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Vehicle 51875

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

24/09/60	New to	Derby Friargate	- stored pending allocation
Jan-61	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 03/06/61	Stored	Marylebone
4w/e 30/09/61	Transfer	14F (Marylebone)
Oct-61	Stored	Derby Friargate
4w/e 04/11/61	Transfer	14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 02/06/62	Transferred to	14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63	Depot code change	1D
May-73	Depot code change	ME
Oct-88	Transferred to	BY (Bletchley)
21/01/92	Transferred to	OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX
27/08/92	Withdrawn from	OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX

Modifications

circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 07/05/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

51875	59732	59752	51876	As delivered to Derby Friargate - 24th September 1960 - stored pending allocation
51875	59676	59731	51876	Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone¹
51660	59764	59740	51875	Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone¹
51875	59663	59746	51900	Noted 24/05/80
51658	59659	59664	51875	Noted circa 02/1982²
51857	59673	59650	51875	Noted circa 10/1983²
51674	59756	59653	51875	Noted circa 02/1984²
51875	59653	59756	51891	Noted circa 04/1984²
51871	59734	59676	51875	Noted circa 04/1985²
51875	59677	59734	51896	Noted 29/08/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone³
51875	59677	59734	51896	Noted 02/09/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone³
51661	59677	59734	51875	Noted 07/10/85 - on 07.46 Marylebone – Banbury³
51872	59729	59756	51875	Noted 24/04/86 - on 19.25 Marylebone – Banbury and 22.10 Banbury – Marylebone³
51872	59729	59756	51875	Noted 01/05/86 - on 06.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe, 06.57 High Wycombe – Marylebone, 08.03 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 09.12 High Wycombe – Marylebone³
51872	59726	59756	51875	Noted 10/05/86 - on 18.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 20.42 Banbury – Marylebone³
51872	59726	59756	51875	Noted 12/05/86 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone³
51872	59726	59756	51875	Noted 13/05/86 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone³
51872	59726	59756	51875	Noted 19/05/86 - on 17.10 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 18.14 High Wycombe – Marylebone³
51872	59726	59756	51875	Noted 21/05/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51675 + 59649 + 59752 + 51865³
51872	59729	59756	51875	Noted 03/06/86 - on 19.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 20.43 High Wycombe - Marylebone³
51872	59729	59756	51875	Noted 10/06/86 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury, 12.45 Banbury - Marylebone, and with 51670 + 59666 + 59730 + 51673 on 18.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone³
51872	59729	59756	51875	Noted 21/06/1986 - at Marylebone⁴
51656	59671	59736	51875	Noted 22/12/1986 - at Marylebone⁴
51875	59663	59758	51883	Noted 16/09/1987²
51663	59758	59663	51875	Noted circa 02/1988²
51660	59662	59664	51875	Noted circa 10/1989²
51875	59659	59667	51885	Noted 10/03/90 - on services to Marylebone⁵
51875	59754	59734	51888	Noted 20/06/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51676 + 54274⁵
51875	59754	59734	51888	Noted 27/06/90 - on services to Marylebone⁵

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Phil Shatford
4: Robert Chilton
5: Aaron Calder

Images:

Unknown date

A Class 115 DMU at High Wycombe in the early 1980s. Note the different depth of grey on the leading vehicle (M51875), noted in the flickr comments as being painted at Derby whiles the others would have been done at Swindon. Ian Docwra.

14th July 1984

51875 on the rear of 'The Bucks & Oxon Freighter' railtour at Little Kimble on 14/7/1984. Chris Lings.

14th July 1984

'The Bucks & Oxon Freighter' railtour at Winslow on the 14th July 1984, with 51875 on the rear. Chris Lings.

14th July 1984

51875 carries 'The Bucks & Oxon Freighter' while working the railtour on 14/7/84. It is seen during the stop at Swanbourne. Chris Lings.

14th July 1984

'The Bucks & Oxon Freighter' railtour sits in Swanbourne on 14/7/84. Chris Lings.

14th July 1984

This 4-car class 115 DMU set is seen at Quainton Road while working the F&DRS (Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society) "Bucks & Oxon Freighter" railtour covering the rural backwaters and freight only delights of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire on July 14, 1984 . The tour was a very sociable one having departed London Marylebone at the civilised time of 09.25 to make a large circuit to the North West of the capital before returning to terminate at London Broad Street at 17.10. The tour was allotted 30mins at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre located at Quainton Road which given its size and on both sides of the line was woefully inadequate as I recall. Most of the day seemed to be spent covering the lengthy freight only line from Aylesbury to Fenny Stratford before retracing the route to take the former L&NWR line to Oxford via Bicester. Other branches visited included Morris Cowley, Milton Freight Terminal at Didcot and the Brentford Town branch. Adrian Nicholls.

14th July 1984

The Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society 'Bucks & Oxon Freighter' railtour on July 14, 1984 is seen at the rural single platform halt of Little Kimble, which even as late as 1984 still sported a large cast iron former GWR running in sign. This station on the Princes Risborough to Aylesbury line was served by 9 trains daily back then 5 up and 4 down at peak times only and a far cry from the frequent service it now enjoys as part of the Chiltern Trains network. The tour was an 8 hour trundle around the freight only backwaters of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in a 4-car class 115 DMU. It started and finished at two different London termini having set out from London Marylebone it ended the day at London Broad Street. Adrian Nicholls.

14th July 1984

A Marylebone allocated class 115 DMU set (51875 closest) is seen during a brief stop at Oxford with the Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society 'Bucks & Oxon Freighter' railtour on 14/07/84. The tour was a very civilized 8hr jaunt around the home counties starting out of London Marylebone and terminating at London Broad Street. On departure from Oxford the tour proceeded to vist the Morris Cowley branch, Didcot Milton Freight Terminal and the Brentford Town Goods branch before making its way round the North London line to Broad Street. Adrian Nicholls.

14th July 1984

The unusual sight of a Class 115 DMU (51875 visible) in London Broad Street station on 14/07/84. It had just terminated with the Fakenham & Dereham Railway Society's "Bucks & Oxon Freighter" railtour and would then have had a lengthy ECS move to return to its home depot at London Marylebone. Alongside mixed class 501 EMU set 147 formed 75161+70161+61147 sits stabled for the weekend. Adrian Nicholls.

20th July 1984

lass 115 Derby 4-car DMU with 51875 + 59653 (DMBS + TS) closest at Aylesbury with the 08-20 to Marylebone 20-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

20th August 1984

M51875 leads the 17:10 Marylebone - High Wycombe service out of Whitehouse Farm Tunnel on 20 August 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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