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Vehicle 51663

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

14/05/60	New to	14A (Cricklewood)
5w/e 05/08/61	Transferred to	8H (Allerton)
4w/e 02/09/61	Transferred to	14F (Marylebone)
4w/e 30/12/61	Transferred to	18A (Toton)
Feb-62	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	Transferred to	OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX
27/08/92	Withdrawn from	OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 11/12/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

51663	59655	59670	51664	As delivered to 14A - 14/05/60
51663	59749	59744	51891	Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone¹
51663	59754	59736	51677	Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot²
51661	59657	59752	51663	Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot²
51663	59656	59676	51879	Noted 18/06/77 - on Marylebone depot²
51663	59757	59744	51678	Noted 24/05/80
51663	59665	59654	51665	Noted circa 02/1982³
51663	59744	59761	51861	Noted circa 08/1982³
51663	59731	59750	51658	Noted circa 10/1983³
51663	59671	59730	51678	Noted circa 11/1984³
51655	59654	59745	51663	Noted circa 04/1985³
51655	59654	59754	51663	Noted 31/08/85
51655	59654	59745	51663	Noted circa 10/1985³
51655	59654	59745	51663	Noted 01/11/85 - on 16.30 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 17.35 High Wycombe – Marylebone⁴
51663	59669	59744	51886	Noted 15/02/86 - on 20.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 22.30 Banbury – Marylebone ECS⁴
51663	59669	59744	51886	Noted 19/03/86 - on Marylebone – High Wycombe duties⁴
51663	59669	59744	51886	Noted 24/03/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone - Aylesbury with 51670 + 59666 + 59730 + 51673⁴
51663	59669	59744	51886	Noted 27/03/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 18.55 Aylesbury – Bletchley (19.42) ECS both with 51680 + 59651 + 59676 + 51896⁴
51663	59669	59744	51886	Noted 16/04/86 - on 09.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone⁴
51663	59659	59754	51894	Noted 26/04/86 - on Marylebone (20.19) – Princes Risborough (21.08) and 21.58 Princes Risborough – Marylebone⁴
51663	59728	59761	51894	Noted 15/07/1987³
51663	59651	59761	51894	Noted 12/09/1987³
51663	59651	59761	51894	Noted 16/09/1987³
51663	59651	59761	51665	Noted circa 12/1987³
51663	59758	59663	51875	Noted circa 02/1988³
51663	59660	59752	51886	Noted 17/09/88 - on 09.42 Banbury - Marylebone
51663	59763	59737	51886	Noted circa 01/1989³
51663	59731	54381	51664	Noted circa 05/1990³
51663	54499			Noted 17/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51671 + 59737 + 59762 + 51887⁵
51661	59664	59657	51663	Noted 21/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51664 + 54381⁵
51660	59759	59651	51663	Noted circa 07/1990³
51663	59663	59759	51871	Noted circa 02/1992³
51663	59728	59664	51885	Noted 24/02/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Phil Shatford
5: Aaron Calder

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 16th December 1961

An Albion powered Derby Quad set waits in Birmingham New Street ready to form the 4.23pm to Derby. M51665 is closest, M51663 is on the far end. Michael Mensing.

Date: 24th May 1980

At Liverpool on the 24th May 1980 the Rainhill shuttle is formed of 51678 (closest) + 59744 + 59757 + 51663 + 51674 + 59758 + 59739 + 51898 - vehicles on loan from Marylebone. Robert Frise.

Date: 17th September 1988

Until the Class 165 dmus came along in 1990 services out of Marylebone to Aylesbury and Banbury were dominated by the Class 115 dmus allocated to Marylebone. This photo shows a unit (made up of 51663 + 59660 + 59752 + 51886) leaving Banbury, and passing the now-demolished Banbury South signalbox, on the 09.42 to Marylebone on 17 September 1988. Lewis Bevan.

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