Vehicle 51861
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: 30598
Diagram: 598
Allocations
| Jul-60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | - on loan from LMR |
| 4w/e 01/10/60 | On loan to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 2w/e 30/04/61 | Stored | Marylebone | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transfer | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| 18/10/85 | Withdrawn from | ME (Marylebone) |
51861 was involved in the following incident:
1985 - Marylebone
Derailment involving Class 115
Info from Michael Boot
A Class 115 had been sent the wrong way and DMBS M51861 derailed, riding over a bridge strengthener which tore off its underframe components.
Disposal
Scrapped by Fettlefield Transport, on location at Bletchley depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51861 | 59725 | 59745 | 51862 | As delivered to 55H - July 1960 - on loan from LMR | |||||
| 51861 | 59725 | 59745 | 51862 | Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 01/10/60 | |||||
| 51861 | 59725 | 59745 | 51862 | Transfer to Marylebone - 2w/e 30/04/61 | |||||
| 51673 | 59745 | 59743 | 51861 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51679 | 59754 | 59734 | 51861 | Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51861 | 59661 | 59757 | 51863 | Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51651 | 59665 | 59725 | 51861 | Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot2 | |||||
| 51861 | 59674 | 59651 | 51886 | Noted circa 08/19813 | |||||
| 51663 | 59744 | 59761 | 51861 | Noted circa 08/19823 | |||||
| 51676 | 59730 | 59678 | 51861 | Noted circa 10/19833 | |||||
| 51861 | 59755 | 59740 | 51657 | Noted circa 04/19843 | |||||
| 51879 | 59728 | 59762 | 51861 | Noted circa 11/19843 | |||||
| 51861 | 59614 | 59658 | 51146 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Jeremy Goodyear
Images:
1985
Class 115 DMBS M51861 after being re-railed at Marylebone sometime in 1985. It had been sent the wrong way and derailing, riding over the bridge strengthener which tore her guts out. The Albion engines are lying alongside. Michael Boot Collection.
29th March 1986
Class 115 DMBS 51861 seen off its bogies at Bletchley on 29/3/86. Shayne Lewis.
9th April 1986
The grounded body of 51861 made a sorry sight at Bletchley Depot surrounded by 54182 at the far end of the row on the left, and the row on the right consisting of from far to near 51883 then 76227, 70778 and 62118 of EMU set 310093. 9th April 1986. S Gaskell.
9th April 1986
Class 115 DMBS no. 51861 with Class 104 DTCL no. 54182 seen behind at Bletchley on the 9th April 1986. The previous year 51861 suffered major underframe damage in a derailment at Marylebone. The body was scrapped on site at Bletchley during August 1986. S Gaskell.
9th April 1986
Grounded 51861 at Bletchley depot on the 9th April 1986, with Class 104 54182 alongside, which is missing a buffer. S Gaskell.