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Vehicle 51661


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: 30530
Diagram: 598

Allocations

18/06/60 New to 14A (Cricklewood)
5w/e 05/08/61 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
4w/e 02/09/61 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D
May-73Depot code changeME
Oct-88 Transferred to BY (Bletchley)
21/01/92 Sector Change to BY (Bletchley) NGBX
20/05/93 Withdrawn from BY (Bletchley) NGBX - as L754

Modifications

circa Aug-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51661 59654 59669 51662 As delivered to 14A - 18/06/60
51661 59662 59755 51899 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Denham1
51661 59657 59752 51663 Noted 20/07/75 - on Marylebone depot2
51657 59676 59656 51661 Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone3
51661 59668 59738 51676 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 51886-59738-59668-51894.
51661 59654 59675 51869 Noted 26/05/80 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
51661 59661 59676 51881 Noted 04/07/81 - on Hertfordshire Railtours The Fenbasher
51661 59763 59734 51667 Noted circa 02/19824
51661 59650 59752 51885 Noted circa 08/19824
51661 59669 59739 51866 Noted 4th April 1983
51661 59737 59669 51874 Noted 24/02/1987 - at Marylebone5
51661 54223 Noted circa 02/19884
51661 54223 Noted 24/05/19884
51661 54499 Noted circa 01/19894
51661 59664 59657 51652 Noted circa 05/19904
51661 59664 59657 51663 Noted 21/05/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51664 + 543816
51661 51866 Listed at BY - 24/02/92 - NSE NGBX pool
L754 51661 51866 Listed at BY - 12/08/92
L754 51661 51866 Listed at BY - November 1992 - Sector NGBX
L754 51661 51855 Noted circa 11/19924

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

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Tyseley

11th April 1987

Class 115 DMBS 51661 is seen at Tyseley on 11.04.1987 waiting to be paired up with another car. Note the Chiltern Line branding behind the cab door. Andy Cole.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 26th May 1980

51869 + 59675 + 59654 + 51661 on the Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road, 26/5/80. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 26th May 1980

An Aylesbury-Quainton Road shuttle-service, consisting of a 4-car Class 115 DMU (51869 + 59675 + 59654 + 51661), waits at Quainton Road station for passengers returning to Aylesbury after attending the Bank Holiday Open Day (May 26, 1980) at what is now known as the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 4th July 1981

The Hertfordshire Railtours "Fenbasher" rail tour is seen at Abbey on the former Downham and Stoke Ferry railway. Formation of the tour was 51881+59676+59661+51661, 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.

DMU

Date: 4th July 1981

This four-car set of Derby high-density seated DMU coaches (51881/59676/59661/51661) from Marylebone was seen at Abbey 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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 15th April 1987

Seen at Tyseley on 15 April 1987 are 53111 (withdrawn a few weeks later) + 593?? + 59604 + 53837 and 51661. Stuart Mackay Collection.