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Vehicle 51661

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

18/06/60	New to	14A (Cricklewood)
5w/e 05/08/61	Transferred to	8H (Allerton)
4w/e 02/09/61	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
20/05/93	Withdrawn from	BY (Bletchley) NGBX	- as L754

Modifications

circa Aug-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51661	59654	59669	51662	As delivered to 14A - 18/06/60
	51661	59662	59755	51899	Noted 25/10/1971 - at Denham¹
	51661	59657	59752	51663	Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot²
	51657	59676	59656	51661	Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone³
	51661	59668	59738	51676	Noted 13/01/79 - on emergency special from Marylebone to High Wycombe with 51674-59733-59676-51891 to connect with delayed ECS for railtour to Merseyside. Also noted as 51886-59738-59668-51894.
	51661	59654	59675	51869	Noted 26/05/80 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
	51661	59661	59676	51881	Noted 04/07/81 - on Hertfordshire Railtours The Fenbasher
	51661	59763	59734	51667	Noted circa 02/1982⁴
	51661	59650	59752	51885	Noted circa 08/1982⁴
	51661	59669	59739	51866	Noted 4th April 1983
	51661	59677	59734	51875	Noted 07/10/85 - on 07.46 Marylebone – Banbury⁵
	51661	59658	59668	51669	Noted 17/05/86 - on 05.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 08.04 Banbury - Marylebone⁵
	51652	59658	59668	51661	Noted 22/05/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51862 + 59662 + 59665 + 51888⁵
	51661	59737	59669	51874	Noted 24/02/1987 - at Marylebone⁶
	51661	54223			Noted circa 02/1988⁴
	51661	54223			Noted 24/05/1988⁴
	51661	54499			Noted circa 01/1989⁴
	51661	59664	59657	51652	Noted circa 05/1990⁴
	51661	59664	59657	51663	Noted 21/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51664 + 54381⁷
	51661	51866			Listed at BY - 24/02/92 - NSE NGBX pool
L754	51661	51866			Listed at BY - 12/08/92
L754	51661	51866			Listed at BY - November 1992 - Sector NGBX
L754	51661	51855			Noted circa 11/1992⁴

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
6: Robert Chilton
7: Aaron Calder

Images:

24th August 1979

A Class 115 DMU departs from Rickmansworth on 24 August 1979. This was not long after the Class began to appear in Blue/Grey livery, and the closest vehicle could be 51661 which was painted at Derby on 27-7-79. Tony Watson.

4th July 1981

This four-car set of Derby high-density seated DMU coaches (51661 + 59661 + 59676 + 51881) from Marylebone was seen at Abbey and West Dereham in Norfolk on the first Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" railtour on 4 July 1981. This tour was repeated three weeks later owing to high demand. Jeremy Chapter.

4th July 1981

Hertfordshire Railtours' "Fenbasher" tour operated on 4 July 1981 and repeated later in the month. This is the original, formed 51661 + 59661 + 59676 + 51881 with Hertfordshire Railtours' John Farrow just inside the fence. Class 115 normally worked out of Marylebone but this tour ran from St Pancras to Kings Cross. Jeremy Chapter.

4th July 1981

Hertfordshire Railtours' "Fenbasher" tour operated on 4 July 1981 and repeated later in the month. This is the original, formed 51661/59661/59676/51881 with the organiser, the late John Farrow walking alongside the train. Class 115 normally worked out of Marylebone but this tour ran from St Pancras to Kings Cross. Jeremy Chapter.

4th July 1981

Hertfordshire Railtours' "Fenbasher" tour operated on 4 July 1981 and was repeated later in the month. This is the original, formed 51661/59661/59676/51881, at Wisbech. This class of Derby Suburban diesel units spent most of their working lives operating the routes out of Marylebone. Jeremy Chapter.

4th July 1981

The Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" rail tour is seen at Abbey and West Dereham on the former Downham and Stoke Ferry railway. Formation of the tour was 51661 + 59661 + 59676 + 51881, all Marylebone-based class 115 Derby Suburban coaches. This was the 4 July 1981 running of the tour, which ran again three weeks later. Jeremy Chapter.

4th July 1981

The Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" is seen at Middleton Towers on 4 July 1981. It was formed of a Class 115 DMU containing 51661 + 59661 + 59676 + 51881. Stuart Mackay Collection.

4th July 1981

The Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" is seen at Kings Lynn Docks Gates on 4 July 1981. It was formed of a Class 115 DMU containing 51661 + 59661 + 59676 + 51881. Stuart Mackay Collection.

circa June 1982

Two Class 115s, M51661 closest, on an excursion working in Leicester station. The slide process date was June 1982. Stuart Mackay Collection.

11th April 1987

Class 115 DMBS 51661 is seen at Tyseley on 11.04.1987 waiting to be paired up with another car. Note the Chiltern Line branding behind the cab door. Andy Cole.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 26th May 1980

51869 + 59675 + 59654 + 51661 on the Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road, 26/5/80. Robert Frise.

Date: 26th May 1980

An Aylesbury-Quainton Road shuttle-service, consisting of a 4-car Class 115 DMU (51869 + 59675 + 59654 + 51661), waits at Quainton Road station for passengers returning to Aylesbury after attending the Bank Holiday Open Day (May 26, 1980) at what is now known as the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Lewis Bevan.

Date: 4th July 1981

The Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" is seen at Kings Lynn Docks Gates on 4 July 1981. It was formed of a Class 115 DMU containing 51881 + 59676 + 59661 + 51661. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 15th April 1987

Seen at Tyseley on 15 April 1987 are 53111 (withdrawn a few weeks later) + 593?? + 59604 + 53837 and 51661. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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