Derby on the Mickleover Hypothesis railtour, 28th March 1987, 51659 closest. Jonathan Hazan.
28th March 1987
51659 at the front of the Mickleover Hypothesis railtour during the stop at Derby on 28th March 1987. Jonathan Hazan.
28th March 1987
Class 115 vehicles 51659 + 59727 at Derby as part of the ‘Mickleover Hypothesis’ tour on 28 March 1987. Rob Paterson.
8th March 1990
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.
3rd March 1991
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.
7th August 1992
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.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 21st January 1961
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.