Vehicle 51894

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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

29/10/60	New to	Chaddesden	- stabled pending allocation
Jan-61	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 04/11/61	Transferred to	14F (Marylebone)
4w/e 04/11/61	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 30/06/62	Transferred to	14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63	Depot code change	1D
May-73	Depot code change	ME
Oct-88	Transferred to	BY (Bletchley)
10/07/91	Withdrawn from	BY (Bletchley) NXXZ

Modifications

circa Dec-86 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 23/07/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51893	59741	59761	51894					As delivered to Chaddesden sidings - 29th October 1960
	51674	59653	59754	51894					Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1
	51672	59738	59675	51894					Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1
	51655	59659	59745	51894					Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot2
	51869	59661	59745	51894					Noted 03/09/76 - in Marylebone station2
	51869	59661	59745	51894					Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone1
	51886	59738	59668	51894					Noted 13/01/79 - Noted 13/01/79 - on emergency special from Marylebone to High Wycombe with 51674-59733-59676-51891 to connect with delayed ECS for railtour to Merseyside. Also noted as 51661-59738-59668-51676.3
	51894	59651	59674	51857					Noted circa 02/19824
	51886	59663	59758	51894					Noted circa 10/19834
	51894	59731	59750	51658					Noted circa 02/19844
	51657	59651	59748	51894					Noted 23/06/84 - in Marylebone car sheds
	51894	59748	59651	51876					Noted circa 11/19844
	51872	59676	59657	51894					Noted circa 10/19854
	51867	59676	59740	51894					Noted 18/10/1986 - at Marylebone5
	51871	59667	51894						Noted 3rd January 1987
	51877	59746	59657	51894					Noted 25/02/1987 - at Marylebone5
	51663	59728	59761	51894					Noted 15/07/19874
	51663	59651	59761	51894					Noted 12/09/19874
	51663	59651	59761	51894					Noted 16/09/19874
	51665	59666	59651	51894					Noted circa 02/19884
	51894	59750	59656	51863					Noted 16/04/19884
	51894	59750	59655	51887					Noted circa 01/19894
	51676	54274	59654	51894					Noted 19/02/90 - on services to Marylebone6
	51678	59763	59654	51894					Noted 21/02/90 - on services to Marylebone6
	51894	59654	59763	51900					Noted 30/03/90 - on services to Marylebone6
	51894	59654	59749	51900					Noted 18/06/90 - on services to Marylebone6

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

Images:

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5th June 1988

Class 115 DMBS vehicle No.51894 in BR blue / grey livery is seen mid way through a major overhaul inside BREL Doncaster Works on the 5th June 1988 with the body supported on accommadation blocks. Normally to be found on Chiltern line services operating out of London Marylebone Station she remained in original condition, never receiving a gangway connection for the whole of her 31 year operational career. Bob Woolnough.

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1st April 1989

M51894 leads a mixed livery Class 115 unit into High Wycombe on 1 April 1989. Robert28194.

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8th April 1989

A Class 115 DMU leaving Aylesbury for London Marylerbone via Princes Risborough (but not stopping on the Branch) on 8th April 1989. The rear car is 51894. The Mixed Blue & Grey and N S E liveries were common at this transitional time. AndrewHA.

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20th October 1989

Derby Class 115 DMBS 51894 is seen on the rear of an Aylesbury - Marylebone Train, the 12.57 departure from Great Missenden on 20 October 1989. Dave Warby.

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26th November 1991

Network South East liveried Class 115 DMBS 51894 at Snailwell on 26th November 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 23rd June 1984

Class 115 Derby 4-car DMU 51657 + 59651 + 59748 + 51894 in Marylebone car sheds 23-6-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.