Vehicle 51668
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
| 3w/e 02/07/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | - on loan |
| 4w/e 01/10/60 | On loan to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 01/04/61 | Ex-loan back to | Marylebone | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| 23/12/91 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) NXXZ |
Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51667 | 59657 | 59672 | 51668 | As delivered to 55H - 3w/e 02/07/60 - on loan from LMR | |||||
| 51667 | 59657 | 59672 | 51668 | Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 01/10/60 | |||||
| 51667 | 59657 | 59672 | 51668 | Transfer to LMR - 4w/e 01/04/61 | |||||
| 51628 | 59590 | 59647 | 51668 | Noted 14/11/79 - on 22.40 Bedford – St. Pancras1 | |||||
| 51668 | 59746 | 59727 | 51675 | Noted 25/08/80 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51668 | 59651 | 59674 | 51898 | Noted 11/04/82 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51668 | 59651 | 59674 | 51898 | Noted 03/05/82 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51668 | 59731 | 59668 | 51680 | Noted circa 08/19822 | |||||
| 51879 | 59670 | 59660 | 51668 | Noted circa 09/19832 | |||||
| 51668 | 59667 | 59739 | 51871 | Noted circa 04/19842 | |||||
| 51668 | 59656 | 59671 | 51688 | Noted 26/08/85 | |||||
| 51675 | 59676 | 59660 | 51668 | Noted circa 07/19872 | |||||
| 51655 | 59676 | 59732 | 51668 | Noted circa 02/19882 | |||||
| 51668 | 59660 | 59664 | 51889 | Noted circa 01/19892 | |||||
| 51886 | 59733 | 59764 | 51668 | Noted circa 03/19892 | |||||
| 51668 | 59736 | 59665 | 51678 | Noted 08/05/90 - on services to Marylebone3 | |||||
| 51668 | 59755 | 59731 | 51678 | Noted 18/06/90 - on services to Marylebone3 | |||||
| 51668 | 59755 | 59751 | 51678 | Noted 27/06/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51676 + 542743 | |||||
| 51678 | 59755 | 59663 | 51668 | Noted circa 07/19902 |
Formation Sources
1: Phil Shatford
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Aaron Calder
Images:
25th August 1980
51668 (and 59746) at Quainton Road on 25/8/80 while working the Quaintonian shuttle. Robert Frise.
11th April 1982
51668 + 59651 + 59674 + 51898 at Quainton Road with the Quaintonian shuttle, 11/4/82. Robert Frise.
11th April 1982
51668 + 59651 + 59674 + 51898 at Quainton Road with the Quaintonian shuttle, 11/4/82. Robert Frise.
3rd May 1982
51668 + 59651 + 59674 + 51898 pictured at Quainton Road on the Quaintonian shuttle to Aylesbury, 3/5/82. Robert Frise.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 25th August 1980
Ex-Works 59746 on 25/8/80. It's a pit that there was no consistency in the height of the grey, it differs from 51668 on the left. At Quainton Road while working The Quaintonian shuttle. Robert Frise.
Date: 25th August 1980
51675 heads 59727, 59746 and 51668 at Quainton Road on 25/8/80 on the Quaintonian shuttle to Aylesbury. Robert Frise.
Date: 25th August 1980
51675 with 59727, 59746 and 51668 at Aylesbury on 25/8/80 on the Quaintonian shuttle to Quainton Road. Robert Frise.
Date: 11th April 1982
At Quainton Road on the morning of 11/4/82 are 51898 - 59674 - 59651 - 51668 on the Quaintonian shuttle to Aylesbury. Robert Frise.
Date: 3rd May 1982
51898 + 59674 + 59651 + 51668 are seen at Quainton Road on 3/5/82 on Quaintonian duties. Robert Frise.
Date: 26th August 1985
A Chiltern Trains special in platform 6 of East Croydon station. It was a repeat of a 1984 tour from Bicester to Hastings and used vehicles 51898 + 59671 + 59656 + 51668. Andy Prime.
Date: 22nd December 1990
Class 115s 51651 (thought to be closest) and 51668 in Marylebone station on 22 December 1990. Dave Warby.