Vehicle 51669

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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

04/06/60	New to	14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 03/06/61	Stored	Marylebone
4w/e 01/07/61	Transfer	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	Transferred to	OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX
27/03/92	Withdrawn from	OO (Old Oak Common) NTCZ

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 15/09/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51669	59658	59673	51670					As delivered to 14A - 04/06/60
	51669	59662	59755	51874					Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1
	51658	59737	59670	51669					Noted 24/10/71 - on Bletchley depot1
	51669	59677	59744	51876					Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot2
	51654	59749	59653	51669					Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot2
	51669	59649	59677	51887					Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone with 51676/59664/59730/518701
	51669	59665	59657	51895					Noted circa 08/19813
	51669	59736	59678	51868					Noted circa 06/19823
	51669	59655	59677	51673					Noted circa 08/19823
	51673	59677	59655	51669					Noted circa 09/19823
	51669	59764	59744	51653					Noted circa 04/19843
	51669	59662	59755	51876					Noted circa 04/19853
	51857	59753	59658	51669					Noted circa 11/19853
	51669	59658	59753	51886					Noted 28/12/1985 - at Marylebone4
	51653	59658	59751	51669					Noted 31/01/86 - on 17.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough with 51665 + 59656 + 59730 + 516705
	51661	59658	59668	51669					Noted 17/05/86 - on 05.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 08.04 Banbury - Marylebone5
	51669	59731	59675	51877					Noted 22/11/86 - on 18:38 Marylebone - Banbury6
	51877	59675	59731	51669					Noted 17/01/1987 - Hertfordshire Railtours The Chiltern Chariot 51877-59675-59731-51669 + 51673-59747-59744-51652
	51660	59729	59764	51669					Noted circa 07/19873
	51660	59749	59662	51669					Noted circa 02/19883
	51660	59749	59662	51669					Noted circa 03/19883
	51660	59749	59662	51669					Noted 27/07/19883
	51669	54284							Noted 02/04/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51888 + 542227
	51669	54284							Noted 11/04/90 - on services from Marylebone with 54222 + 518887
	51669	54284							Noted 05/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51882 + 542227
	51669	54259	59737	51670					Noted circa 11/19913
	51669	59662	59750	51674					Noted 24/02/92

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

Images:

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Unknown date

M51669, displaying Little Kimble on the destination blind, at the front of two Class 115 DMUs at Aylesbury. Early 1980s. Ian Docwra.

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Unknown date

M51669 at the front of a Little Kimble train at Princes Risborough in the early eighties. Ian Docwra.

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5th April 1986

A class 115 heads towards Marylebone at Wembley Complex on 5 April 1986. The current Wembley Stadium was opened as Wembley Hill in 1906, although was named Wembley Complex between 1978 and 1987. Image by Alec Swain. Kevin Lane Collection.

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8th April 1989

Just arrived at Aylesbury Station from London Marylebone is a 4 car DMU set with Class 115 DMBS 51669 at the rear (closest) on Saturday 8th April 1989. AndrewHA.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: circa 1989

Class 115s at the southern end of Aylesbury station around 1989. Closest is M51887, the other could be M51669. Kevin Lane.