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Vehicle 51673


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

28/05/60 New to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 04/11/61 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
4w/e 04/11/61 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 30/06/62 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D
May-73Depot code changeME
4w/e 27/12/75 Transferred to AN (Allerton)
02/02/76 Transferred to ME (Marylebone)
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27/08/92 Withdrawn from OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX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

Sep-85 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 18/03/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51673 59660 59675 51674 As delivered to 14A - 28/05/60
51673 59745 59743 51861 Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1
51673 59741 59670 51890 Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot2
51673 59762 59740 51876 Noted 18/06/77 - on Marylebone depot2
51655 59655 59677 51673 Noted circa 06/19823
51669 59655 59677 51673 Noted circa 08/19823
51673 59677 59655 51669 Noted circa 09/19823
51673 59665 59657 51857 Noted circa 02/19843
51673 59660 59670 51876 Noted circa 04/19843
51673 59730 59756 51873 Noted 06/09/85 - on 06.33 Marylebone – Princes Risborough4
51673 59730 59756 51873 Noted 23/10/85 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone4
51673 59730 59756 51873 Noted 31/10/85 - on 17.00 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 18.10 Aylesbury – Marylebone4
51673 59756 59730 51873 Noted circa 11/19853
51673 59730 59756 51873 Noted 01/01/86 - on 12.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 14.01 High Wycombe - Marylebone4
51673 59667 59743 51873 Noted 12/02/86 - on afternoon Marylebone – High Wycombe duties4
51673 59667 59743 51873 Noted 13/02/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51655 + 59663 + 59758 + 518694
51670 59666 59730 51673 Noted 24/03/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone - Aylesbury with 51663 + 59669 + 59744 + 518864
51670 59666 59730 51673 Noted 10/04/86 - on Marylebone – High Wycombe services4
51670 59666 59730 51673 Noted 15/05/86 - on 06.33 Marylebone – Princes Risborough and 08.10 Princes Risborough - Marylebone4
51670 59666 59730 51673 Noted 16/05/86 - on 06.33 Marylebone – Princes Risborough and 08.10 Princes Risborough - Marylebone4
51670 59666 59730 51673 Noted 22/05/86 - on 17.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough with 51658 + 59652 + 59764 + 518734
51670 59666 59730 51673 Noted 04/06/86 - on 13.33 Marylebone – Banbury, 16.48 Banbury – Marylebone and 18.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury4
51670 59666 59730 51673 Noted 05/06/86 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51655 + 59663 + 59758 + 518694
51670 59666 59730 51673 Noted 10/06/86 - on 18.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51872 + 59729 + 59756 + 518754
51670 59666 59730 51673 Noted 23/06/86 - on 13.33 Marylebone – Banbury, 16.48 Banbury – Marylebone and 18.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury4
51670 59666 59730 51673 Noted 10/07/86 - on 16.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury4
51652 59744 59747 51673 Noted 17/01/1987 - Hertfordshire Railtours The Chiltern Chariot 51877-59675-59731-51669 + 51673-59747-59744-51652
51673 59747 59744 51896 Noted 25/02/1987 - at Marylebone5
51673 59750 59656 51680 Noted 16/09/19873
51673 59750 59656 51863 Noted circa 02/19883
51673 51866 54274 Noted circa 02/19883
51673 59665 59740 51890 Noted circa 03/19893
51659 54259 59731 51673 Noted 10/03/90 - on services to Marylebone6

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

Images:

Class 115 DMU at possibly Swindon Works

Unknown date

Class 115 DMBS M51673 up on jacks, possibly in Swindon Works. Date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 115 DMU at Bletchley depot

circa 1982

A Class 115 with DMBS M51673 receives attention in Bletchley depot in the early 1980s. In the background is vehicle M76200 of Class 310 unit 310066. Curly42.

Class 115 DMU at High Wycombe

20th December 1989

A Class 115 DMU with 51673 closest at High Wycombe on 20 December 1989. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Beaconsfield

18th October 1991

Class 115 DMBS 51673, TCL 59667, Class 108 DTCL 54495 and Class 115 DMBS 51891 seen at Beaconsfield en-route to Marylebone on 18 October 1991. Dave Warby.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 8th March 1990

Northolt Junction, near South Ruislip on 8 March 1990. A hybrid Class 115/108 dmu set (51659 + 54259 + 59731 + 51673) approaches working the 14.10 Marylebone - Banbury. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 18th May 1991

ON 18 May 1991 at Beaconsfield en Route Marylebone are Class 115 DMBS 51891, Class 108 DTCL 54495, Class 115 TCL 59667 with DMBS 51673 Leading at the far end. Dave Warby.