Vehicle 51884
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
| 01/10/60 | New to | Chaddesden | - stabled pending allocation |
| 4w/e 29/10/60 | Transferred to | 9E (Trafford Park) | |
| Nov-60 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
| 4w/e 30/12/61 | Transferred to | 18A (Toton) | |
| Feb-62 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
| w/e 05/05/62 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| 4w/e 05/08/78 | Transferred to | AN (Allerton) | |
| 26/01/86 | Transferred to | ME (Marylebone) | |
| 26/10/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 08/03/93 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) RDTS |
Modifications
Sep-87 - Gangway(s) fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 26/07/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51883 | 59736 | 59756 | 51884 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 1st October 1960 - stabled pending allocation | |||||
| 51883 | 59736 | 59756 | 51884 | Transfer to 9E - Oct-60 | |||||
| 51883 | 59736 | 59756 | 51884 | Transfer to 8H - Nov-60 | |||||
| 51884 | 59718 | 59721 | 51853 | Noted circa 05/19801 | |||||
| AN803 | 51854 | 59760 | 51884 | Noted 31/05/19821 | |||||
| 51884 | 59722 | 51892 | Noted circa 09/19821 | ||||||
| 51859 | 59720 | 51884 | Noted circa 11/19821 | ||||||
| 51884 | 59724 | 51853 | Noted circa 01/19831 | ||||||
| 51860 | 59719 | 51884 | Noted circa 02/19831 | ||||||
| 51884 | 59720 | 51910 | 54222 | Noted circa 09/19831 | |||||
| TS524 | 51884 | 59622 | 53112 | Noted 23/04/1987 - at Birmingham New Street - as 9 car set with TS400 and TS354 - 51884 had domino dots in former headcode panel.2 | |||||
| TS801 | 51884 | 59753 | 59714 | 53112 | Noted circa 06/19871 | ||||
| T801 | 51884 | 59714 | 59753 | 53112 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | ||||
| TS801 | 51884 | 59753 | 59714 | 53112 | Noted circa 09/19871 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59590 | 51151 | Noted 09/01/19881 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59590 | 51151 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59590 | 51151 | Noted 23/04/19881 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59590 | 51151 | Noted circa 10/19881 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59590 | 51151 | Noted circa 12/19881 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59590 | 51151 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59608 | 51151 | Noted circa 10/19891 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59608 | 51151 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59608 | 51151 | Noted circa 09/19901 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59608 | 51151 | Noted circa 10/19901 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59603 | 51151 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59608 | 51151 | Noted 20/07/91 - at Birmingham3 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59608 | 51151 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59608 | 51151 | Noted circa 08/19911 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59608 | 51151 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | ||||
| T419 | 51884 | 59629 | 59608 | 51151 | Noted circa 01/19921 | ||||
| T412 | 51884 | 59446 | 59591 | 53116 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | ||||
| spare | 51884 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | |||||||
| Spare | 51884 | Listed at TS - November 1992 |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Robert Chilton
3: Aaron Calder
Images:
Unknown date
M51884 at Quainton Road with a Quaintonian shuttle to/from Aylesbury in the early 1970s. Mel Smith.
4th April 1983
A three-car DMU with Class 115 DMBS M51884 closest in Preston station on 4 April 1983. Brian Daniels.
23rd April 1987
Set number: TS524
Emerging from the gloom of Birmingham New Street station on 23/Apr/1987 is Class 115 DMBS no. 51884 at the head of non-gangwayed three-car set TS524 formed with 59622 (cl.127) and 53112 (cl.116). This was a nine-car consist, the other sets recorded as being TS400 formed 51862-59602-53124 (classes 115-127-116) and TS354 formed 53890-59054-53910 (two class 116 DMSs with a class 101 trailer brake). Unusually at this late date and for a unit in Blue/Grey livery, two white marker dots are displayed in the former headcode panel of the leading 115 and as I recall, they were actually stuck on the outside purely for effect. It looked really good compared with the usual plain painted treatment. 51884 had a more varied allocation history than many 115s, being new to Chaddesden thence to Trafford Pk, Allerton, Toton, Allerton again, Marylebone, back to Allerton before a return to Marylebone and a final transfer to Tyseley in 1986. It received gangways for the first time only in September 87. Robert Chilton.
26th April 1987
Set number: TS524
Class 115 51884, set number T524, is seen under going repairs inside Tyseley depot on 26.04.1987. This looked pretty good having the domino style headcode panel. Andy Cole.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
A Class 115 DMU at Quainton Road with one of the regular Quantonian shuttles from Aylesbury. Taken in the early 1970s, the far DMBS is 51884. Mel Smith.