Vehicle 51857
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
| 27/02/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| Jun-60 | Transferred to | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
| Nov-60 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 8J | |
| 04/04/64 | Transferred to | 1D (Marylebone) | |
| 3w/e 02/04/66 | Transferred to | 8J (Allerton) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AN | |
| 4w/e 27/12/75 | Transferred to | ME (Marylebone) | |
| Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| 21/01/92 | Sector Change to | BY (Bletchley) NXXZ | |
| 14/02/92 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) NTCZ |
Modifications
circa Dec-72 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 22/04/1983 released in blue/grey livery51857 was involved in the following incident:
circa early 1971 - Unknown, LMR
Collision involving Class 115
Allerton based Class 115 power car M51857 was seen on Longsight depot with collision damage to the left side and missing a bogie. It would be returned to traffic.
Disposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51857 | 59717 | 59723 | 51858 | As delivered to 14A - 27th February 1960 | |||||
| 51850 | 59718 | 59723 | 51857 | Noted 03/05/69 - in Manchester Central (last day)1 | |||||
| 51857 | 59720 | 59713 | 51858 | Noted 02/09/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road2 | |||||
| 51857 | 59763 | 59734 | 51866 | Noted 07/05/79 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51857 | 59665 | 59744 | 51879 | Noted 07/04/80 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51888 | 59732 | 59666 | 51677 | 59652 | 51857 | Noted 20/04/81 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||
| 51894 | 59651 | 59674 | 51857 | Noted circa 02/19823 | |||||
| 51662 | 59659 | 59664 | 51857 | Noted circa 08/19823 | |||||
| 51857 | 59673 | 59650 | 51875 | Noted circa 10/19833 | |||||
| 51673 | 59665 | 59657 | 51857 | Noted circa 02/19843 | |||||
| 51893 | 59732 | 59678 | 51857 | Noted circa 04/19843 | |||||
| 51857 | 59737 | 59746 | 51888 | Noted 08/06/85 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51857 | 59753 | 59658 | 51669 | Noted circa 11/19853 | |||||
| 51857 | 59755 | 59733 | 51866 | Noted 30/09/86 - at Marylebone | |||||
| 51664 | 59739 | 59761 | 51857 | Noted circa 02/19883 | |||||
| 51679 | 59678 | 59656 | 51857 | Noted 19/02/90 - on services to Marylebone4 | |||||
| 51680 | 59671 | 59656 | 51857 | Noted 13/06/90 - on services to Marylebone4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Aaron Calder
Images:
7th May 1979
51857 - 59763 - 59734 - 51866 at Quainton Road working The Quaintonian on 7/5/79. Robert Frise.
7th May 1979
51857 - 59763 - 59734 - 51866 at Aylsebury working The Quaintonian shuttle to Quainton Road on 7/5/79. Robert Frise.
7th April 1980
M51857 + M59665 + M59744 + M51879 at Quainton Road on 7/4/80. This set worked The Quaintonian shuttle on the 6th and 7th. Robert Frise.
7th April 1980
51857 + 59665 + 59744 + 51879 at Quainton Road on The Quaintonian shuttle to Aylesbury, 7/4/80. Robert Frise.
20th April 1981
51857 with 59652 - 51677 - 59666 - 59732 and 51888 at Aylesbury working the Quaintonian shuttle to Quainton Road, 20/4/81. Robert Frise.
17th June 1981
M51857 leads a Class 115 DMU away from Princes Risborough on June 17, 1981. Note the passenger door this side of the guards van is in plain blue. Steve Davies Collection.
8th June 1985
51857 - 59737 - 59746 - 51888 on the Quaintonian at Quainton Road, 8/6/85. Robert Frise.
21st July 1990
Class 115 DMBS 51857 on the rear of the 11:10 Marylebone-Aylesbury service seen at Amersham station on 21 July 1990. Robert Thomas.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 6th April 1980
An open day at the Quainton Railway Centre in Buckhinghamshire on 6th April 1980 was served by shuttle services from Aylesbury provided by a class 115 DMU. The vehicles should be M51879 + M59744 + M59665 + M51857. Bob Belcher.
Date: 20th April 1981
51888 on the rear of the Quaintonian shuttle with 59732 - 59666 - 51677 + 59652 - 51857 on 20/4/81. Robert Frise.
Date: 30th September 1986
Class 115 M51866 + M59733 + M59755 + M51857 at Marylebone on the 30th September 1986. Kevin Law.
Date: 20th October 1989
With Derby Class 115 51896, Class 108 DTCL 54495 and Class 115 DMBS 51857 in view the 12.40 To Marylebone awaits departure from Aylesbury on 20 October 1989. Dave Warby.
Date: 20th October 1989
Class 108 DTCL 54495 (right) faces Class 115 DMBS 51857 in Aylesbury station with the 12.40 To Marylebone on 20 October 1989. Dave Warby.
Date: 10th February 1991
Weather conditions on Saturday 10 February 1991 were such that EMUs on the Euston-Northampton-Birmingham route were experiencing operating problems with snow causing problems wit the sliding doors. As a result at least one Class 115 dmu was borrowed from Bletchley depot to operate a Rugby-Northampton-Milton Keynes shuttle so that Wolverton/Northampton/Long Buckby passengers could change onto main line trains at Rugby or MK. This is one set, with driving car 51857, passing Kingsthorpe on a Rugby-Milton Keynes shuttle train. The two snow-covered tracks in the foreground are the branch from Northampton to Market Harborough which closed in 1981, but had still not been lifted 10 years later. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 10th February 1991
Weather conditions on Saturday 10 February 1991 were such that EMUs on the Euston-Northampton-Birmingham route were experiencing operating problems with snow causing problems wit the sliding doors. As a result at least one Class 115 dmu was borrowed from Bletchley depot to operate a Rugby-Northampton-Milton Keynes shuttle so that Wolverton/Northampton/Long Buckby passengers could change onto main line trains at Rugby or MK. This is one set, with driving car 51857, passing Kingsthorpe on a Rugby-Milton Keynes shuttle train. The two snow-covered tracks in the foreground are the branch from Northampton to Market Harborough which closed in 1981, but had still not been lifted 10 years later. Lewis Bevan.