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<- 51898 | 51899 | 51900 ->

Vehicle 51899

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

17/12/60 New to 1E (Bletchley)
4w/e 01/07/61 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
w/e 05/08/61 Stored Derby Friargate
4w/e 30/09/61 Transfer 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27/08/92 Withdrawn from OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX

Notes

20/06/87 - Named 'Aylesbury College'.

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 19/02/1982 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51899 59744 59764 51900 As delivered to 1E - 17th December 1960
51886 59732 59764 51899 Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1
51661 59662 59755 51899 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Denham2
51899 59759 59730 51890 Noted circa 02/19843
51674 59747 59652 51899 Noted circa 07/19853
51677 59652 59747 51899 Noted 27/08/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone4
51677 59652 59747 51899 Noted 30/08/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone4
51677 59652 59764 51899 Noted 25/10/85 - on 10.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 11.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone4
51677 59764 59652 51899 Noted circa 11/19853
51677 59652 59764 51899 Noted 25/11/85 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone4
51677 59652 59764 51899 Noted 13/12/85 - on 19.25 Marylebone – Banbury and 22.10 Banbury – Marylebone4
51677 59652 59764 51899 Noted 18/12/85 - on morning Marylebone – High Wycombe services4
51677 59652 59764 51899 Noted 01/01/86 - on 18.00 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51655 + 59663 + 59758 + 518694
51899 59656 59675 51900 Noted 18/03/86 - on Marylebone – High Wycombe duties4
51668 59733 59755 51899 Noted 17/06/86 - on afternoon Marylebone – High Wycombe services4
51659 59727 59763 51899 Noted 17/08/86 - on Marylebone – High Wycombe services4
51897 59662 59665 51899 Noted 07/10/86 - on 14.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51655 + 59676 + 59740 + 518944
51897 59665 59662 51899 Noted 21/11/86 - on Bletchley depot5
51897 59662 59665 51899 Noted 04/12/86 - on 18.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone4
51897 59662 59665 51899 Noted 09/12/86 - added to 51866 + 59657 + 59745 + 51891 at Bicester in the Banbury (18.39) – Marylebone (20.18)4
51679 59660 59666 51899 Noted 04/01/87 - on Marylebone (08.40) – High Wycombe (09.30) and High Wycombe (10.12) – Marylebone (11.02)4
51679 59660 59666 51899 Noted 01/02/87 - on 07.40 Marylebone – Bicester, 09.10 Bicester – Marylebone, 11.40 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 13.35 High Wycombe – Marylebone4
51885 59736 59754 51899 Noted circa 02/19883
51899 59729 59746 51891 Noted circa 11/19893
51891 59669 59740 51899 Noted 19/02/90 - on services to Marylebone6
51891 59669 59740 51899 Noted 03/03/90 - on services to Marylebone6
51899 59740 59669 51891 Noted circa 05/19903
51899 59657 59664 51873 Noted circa 10/19903

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

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Aylesbury

8th January 1984

Stabled between duties, Class 115 Driving Motor Brake Second M51899 was the lead car of a four-car set at Aylesbury on January 8th 1984. Introduced in 1960 they were a familiar sight on the former Great Central and GC/GWR routes to and from London Marylebone, until the last of the fleet were withdrawn in 1992. Martyn Hilbert.

Class 115 DMU at Chorley Wood

4th December 1984

A Class 115 in Chorley Wood station on the 4th December 1984, 51899 closest. John Law.

Class 115 DMU at London Marylebone

21st July 1985

M51899 pulls into London Marylebone, 21/7/85. Chris Moxon Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Quainton Road

31st March 1986

Two Class 115 DMUs for the the Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road on 31 March 1986. Front to rear are: DMBS 51899 + TS 59656 + TCL 59675 + DMBS 51900 with DMBS 51652 + TS 59726 + TCL 59677 + DMBS 51665. Dave Warby.

Class 115 DMU at Aylesbury

Unknown date

Carrying 'Aylesbury College' nameplates, 51899 is seen in Aylesbury station, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Detail of a Class 115 DMU

Unknown date

The Aylesbury College Silver Jubilee 1987 nameplate on Class 115 DMBS M51899. Date unknown, it was named at Aylesbury Rail Day on 20 June 1987. Brian Daniels.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st March 1986

The Quaintonian shuttle in Quainton Road on 31 March 1986, the vehicles visible are left to right TS 59726 + DMBS 51652 with DMBS 51900 + TCL 59675 + TS 59656 + DMBS 51899. Dave Warby.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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