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Vehicle 51868

Class 115

BR Diagram 598

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

13/08/60 New to Derby Friargate - stored pending allocation
Jan-61 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 01/07/61 Stored Derby Friargate
Jul-61 Transfer 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D
May-73Depot code changeME
11/06/83 Transferred to AN (Allerton)
18/01/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
p/e 13/10/90 Sector Change to TS (Tyseley) PXXZ
07/12/90 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PXXZ
p/e 05/01/91 Reinstated TS (Tyseley) PTSX
11/06/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) RFXX
24/06/92 Reinstated TS (Tyseley) RFXX
18/08/92 Sector Change to TS (Tyseley) RDTS
10/06/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
23/06/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Notes

13/01/93 - part of 18:53 Redditch - Birmingham New Street

Modifications

circa Mar-86 - AWS fitted
Sep-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 17/06/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51867 59728 59748 51868 As delivered to Derby Friargate - 13th August 1960 - stored pending allocation
51670 59668 59649 51868 Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1
51670 59649 59668 51868 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Marylebone2
51680 59665 59734 51868 Noted 08/09/76 - at High Wycombe3
51680 59734 59665 51868 Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone1
51868 59676 59733 51883 Noted circa 02/19824
51669 59736 59678 51868 Noted 08/04/1982 - on Tyseley depot, borrowed until the 12th5
51669 59736 59678 51868 Noted circa 06/19824
51662 59751 51868 Transfer to AN - 11/06/83
51853 59723 51868 Noted 05/01/1984 - at Liverpool Lime Street4
51868 59723 51892 Noted 22/01/84 - on Chester depot
51854 59751 51868 Noted 26/03/1984 - at Liverpool Lime Street4
51852 59719 51868 Noted circa 07/19844
51853 59721 51868 Noted circa 06/19854
51855 59719 51868 Noted circa 02/19864
51855 59719 51868 Noted 24/03/19864
51855 59720 51868 Noted 23/04/86 - on 11:27 Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Piccadilly6
51855 59720 51868 Noted 23/04/86 - on 14:30 Manchester Oxford Road - Liverpool Lime Street running 20 late6
51860 59720 51868 Noted 20/06/1986 - Prescot with early Liverpool Lime Street-Wigan North Western local; subsequently noticed as double DMBS set7
TS803 51868 59745 59725 53097 Noted circa 06/19874
T803 51868 59745 59725 53097 Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS803 51868 59745 59725 53097 Noted 24/07/19874
51868 59632 59593 53902 Noted 03/10/87 - at Norwich3
T413 51868 59632 59593 53902 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T413 51868 59632 59593 53902 Noted circa 12/19884
T413 51868 59632 59593 53902 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T413 51868 59632 59593 53902 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T413 51868 59632 59593 53902 Noted 05/02/90
51868 59632 59595 53902 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2
T413 51868 59632 59595 53902 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T413 51868 59632 59595 53902 Noted circa 10/19904
T413 51868 59592 59632 53114 Noted circa 05/19914
T413 51868 59592 59632 53114 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T413 51868 59592 59632 53114 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T413 51868 59592 59632 53114 Listed at TS - Dec-91
51868 59592 59632 53114 Noted 14/12/918
T413 51868 59592 59632 53114 Noted 15/03/1992 - at Birmingham New Street5
51868 53114 Noted 15/04/92 - on 08:45 Lichfield - Redditch9
T413 51868 59745 59592 53114 Noted 19/04/1992 - from train on Sunday diversion, approaching Bescot from Bushbury Junction, avoiding Wolverhampton5
T413 51868 59745 59592 53114 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T412 51868 59446 59591 53116 Listed at TS - November 1992
T408 53071 59751 51868 53902 Listed at TS - 10/12/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Lumley
6: Martin Baumann
7: Alan N Walker
8: Graeme Phillips
9: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Neasden

15th May 1963

A Derby suburban quad set seen at Neasden on 15 May 1963. The leading car being with the cab roof come darker than the roof and West Ruislip on the destination blind - is recorded as M51868. Note the people standing trackside to the right, clearly not staff. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Chester depot

22nd January 1984

Class 115 Derby 3-car DMU 51868 + 59723 + 51892 stabled on Chester MPD on 22-1-84. The only time I saw one of these Allerton allocated units at Chester. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 115 DMU at Tyseley

18th April 1987

Class 115 DMBS 51868 is seen at Tyseley on 18.04.1987 waiting entry to service after transfer from Allerton. Andy Cole.

Class 115 DMU at Birmingham New Street

16th October 1990

Set number: T413

Class 115 DMBS M51868 leads set T413 into Birmingham New Street on 16 October 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Nottingham

February 1991

Set number: T413

51868 from set T413 at Nottingham platform 4 in February 1991. David Page.

Class 115 DMU at Four Oaks

15th July 1992

Set number: T413

Class 115 DMBS 51868 standing at the head of Tyseley's hybrid set T413 formed with class 115 TC 59745, class 127 TSL 59592 and class 116 DMS 53114 at Four Oaks on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th June 1990

Set number: T413

T413 (53902 + 59595 + 59632 + 51868) on the blocks at Redditch with the 12:23 to Lichfield Trent Valley, 29/6/90. Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 15th July 1992

Set number: T413

Class 116 DMS 53114 on the rear of Tyseley's hybrid set T413 formed with class 127 TSL 59592, class 115 TC 59745 and class 115 DMBS 51868 leaving Four Oaks on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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