Vehicle 51870
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
| 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-63 | Depot code change | 1D | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| 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| 09/03/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PTSX |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 | 59747 | 51870 | Noted circa 10/19853 | |||||
| 51870 | 59747 | 59660 | 51671 | Noted circa 11/19853 | |||||
| 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 Norwich4 | ||||
| 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 depot5 | |||||
| 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: Gerald Brown
5: Jeremy Goodyear
Images:
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:
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.
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.