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<- 51869 | 51870 | 51871 ->

Vehicle 51870

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

20/08/60 New to Derby Friargate - stored pending allocation
Jan-61 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 04/11/61 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
4w/e 04/11/61 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 02/06/62 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D
May-73Depot code changeME
07/12/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
09/03/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PTSX

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51869 59729 59749 51870 As delivered to Derby Friargate - 20th August 1960 - pending allocation
51654 59726 59674 51870 Noted 02/06/1975 - at Banbury 1
51676 59664 59730 51870 Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone with 51669/59649/59677/518872
51666 59745 59728 51870 Noted 24/05/80
51665 59728 59673 51870 Noted 12/04/82 - on the Quaintonian shuttle with 51677 + 59738 + 59756 + 51896
51870 59748 59727 51897 Noted circa 06/19823
51887 59727 59748 51870 Noted circa 08/19823
51870 59752 59729 51862 Noted circa 10/19833
51870 59752 59729 51862 Noted circa 02/19843
51897 59761 59727 51870 Noted circa 12/19843
51897 59761 59727 51870 Noted circa 04/19853
51667 59660 59764 51870 Noted 04/09/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone4
51667 59660 59764 51870 Noted 19/09/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone4
51667 59660 59747 51870 Noted circa 10/19853
51870 59747 59660 51671 Noted circa 11/19853
51671 59660 59747 51870 Noted 16/11/85 - on 16.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe, 16.55 High Wycombe – Marylebone, 18.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 20.42 Banbury – Marylebone4
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 12/12/85 - on 19.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone4
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 29/01/86 - on 17.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51679 + 59657 + 59745 + 518714
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 31/01/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51674 + 59739 + 59750 + 518664
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 03/02/86 - on 07.04 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 08.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone4
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 29/03/86 - on 20.30 High Wycombe – Marylebone with 51679 + 59657 + 59745 + 518714
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 21/04/86 - on 16.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 17.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone4
51870 59660 59761 51891 Noted 03/06/86 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51876 + 59678 + 59728 + 51897 then 16.25 Aylesbury – Marylebone via Princes Risborough alone4
51870 59660 59761 51891 Noted 23/06/86 - on 20.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone4
51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted 04/05/1987 - Black Eight Tours Mendip Meanderer Railtour 55993 + 51870-59589-59353-53921
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted circa 06/19873
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS415 51870 59581 59353 53921 Noted 16/08/87 - at Norwich5
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted circa 01/19883
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted circa 05/19903
51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot6
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T415 51870 59512 59353 53921 Noted circa 09/19903
T407 51870 59594 59611 53916 Noted circa 12/19903
spare 51870 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T420 51870 59032 59721 53092 Listed at TS - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Phil Shatford
5: Gerald Brown
6: Jeremy Goodyear

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Bordesley Junction

9th March 1990

Set number: T415

Hybrid DMU set T415 (presumably 51870 + 59589 + 59353 + 53921) at Bordesley Junction on 9-3-90. Ian Cuthbertson Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th April 1982

51677 at the head of an 8-car Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road on the afternoon of 12/4/82. The other vehicles were 59738 - 59756 - 51896 + 51870 - 59673 - 59728 - 51665. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 12th April 1982

51677 at the head of an 8-car Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road on the afternoon of 12/4/82. The other vehicles were 59738 - 59756 - 51896 + 51870 - 59673 - 59728 - 51665. Robert Frise.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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