Vehicle 51855
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: 30595
Diagram: 598
Allocations
| 13/02/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| Jun-60 | Transferred to | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
| Nov-60 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 8J | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AN | |
| 12/11/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 22/12/86 | Transferred to | ME (Marylebone) | |
| Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| 21/01/92 | Sector Change to | BY (Bletchley) NNDX | |
| 04/02/92 | Sector Change to | BY (Bletchley) NGBX | |
| 20/05/93 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) NGBX |
Modifications
circa early 1975 - AWS fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51855 | 59716 | 59722 | 51856 | As delivered to 14A - 13th February 1960 | |||||
| 51855 | 59715 | 59719 | 51856 | Noted 04/06/71 - at Allerton1 | |||||
| 51854 | 59718 | 59723 | 51855 | Noted 19/09/71 - at Crewe possibly subbing for a Class 304 if the current was switched off between Liverpool and Crewe1 | |||||
| 51849 | 59717 | 59722 | 51855 | Noted 04/09/74 - in Liverpool Lime Street2 | |||||
| 51852 | 59713 | 59721 | 51855 | Noted 04/01/77 - in Liverpool Lime1 | |||||
| 51651 | 59741 | 59724 | 51855 | Noted 24/05/80 | |||||
| AN800 | 51856 | 59722 | 51855 | Noted 31/05/19823 | |||||
| 51855 | 59724 | 51856 | Noted circa 09/19823 | ||||||
| 51858 | 59723 | 51855 | Noted circa 11/19823 | ||||||
| 51855 | 59723 | 51856 | Noted circa 12/19823 | ||||||
| 51855 | 59722 | 51860 | Noted circa 02/19833 | ||||||
| 51855 | 59722 | 51853 | Noted 15/02/19833 | ||||||
| 51654 | 59722 | 51855 | Noted 23/02/19833 | ||||||
| 51855 | 59721 | 51856 | Noted circa 08/19833 | ||||||
| 51855 | 59719 | 51868 | Noted circa 02/19863 | ||||||
| 51855 | 59719 | 51868 | Noted 24/03/19863 | ||||||
| 51855 | 59720 | 51868 | Noted 23/04/86 - on 11:27 Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Piccadilly4 | ||||||
| 51855 | 59720 | 51868 | Noted 23/04/86 - on 14:30 Manchester Oxford Road - Liverpool Lime Street running 20 late4 | ||||||
| 51855 | 54491 | Noted circa 07/19873 | |||||||
| 51855 | 54491 | Noted 01/08/19873 | |||||||
| 51855 | 54491 | Noted 06/10/19873 | |||||||
| 51855 | 54491 | Noted 28/11/1987 - Hertfordshire Railtours Wymondham Willows 51679-54257 + 54274-51866 + 54491-51855 + 54222-51654 | |||||||
| 51855 | 54491 | Noted circa 02/19883 | |||||||
| 51855 | 54491 | Noted circa 07/19883 | |||||||
| 51855 | 59663 | 59736 | 51879 | Noted 08/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51895 + 545005 | |||||
| 51855 | 59665 | 59736 | 51879 | Noted 14/05/90 - on services to Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51855 | 54257 | 59652 | 51879 | Noted 22/05/90 - on services from Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51855 | 54381 | Noted circa 07/19903 | |||||||
| 51855 | 51657 | Noted circa 01/19923 | |||||||
| 51655 | 59761 | 59764 | 51855 | Noted 25/02/92 - at Royal Oak2 | |||||
| L753 | 51657 | 51855 | Listed at BY - 12/08/92 | ||||||
| L753 | 51657 | 51855 | Listed at BY - November 1992 - Sector NGBX | ||||||
| L754 | 51661 | 51855 | Noted circa 11/19923 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Martin Baumann
5: Aaron Calder
Images:
19th October 1991
51855 with newcomer 165 006 at Marylebone, 19/10/91. Sparegang.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1992
Set number: L753
L753 (51657 and presumably 51855) at Gospel Oak in 1992. John Grey Turner.
Date: 29th July 1992
Set number: L753
51657 carries a small headboard 'Farewell to the Chilterns' when seen at Gospel Oak on the 29th July 1992. It is presumably paired with 51855. Gazza Prescott.