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Vehicle 51867

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

13/08/60	New to	Derby Friargate	- stored pending allocation
Jan-61	Transferred to	14A (Cricklewood)
Jul-61	Transferred to	14F (Marylebone)
4w/e 02/09/61	Stored	Derby Friargate
4w/e 30/09/61	Transfer	14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63	Depot code change	1D
May-73	Depot code change	ME
14/06/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
11/06/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) RDTS

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51867	59728	59748	51868	As delivered to Derby Friargate - 13th August 1960 - stored pending allocation
	51867	59748	59650	51871	Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone¹
	51672	59657	59672	51867	Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone¹
	51867	59736	59678	51889	Noted circa 02/1982²
	51869	59738	59675	51867	Noted circa 09/1982²
	51660	59664	59661	51867	Noted circa 10/1983²
	51867	59740	59671	51900	Noted circa 10/1985²
	51867	59740	59671	51879	Noted circa 11/1985²
	51867	59759	59740	51885	Noted 21/06/1986 - at Marylebone³
	51867	59676	59740	51894	Noted 18/10/1986 - at Marylebone³
TS821	51867	59653	59621	53884	Noted 18/06/1987²
T821	51867	59653	59621	53884	Listed at TS - Jul-87
T412	51867	59446	59591	53102	Noted circa 01/1988²
T412	51867	59446	59591	53102	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T412	51867	59448	59592	53114	Noted 18/03/89 - on the Railway Development Society "Trent Train Tour", and seems to be mainly vehicles from T408.
T412	51867	59446	59591	53102	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Noted circa 10/1989²
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot⁴
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - mid May-90
T412	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted circa 12/1990²
T412	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted circa 03/1991²
L412	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted 19/03/91 - in Banbury area⁵
T412	51867	59591	59446	53055	Noted circa 05/1991²
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - Jul-91
T412	51867	59446	59591	53055	Listed at TS - Aug-91
T412	51867	59591	59446	53116	Noted circa 09/1991²
T412	51867	59446	59591	53116	Listed at TS - Dec-91

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

Images:

12th March 1983

51867 at the end of a Class 115 set in London Marylebone on the 12th March 1983. Chris Lings.

January 1987

Class 115 Derby high-density car leads a 4-car DMU stabled alongside Nuneaton station June 1987. Just possible this is DMBS 51867. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

28th November 1988

Set number: T412

Class 115 Derby DMBS 51867 of set T412 stands in a siding at Tyseley depot 28-11-88. Went for scrap May 1992 - plenty of life left in it at this point! On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

11th February 1989

Set number: T412

A hybrid DMU (set T412, presumably Class 115 51867 closest) and another suburban DMU in Gravelly Hill on 11 February 1989. Two units on Birmingham Cross-City workings pass in the station. Alistair Ness.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: July 1975

BR (Derby) Class 115 4-car suburban dmu No.M51658 (Class 115), M59656 (173), M59665 (177), M51867 (115) in BR Rail Blue and all yellow front ends arrives at Marylebone on a service from Aylesbury, 07/75. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: 28th November 1988

Set number: T021

Tyseley DMU depot includes Class 114 Derby 2-car parcel DMU T021 (53038 + 54042) and another unidentified set plus high density stock (including 51867 from T412 on the left) on 28-11-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Date: 28th September 1990

Set number: T412

Droitwich Spa on 28 September 1990 - Tyseley-based set TS412 is approaching working the 12.00 Birmingham New Street-Great Malvern. I recorded the power cars as 53116 (leading) and 51867. Lewis Bevan.

Date: 17th November 1990

Set number: T412

Tyseley's set T412 at Small Heath station, which should have been headed by 53102 but had been reformed with 53116, followed by 59591, 59668 and 51867, on 17/Nov/1990. The formation was a mixture of class 116, 127 and 115 which was normal for most of the four-car sets at Tyseley at the time. Robert Chilton.

Date: 6th May 1991

Set number: T412

Tyseley's four car sets were mostly formed of class 115, 116 and 127 as was the case on 6 May 1991 when I photographed T412 (53055 + 59446 + 59591 + 51867) passing the now demolished Smethwick West signalbox with a Hereford to Birmingham New Street train. The class 47 waiting at the signal was 47813 working a railtour that had just visited Handsworth in the days before the line was re-opened through to Snow Hill. Just behind the camera the Handsworth line crossed the Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton route. This is now the site of Galton Bridge Station interchange where passengers can change trains between the two lines thus making the old Smethwick West station redundant. It's worth noting that any train leaving the Handsworth branch including this railtour had to run wrong line as far as Rood End Yard between here and Langley Green. Peter Tandy.

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