Vehicle 51887
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 31/12/60 | On loan to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 2w/e 08/04/61 | Stored | Marylebone | - ex-loan |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transfer | 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| 27/08/92 | Withdrawn from | OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX |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 Dec-86 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 05/01/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51887 | 59738 | 59758 | 51888 | As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 1st October 1960 - stabled pending allocation | |||||
| 51887 | 59738 | 59758 | 51888 | Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 31/12/60 - on loan from LMR | |||||
| 51887 | 59738 | 59758 | 51888 | Transfer to Marylebone - 2w/e 08/04/61 - ex-loan 30A | |||||
| 51873 | 59731 | 59676 | 51887 | Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51669 | 59649 | 59677 | 51887 | Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone with 51676/59664/59730/518701 | |||||
| 51869 | 59655 | 59669 | 51887 | Noted 18/06/77 - on Marylebone depot2 | |||||
| 51676 | 59669 | 59725 | 51887 | Noted circa 08/19813 | |||||
| 51887 | 59725 | 59669 | 51896 | Noted circa 02/19823 | |||||
| 51887 | 59727 | 59748 | 51870 | Noted circa 08/19823 | |||||
| 51889 | 59762 | 59733 | 51887 | Noted circa 02/19843 | |||||
| 51887 | 59649 | 59762 | 51889 | Noted 25/04/84 - on the Quaintonian shuttle with 51865 + 59651 + 59748 + 51678 | |||||
| 51886 | 59728 | 59762 | 51887 | Noted 31/07/85 - on Aylesbury - Marylebone service | |||||
| 51671 | 59669 | 59731 | 51887 | Noted 28/12/1985 - at Marylebone4 | |||||
| 51660 | 59653 | 59664 | 51887 | Noted 05/05/86 - working The Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51887 | 59664 | 59653 | 51677 | Noted 28/06/1986 - Hertfordshire Railtours Thame Phoenix | |||||
| 51667 | 59673 | 51887 | Noted 3rd January 1987 | ||||||
| 51887 | 59733 | 59755 | 51873 | Noted circa 12/19873 | |||||
| 51887 | 59728 | 59671 | 51680 | Noted circa 02/19883 | |||||
| 51671 | 59762 | 59651 | 51887 | Noted circa 03/19883 | |||||
| 51894 | 59750 | 59655 | 51887 | Noted circa 01/19893 | |||||
| 51651 | 59737 | 59762 | 51887 | Noted 28/02/90 - on services to Marylebone5 | |||||
| 51671 | 59737 | 59762 | 51887 | Noted 17/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51663 + 544995 | |||||
| 51670 | 59660 | 59675 | 51887 | Noted circa 07/19903 | |||||
| 51659 | 59759 | 51887 | Noted 24/02/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
5: Aaron Calder
Images:
May 1985
M51887 on the front of a Class 115 set on a High Wycombe service leaving Sudbury and Harrow Road station in May 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
31st July 1985
Heading away beneath Keepers Lane bridge over the Aylesbury to London line at Little Missenden is Class 115 set 51887 (rear, closest) + 59762 + 59728 + 51886 on a service for Marylebone. Taken during a countryside walk from Beaconsfield to Amersham on the 31st July 1985. S Gaskell.
5th May 1986
51887 - 59664- 59653 - 51660 on The Quaintonian at Quainton Road, 5/5/86. Robert Frise.
circa 1989
Class 115s at the southern end of Aylesbury station around 1989. Closest is M51887, the other could be M51669. Kevin Lane.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 25th April 1984
51865 at the head of the Quaintonian at Quainton Road on 25/4/84 which also contained 59651 + 59748 + 51678 / 51887 + 59649 + 59762 + 51889. Robert Frise.
Date: 25th April 1984
The Quaintonian has an audience as it makes a smoky departure from Quainton Road on 25/4/84, containing 51865 + 59651 + 59748 + 51678 / 51887 + 59649 + 59762 + 51889. Robert Frise.
Date: 25th April 1984
The Quaintonian shuttle departs from Quainton Road for Aylesbury on 25/4/84, containing 51865 - 59651 - 59748 - 51678 + 51887 - 59649 - 59762 - 51889. Robert Frise.
Date: 25th April 1984
Two Class 115 sets formed 51865 - 59651 - 59748 - 51678 + 51887 - 59649 - 59762 - 51889 arrive at Quainton Road while working the Quaintonian on 25/4/84. Robert Frise.
Date: 31st July 1985
A countryside walk from Beaconsfield to Amersham took me over the Aylesbury to London line via a footbridge at Little Missenden on the 31st July 1985. There I photographed Class 115 51886 (leading) + 59728 + 59762 + 51887 on a service for Marylebone. It is pictured approaching from the west. S Gaskell.
Date: 5th May 1986
51660 - 59653 - 59664 - 51887 on The Quaintonian at Quainton Road, 5/5/86. Robert Frise.
Date: 5th May 1986
51660 - 59653 - 59664 - 51887 on The Quaintonian at Quainton Road, 5/5/86. Robert Frise.
Date: 5th May 1986
51660 - 59653 - 59664 - 51887 on The Quaintonian at Quainton Road, 5/5/86. Robert Frise.