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Vehicle 51671

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)
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	Sector Change to	BY (Bletchley) NXXZ
14/02/92	Withdrawn from	BY (Bletchley) NTCZ

Modifications

Mar-86 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

51671	59659	59674	51672	As delivered to 14A - 04/06/60
51659	59674	59654	51671	Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone¹
51671	59741	59670	51890	Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot²
51671	59650	59754	51891	Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone with 51658/59756/59668/51868¹
51671	59649	59759	51862	Noted circa 02/1982³
51671	59755	59743	51895	Noted circa 08/1982³
51895	59743	59755	51671	Noted circa 09/1982³
51671	59755	59736	51873	Noted circa 10/1983³
51895	59654	59753	51671	Noted circa 02/1984³
51671	59753	59654	51676	Noted 02/06/84 - on RESL The Midland Engineer railtour
51895	59675	59649	51671	Noted circa 11/1984³
51895	59675	59649	51671	Noted circa 12/1984³
51671	59649	59675	51872	Noted 27/05/85 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
51870	59747	59660	51671	Noted circa 11/1985³
51671	59660	59747	51870	Noted 16/11/85 - on 16.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe, 16.55 High Wycombe – Marylebone, 18.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 20.42 Banbury – Marylebone⁴
51671	59669	59731	51886	Noted 23/12/85 - on 16.30 Marylebone – High Wycombe, 17.35 High Wycombe – Marylebone and 18.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough⁴
51671	59669	59731	51887	Noted 28/12/1985 - at Marylebone⁵
51879	59762	59657	51671	Noted circa 02/1988³
51671	59762	59651	51887	Noted circa 03/1988³
51671	51942			Noted 31/07/88 - on 21:34 Sheffield-Retford
51671	59737	59762	51887	Noted 17/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51663 + 54499⁶
51671	59747	54499	51889	Noted 09/06/91 - at Paddington

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

Images:

23rd October 1979

With several Class 115 DMU sets ticking-over under the overall roof, Driving Motor Brake Second M51671 was stood at the former Great Central terminus at Marylebone with a service to Aylesbury on October 23rd 1979. These Derby built 'Suburban' high-density Class 115 4-Car DMU's with doors to every seating bay, were commonplace on services to and from Marylebone from being new in 1960 until the final examples were replaced by 'Turbos' in 1992. Martyn Hilbert.

27th May 1985

Sitting in Quainton Road are 51671 + 59649 + 59675 + 51872 while working the Quaintonian shuttle to Aylesbury on 27/5/85. Robert Frise.

22nd December 1990

Class 115 51671 in Marylebone station having arrived with the 07.39 ex-Aylesbury on 22 December 1990. Dave Warby.

22nd December 1990

BR Derby Class 115 DMBS 51671 seen in Banbury station on 22 December 1990. Dave Warby.

9th June 1991

Not a brilliant quality shot, but included because it was unusual to see a class 115 set at Paddington. DMBS 51671 is seen at the rear of a 4-car set made up with 59747, 54499 and 51889 and with Princes Risborough on the destination blind, 9/Jun/1991. Robert Chilton.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 2nd June 1984

Bedford on the 2nd of June 1984 and we have the 1T08 RESL Midland Engineer Railtour worked by Class 115 DMU set 51676 59654 59753 and 51671. The tour ran from Marlyebone to Crewe and returned to St Pancras, outward via Neasden, High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Bedford, Leicester and Derby, return via Derby and the Midland Main line. Details are on Six Bells Junction. The KDH Archive.

Date: 27th May 1985

Working the Quaintonian on 27/5/85 are 51872 + 59675 + 59649 + 51671. Seen at Quainton Road. Robert Frise.

Date: 19th July 1985

A Marylebone based class 115 passes on the down main line at Leamington Spa with am 1L04 High Wycombe to Matlock charter operated by Chiltern Trains on on 19 July 1985, long before privatisation and the official adoption of that name by the TOC. The set comprised of vehicles 51675, 59763, 59649 and 51671 and with 4 coaches was a relatively unusual sight at Leamington. The signal for the up main was on green so there had been a reasonable chance of a really messy picture with a third train in shot as the special passed a class 116 unit in platform 2 but all was well on this occasion. Peter Tandy.

Date: 31st March 1990

Set number: L130

Pressed Steel Class 121 DMBS 55030, BR Derby Class 115 TCL 59764, DMBS 51671 and Class 108 54499 outside Doncaster Works on 31 March 1990. Dave Warby.

Date: 9th June 1991

A work-weary looking class 115 DMBS no. 51889 leading a 4-car set including a class 108 driving trailer (54499) in place of one of the normal trailers, with 59747 and 51671. The set is seen on 9/Jun/1991 leaving the, for a class 115, relatively unusual location of Paddington with the rear power car making quite a smokey departure. By the end of 1991 the leading power car had been withdrawn from service. Robert Chilton.

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