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<- 51860 | 51861 | 51862 ->

Vehicle 51861


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

Jul-60 New to 55H (Neville Hill) - on loan from LMR
4w/e 01/10/60 On loan to 30A (Stratford)
2w/e 30/04/61 Stored Marylebone
4w/e 01/07/61 Transfer 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D
May-73Depot code changeME
18/10/85 Withdrawn from ME (Marylebone)

51861 was involved in the following incident:


115 DMU at Marylebone after rerailing

1985 - Marylebone

Derailment involving Class 115

Info from Michael Boot

A Class 115 had been sent the wrong way and DMBS M51861 derailed, riding over a bridge strengthener which tore off its underframe components.


Disposal

Scrapped by Fettlefield Transport, on location at Bletchley depot

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51861 59725 59745 51862 As delivered to 55H - July 1960 - on loan from LMR
51861 59725 59745 51862 Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 01/10/60
51861 59725 59745 51862 Transfer to Marylebone - 2w/e 30/04/61
51673 59745 59743 51861 Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1
51679 59754 59734 51861 Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1
51861 59661 59757 51863 Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1
51651 59665 59725 51861 Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot2
51861 59674 59651 51886 Noted circa 08/19813
51663 59744 59761 51861 Noted circa 08/19823
51676 59730 59678 51861 Noted circa 10/19833
51861 59755 59740 51657 Noted circa 04/19843
51879 59728 59762 51861 Noted circa 11/19843
51861 59614 59658 51146 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot4

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Jeremy Goodyear

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Marylebone

1985

Class 115 DMBS M51861 after being re-railed at Marylebone sometime in 1985. It had been sent the wrong way and derailing, riding over the bridge strengthener which tore her guts out. The Albion engines are lying alongside. Michael Boot Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Bletchley TMD

29th March 1986

Class 115 DMBS 51861 seen off its bogies at Bletchley on 29/3/86. Shayne Lewis.

Class 115 DMU at Bletchley depot

9th April 1986

The grounded body of 51861 made a sorry sight at Bletchley Depot surrounded by 54182 at the far end of the row on the left, and the row on the right consisting of from far to near 51883 then 76227, 70778 and 62118 of EMU set 310093. 9th April 1986. S Gaskell.

Class 115 DMU at Bletchley depot

9th April 1986

Class 115 DMBS no. 51861 with Class 104 DTCL no. 54182 seen behind at Bletchley on the 9th April 1986. The previous year 51861 suffered major underframe damage in a derailment at Marylebone. The body was scrapped on site at Bletchley during August 1986. S Gaskell.

Class 115 DMU at Bletchley depot

9th April 1986

Grounded 51861 at Bletchley depot on the 9th April 1986, with Class 104 54182 alongside, which is missing a buffer. S Gaskell.