Vehicle 59661
Class 115
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30531
Diagram: 590
Allocations
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 51675 during the unknown period are:
| 28/05/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| Oct-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 |
Then the allocations for 59661 are:
| 31/12/64 | Listed at | 1D (Marylebone) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| 26/10/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 05/10/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) RFXX |
Modifications
2w/e 14/04/87 - Gangway(s) fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 09/06/1983 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51675 | 59661 | 59676 | 51676 | As delivered to 14A - 28/05/60 | |||||
| 51677 | 59661 | 59762 | 51876 | Noted 03/09/66 - on 1.30pm Rugby - Marylebone | |||||
| 51664 | 59667 | 59661 | 51866 | Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51861 | 59661 | 59757 | 51863 | Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51869 | 59661 | 59745 | 51894 | Noted 03/09/76 - in Marylebone station2 | |||||
| 51869 | 59661 | 59745 | 51894 | Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51672 | 59748 | 59661 | 51888 | Noted 24/05/80 | |||||
| 51661 | 59661 | 59676 | 51881 | Noted 04/07/81 - on Hertfordshire Railtours The Fenbasher | |||||
| 51651 | 59661 | 59745 | 51886 | Noted circa 06/19823 | |||||
| 51889 | 59745 | 59661 | 51659 | Noted circa 09/19823 | |||||
| 51660 | 59664 | 59661 | 51867 | Noted circa 10/19833 | |||||
| 51670 | 59661 | 59664 | 51660 | Noted circa 04/19843 | |||||
| 51660 | 59664 | 59661 | 51862 | Noted 23/06/84 - on London Marylebone - Banbury service | |||||
| T414 | 51869 | 59661 | 59613 | 51144 | Formed at TS Aug-87 | ||||
| T414 | 51869 | 59661 | 59613 | 51144 | Noted circa 10/19873 | ||||
| T414 | 51869 | 59661 | 59613 | 51144 | Noted 09/01/19883 | ||||
| T414 | 51869 | 59661 | 59613 | 51144 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | ||||
| T414 | 51144 | 59613 | 59661 | 51869 | Noted 21/05/88 - at Norwich2 | ||||
| T414 | 51869 | 59661 | 59613 | 51144 | Noted circa 09/19893 | ||||
| T414 | 51869 | 59661 | 59613 | 51144 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | ||||
| T414 | 51869 | 59661 | 59613 | 51144 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | ||||
| T414 | 51869 | 59661 | 59613 | 51144 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | ||||
| T414 | 51869 | 59661 | 59613 | 51144 | Noted circa 10/19903 | ||||
| T414 | 51869 | 59661 | 59721 | 51144 | Noted circa 12/19903 | ||||
| T414 | 51869 | 59661 | 59721 | 51144 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | ||||
| T414 | 51880 | 59661 | 59721 | 51144 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | ||||
| spare | 59661 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||||
| T404 | 51853 | 59604 | 59661 | 53919 | Noted circa 01/19923 | ||||
| T404 | 51853 | 59604 | 59661 | 53919 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | ||||
| spare | 59661 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 3rd June 1978
M51678, leading 59749, 59661, 51680, and about to depart Marylebone as the 12.10 to Aylesbury on Saturday 3rd June 1978. Rob Paterson.
Date: 4th July 1981
Hertfordshire Railtours' "Fenbasher" tour operated on 4 July 1981 and repeated later in the month. This is the original, formed 51661/59661/59676/51881 with the organiser, the late John Farrow walking alongside the train. Class 115 normally worked out of Marylebone but this tour ran from St Pancras to Kings Cross. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 4th July 1981
Hertfordshire Railtours' "Fenbasher" tour operated on 4 July 1981 and was repeated later in the month. This is the original, formed 51661/59661/59676/51881, at Wisbech. This class of Derby Suburban diesel units spent most of their working lives operating the routes out of Marylebone. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 4th July 1981
The Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" rail tour is seen at Abbey and West Dereham on the former Downham and Stoke Ferry railway. Formation of the tour was 51661 + 59661 + 59676 + 51881, all Marylebone-based class 115 Derby Suburban coaches. This was the 4 July 1981 running of the tour, which ran again three weeks later. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 4th July 1981
The Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" is seen at Kings Lynn Docks Gates on 4 July 1981. It was formed of a Class 115 DMU containing 51661 + 59661 + 59676 + 51881. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 4th July 1981
This four-car set of Derby high-density seated DMU coaches (51661 + 59661 + 59676 + 51881) from Marylebone was seen at Abbey and West Dereham in Norfolk on the first Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" railtour on 4 July 1981. This tour was repeated three weeks later owing to high demand. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 4th July 1981
Hertfordshire Railtours' "Fenbasher" tour operated on 4 July 1981 and repeated later in the month. This is the original, formed 51661 + 59661 + 59676 + 51881 with Hertfordshire Railtours' John Farrow just inside the fence. Class 115 normally worked out of Marylebone but this tour ran from St Pancras to Kings Cross. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 4th July 1981
The Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" is seen at Middleton Towers on 4 July 1981. It was formed of a Class 115 DMU containing 51661 + 59661 + 59676 + 51881. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 4th July 1981
The Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" is seen at Kings Lynn Docks Gates on 4 July 1981. It was formed of a Class 115 DMU containing 51881 + 59676 + 59661 + 51661. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 23rd June 1984
Class 115 Derby 4-car DMU 51660 + 59664 + 59661 + 51862 at London Marylebone for Banbury, 23-6-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: unknown
Set number: T414
T414 is seen at Redditch. Thanks to Mac Winfield for the following information: between 1988 and at least 1991 T414 was formed Class 115 DMBS M51869 (nearest the camera) / 115 TS M59661 / 127 TS(L) M59613 / 116 DMS M51144. Tom Clift.
Date: 13th May 1989
Set number: T414
A Tyseley allocated hybrid Class 116/127/115 4-Car Suburban DMU (T414 - 51144 + 59613 + 59661 + 51869), was running along the Up Fast at Farington Curve Junction with a well-filled returning excursion from Blackpool North on May 13th 1989. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 22nd February 1990
Set number: T414
Set T414, 51869 + 59661 + 59613 + 51144, at Birmingham Moor Street on 22/2/90. Sparegang.
Date: 26th June 1990
Set number: T414
51144 - 59613 - 59661 - 51869 (T414) at Stourbridge Jct, having arrived with the 12:16 ex New St., 26th June 1990. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 11th July 1992
Set number: T404
Tyseley DMU set T404 (presumably 53919 + 59661 + 59604 + 51853) heading back to the West Midlands on a Summer Saturday North Wales train at Mostyn Docks on 11 July 1992. Andrew Bond.