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Vehicle 51875

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

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-63Depot code change1D
May-73Depot code changeME
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27/08/92 Withdrawn from OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX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
51871 59653 51875 Noted 19/08/1976 - Seen at Banbury with 51660 - 59755 - 516722
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
51668 59729 59756 51875 Noted 08/10/86 - on 14.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51657 + 59651 + 59668 + 51663 then 15.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone alone3
51668 59729 59756 51875 Noted 21/10/86 - on Marylebone (17.30) - High Wycombe (18.19) and 18.55 High Wycombe – Marylebone3
51656 59671 59736 51875 Noted 12/12/86 - on Marylebone (15.53) – Banbury (17.28) and Banbury (18.39) – Marylebone (20.18)3
51656 59671 59736 51875 Noted 22/12/1986 - at Marylebone4
51656 59671 59736 51875 Noted 05/01/87 - on 06.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 08.00 Aylesbury – Marylebone both with 51878 + 542593
51656 59671 59736 51875 Noted 03/02/87 - on Marylebone (06.44) – High Wycombe (07.36) and High Wycombe (07.55) – Marylebone (08.48)3
51665 59656 59749 51875 Noted 09/03/87 - on Marylebone – High Wycombe services3
51665 59656 59749 51875 Noted 24/03/87 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury3
51665 59656 59749 51875 Noted 06/04/87 - on 15.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and High Wycombe (16.38) – Marylebone (17.31)3
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:

Class 115 DMU at High Wycombe

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.

Class 115 DMU at Little Kimble

14th July 1984

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

Class 115 DMU at Winslaw

14th July 1984

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

Class 115 DMU at Swanbourne

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.

Class 115 DMU at Swanbourne

14th July 1984

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

Class 115 DMU at Quainton Road

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.

Class 115 DMU at Little Kimble

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.

Class 115 DMU at Oxford

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.

Class 115 DMU at London Broad Street

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.

Class 115 DMU at Aylesbury

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.

Class 115 DMU at Whitehouse Farm Tunnel

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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