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Vehicle 51662

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)
Oct-61	Transferred to	14F (Marylebone)
w/e 04/11/61	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 30/06/62	Transferred to	14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63	Depot code change	1D
May-73	Depot code change	ME
11/06/83	Transferred to	AN (Allerton)
11/02/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
p/e 10/11/90	Sector Change to	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ
20/11/90	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

Modifications

Sep-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 13/05/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51661	59654	59669	51662	As delivered to 14A - 18/06/60
	51662	59725	59665	51883	Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone¹
	51662	59671	59732	51891	Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone¹
	51660	59743	59762	51662	Noted 08/09/76 - at Banbury²
	51660	59743	59762	51662	Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone¹
	51662	59668	59729	51660	Noted circa 02/1982³
	51662	59659	59664	51857	Noted circa 08/1982³
	51662	59751	51868		Transfer to AN - 11/06/83
	51662	59762	51854		Noted circa 02/1986³
	51662	59762	51854		Noted 24/03/1986³
	51662	59722	51892		Noted 8th January 1987
	51662	59627	53100		Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street⁴
TS804	51662	59627	59597	53100	Noted 17/06/1987³
T804	51662	59627	59597	53100	Listed at TS - Jul-87
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886	Formed at TS Aug-87
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886	Noted circa 05/1988³
T401	51662	59610	59743	51149	Noted circa 12/1988³
T401	51662	59610	59743	53886	Noted circa 03/1989³
T401	51662	59610	59743	53886	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	51662	59743	59610	53886	Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot⁵
T401	51662	59743	59610	53886	Listed at TS - mid May-90

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
5: Jeremy Goodyear

Images:

26th August 1987

Set number: T401

T401 - one of Tyseley's hybrid sets at Didcot on 26/8/87. The closest vehicle should be 51662. Ian McDonald.

20th August 1988

Set number: T401

Tyseley set T401, led by class 115 51662, accelerates away from Four Oaks with a Cross-City service to Redditch on 20 August 1988. Mike Dean.

September 1988

Set number: T401

A four-car suburban DMU - set T401 - sits in Sheffield station in September 1988. Closest is Class 115 DMBS 51662, the centre cars are presumably Class 115 TS 59743 and Class 127 TSL 59610. The rear car is a Class 116 DMS. George Woods.

15th March 1989

Set number: T401

Hybrid 4-car DMU with Class 115 DMBS 51662 leading arriving Lichfield Trent Valley from Birmingham on 15-3-89. The set is presumably formed 51662+59610+59743+53886, Class 115+127+115+116, DMBS+TLS+TS+DMS, but formations were very fluid at Tyseley at this time! On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: September 1988

Set number: T40

A four-car suburban DMU at Sheffield in September 1988. Closest is a Class 1l6 DMS with the set number missing the last digit - it could be a stand in for the regular vehicle. At the far end is Class 115 DMBS 51662, the two centre cars are presumably Class 127 TSL 59610 and Class 115 TS 59743. George Woods.

Date: 11th March 1989

Set number: T401

A four-car Tyseley DMU, set 401, passing the signalbox at Bearley Junction on 11 March 1989. This unit is a right hotch-potch with a class 116 DMS 53886, class 115 TS 59743, class 127 TSL 59610 and Class 115 DMBS 51662. This mixture of types was far from unusual at Tyseley around this time with the depot using whatever they had available to keep trains running at a time of dreadful reliability. Peter Tandy.

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