Vehicle 51877
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 | - stabled pending allocation |
| Jan-61 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 4w/e 03/06/61 | Stored | Marylebone | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transfer | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| 03/05/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 23/11/92 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 25/11/92 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
Modifications
circa early 1975 - AWS fitted
Sep-87 - Gangway(s) fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51877 | 59733 | 59753 | 51878 | As delivered to Derby Friargate - 24th September 1960 - stabled pending allocation | |||||
| 51873 | 59733 | 59758 | 51877 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51863 | 59650 | 59763 | 51877 | Noted 05/05/80 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51877 | 59748 | 59727 | 51657 | Noted circa 02/19822 | |||||
| 51877 | 59761 | 59737 | 51885 | Noted circa 06/19822 | |||||
| 51877 | 59747 | 59743 | 51895 | Noted 30/08/83 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51877 | 59759 | 59736 | 51866 | Noted circa 11/19842 | |||||
| 51676 | 59673 | 59650 | 51877 | Noted circa 11/19852 | |||||
| 51658 | 59746 | 59736 | 51877 | Noted 28/12/1985 - at Marylebone3 | |||||
| 51669 | 59731 | 59675 | 51877 | Noted 22/11/86 - on 18:38 Marylebone - Banbury4 | |||||
| 51877 | 59675 | 59731 | 51669 | Noted 17/01/1987 - Hertfordshire Railtours The Chiltern Chariot 51877-59675-59731-51669 + 51673-59747-59744-51652 | |||||
| 51877 | 59746 | 59657 | 51894 | Noted 25/02/1987 - at Marylebone3 | |||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59734 | 59603 | 53893 | Noted circa 07/19872 | ||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59734 | 59603 | 53893 | Formed at TS Jul-87 | ||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59734 | 59603 | 53893 | Noted 13/09/87 - at Norwich5 | ||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59603 | 59444 | 53893 | Noted circa 01/19882 | ||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59444 | 59603 | 51146 | Formation change - TS - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 51146 (ex-T402) replaced 53893 (to T402) | ||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59444 | 59603 | 53893 | Formation change - TS - circa early Apr-88 - 51146 (to T402) replaced by 53893 (ex-T402) | ||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59603 | 59444 | 53893 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | ||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59603 | 59444 | 53893 | Noted circa 05/19882 | ||||
| T405 | 51877 | 59726 | 59615 | 51143 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | ||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59603 | 59726 | 53897 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | ||||
| 51877 | 59603 | 59335 | 53897 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot6 | |||||
| T417 | 51877 | 59335 | 59603 | 53897 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | ||||
| T406 | 51877 | 59344 | 59598 | 53102 | Noted circa 10/19902 | ||||
| T406 | 51877 | 59344 | 59598 | 53102 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||
| T406 | 51877 | 59344 | 59598 | 53102 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||
| T406 | 51877 | 59344 | 59598 | 53102 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | ||||
| 51877 | 59344 | 59598 | 53102 | Noted 14/12/917 | |||||
| 51877 | 53102 | Noted 15/04/92 - on 16:28 Longbridge - Lichfield TV8 | |||||||
| T406 | 51877 | 59598 | 59344 | 53102 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | ||||
| T412 | 51877 | 59591 | 59446 | 53116 | Noted circa 09/19922 | ||||
| T412 | 51877 | 59446 | 59591 | 53116 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | ||||
| Spare | 51877 | Listed at TS - November 1992 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Robert Chilton
4: Martin Baumann
5: Gerald Brown
6: Jeremy Goodyear
7: Graeme Phillips
8: David Bellamy
Images:
5th May 1980
At Quainton Road on 5/5/80 working the Quaintonian shuttle are 51877 - 59763 - 59650 - 51863. Robert Frise.
23rd April 1984
A line-up of Class 115s stabled at Aylesbury on Easter Monday 23 April 1984. M51877 is in the middle, the DMBS on the left has a dent in the cabside. Ian 10B.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 30th May 1983
51895 + 59743 + 59747 + 51877 forms the Quaintonian at Quainton Road on 30/5/83. Robert Frise.
Date: 30th May 1983
51895 + 59743 + 59747 + 51877 at Quainton Road on the Quaintonian, 30/5/83. Robert Frise.
Date: 30th May 1983
51895 + 59743 + 59747 + 51877 sitting in Quainton Road working The Quaintonian on 30/5/83. Robert Frise.
Date: 30th May 1983
59747 is one of the vehicles in The Quaintonian on 30/5/83, to it's left are 51895 and 59743, to it's right 51877. Seen at Quainton Road. Robert Frise.
Date: 30th May 1983
51895 + 59743 + 59747 + 51877 form the Quaintonian at Quainton Road on 30/5/83. Robert Frise.
Date: 10th March 1990
Set number: T417
Tyseley's set T417 53897 - 59335 - 59603 - 51877 at Longbridge on 10/Mar/1990 heading for Lichfield City (formed 116DMS, 116TC, 127TSL, 115DMBS), about to be passed in the opposite direction by an HST. Robert Chilton.