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| 27/08/92 | Withdrawn from | OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX |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 liveryDisposal
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 | |||||
| 51658 | 59750 | 59731 | 51663 | 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 | |||||
| 51663 | 59745 | 59654 | 51655 | Noted circa 10/19853 | |||||
| 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 + 518874 | |||||||
| 51661 | 59664 | 59657 | 51663 | Noted 21/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51664 + 543814 | |||||
| 51660 | 59759 | 59651 | 51663 | Noted circa 07/19903 | |||||
| 51871 | 59759 | 59663 | 51663 | Noted circa 02/19923 | |||||
| 51663 | 59728 | 59664 | 51885 | Noted 24/02/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: 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.