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Vehicle 51656

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: 30530
Diagram: 598

Allocations

02/04/60 New to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 28/05/60 Transferred to 9E (Trafford Park)
Nov-60 Transferred to 8H (Allerton)
4w/e 01/04/61 Stored Marylebone
4w/e 01/07/61 Transfer 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
17/12/92 Withdrawn from BY (Bletchley) NGBX

Modifications

Jan-85 - AWS fitted
Aug-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51655 59651 59666 51656 As delivered to 14A - 02/04/60
51656 59652 59673 51676 Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1
51656 59752 59734 51833 Noted 18/06/77 - on Marylebone depot2
51656 59740 59751 51878 Noted 24/05/80
51656 59669 59725 51893 Noted 04/05/81 - working The Quaintonian shuttle
51656 59669 59725 51893 Noted 15/05/81 - at Aylesbury2
51656 59654 59665 51663 Noted 08/04/1982 - on Tyseley depot, borrowed until the 12th3
51656 59654 59666 51867 Noted 07/12/1982 - on Tyseley depot, returning home from Swindon Works 3
51656 59649 59762 51679 Noted circa 02/19844
51656 59731 59672 51679 Noted circa 04/19844
51656 59678 59730 51657 Noted circa 04/19854
51651 59669 59731 51656 Noted 10/09/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone5
51651 59669 59731 51656 Noted 23/09/85 - on 16.15 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 17.36 Aylesbury – Marylebone via Princes Risborough5
51656 59759 59729 51666 Noted circa 10/19854
51666 59729 59755 51656 Noted circa 11/19854
51656 59655 59749 51667 Noted 17/03/86 - on 12.38 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 14.01 High Wycombe – Marylebone5
51656 59655 59749 51667 Noted 25/03/86 - on 17.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51658 + 59652 + 59764 + 518805
51656 59655 59749 51676 Noted 02/06/86 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51657 + 59672 + 59734 + 518635
51656 59655 59749 51676 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Marylebone6
51656 59655 59749 51676 Noted 24/06/86 - on 20.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5
51656 59655 59749 51676 Noted 07/07/86 - on 18.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51657 + 59672 + 59738 + 518635
51656 59655 59749 51676 Noted 12/07/86 - on 16.38 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough5
51656 59661 59764 51895 Noted 24/07/86 - on 11.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 14.38 Banbury – Marylebone5
51656 59661 59764 51895 Noted 14/08/86 - on 19.50 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough5
51656 59661 59764 51895 Noted 24/08/86 - on 08.40 Marylebone – Banbury and 11.44 Banbury – Marylebone5
51656 59671 59736 51876 Noted 19/09/86 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.45 Banbury – Marylebone5
51656 59671 59736 51876 Noted 02/10/86 - on morning Marylebone – Aylesbury services5
51656 59761 59736 51876 Noted 08/10/86 - on Marylebone (17.35) – West Ruislip (18.05) and West Ruislip (18.48) - Marylebone (19.17)5
51656 59671 59736 51875 Noted 12/12/86 - on Marylebone (15.53) – Banbury (17.28) and Banbury (18.39) – Marylebone (20.18)5
51656 59671 59736 51875 Noted 22/12/1986 - at Marylebone6
51656 59671 59736 51875 Noted 05/01/87 - on 06.40 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 08.00 Aylesbury – Marylebone both with 51878 + 542595
51656 59671 59736 51875 Noted 03/02/87 - on Marylebone (06.44) – High Wycombe (07.36) and High Wycombe (07.55) – Marylebone (08.48)5
51656 59733 59759 51671 Noted 25/03/87 - on 16.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone, 18.25 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone all with 51849 + 542745
51656 59733 59759 51671 Noted 26/03/87 - on 16.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone, 18.25 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone all with 51849 + 542745
51656 59733 59759 51671 Noted 27/03/87 - on 16.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone, 18.25 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone all with 51849 + 542745
51656 54499 Noted circa 09/19874
51656 54499 Noted 24/10/1987 - Chiltern Tours Special Train from Aylesbury to Folkestone Harbour 54500-51652 + 54499-51656
51656 54499 Noted 24/12/19874
51656 54499 Noted circa 01/19884
51896 59671 59740 51656 Noted circa 07/19884
51656 59671 59740 51896 Noted 16/07/88 - on 19.39 Marylebone – Banbury and 21.45 Banbury – Marylebone both with 51674 + 59729 + 59762 + 518945
51656 59671 59740 51896 Noted 31/07/88 - on Marylebone (08.20) – Banbury (10.09) and 11.47 Banbury – Marylebone5
51656 59671 59740 51679 Noted 03/08/88 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 16.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone both with 51676 + 542575
51656 59671 59740 51679 Noted 06/08/88 - on 19.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone and West Ruislip (22.55) – Marylebone (23.20) both with 51665 + 59728 + 59754 + 518855
51656 59671 59740 51679 Noted 27/08/88 - on 19.39 Marylebone – Banbury and 21.45 Banbury – Marylebone both with 51652 + 545005
51656 59671 59740 51679 Noted 11/11/88 - on 06.35 Marylebone – High Wycombe ECS and 07.55 High Wycombe – Marylebone5
51656 59651 59740 51679 Noted 14/11/88 - on 14.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51666 + 59655 + 59750 + 51887 then alone on 15.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5
51656 54213 Noted 07/12/88 - on 09.39 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 12.10 Aylesbury – Marylebone via Princes Risborough with 51657 + 542595
51656 54213 Noted 13/01/89 - on 18.25 Marylebone – Banbury and 20.53 Banbury – Marylebone both with 51857 + 59676 + 59727 + 518755
51656 54213 Noted 28/01/89 - on 18.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51878 + 542285
51656 54213 Noted 31/01/89 - on 16.20 Marylebone – Banbury and 18.40 Banbury – Marylebone both with 51651 + 542235
51656 54213 Noted 23/02/89 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 16.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone both with 51680 + 59663 + 59758 + 518735
51656 59665 59740 51890 Noted 18/05/89 - on 14.15 Marylebone – Banbury from High Wycombe, 51666 + 59657 + 59678 + 51889 had done the earlier part. Then 16.20 Banbury – Marylebone and 18.22 Marylebone – Aylesbury5
51656 59665 59740 51890 Noted 25/05/89 - on 13.44 Aylesbury – Marylebone5
51656 59663 59758 51855 Noted 06/08/89 - on Marylebone (11.17) – High Wycombe (12.18) and 14.15 High Wycombe – Marylebone5
51656 59758 51855 54381 Noted 16/08/89 - on 08.16 Marylebone – Banbury and 10.20 Banbury – Marylebone5
51656 54491 Noted 27/10/89 - on 12.15 Marylebone – Banbury and 14.20 Banbury – Marylebone both with 51676 + 542745
51656 54491 Noted 03/11/89 - on 23.55 Marylebone – Bicester North and (next day) 01.44 Bicester North – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough ECS, both with 51895 + 542235
51656 54491 Noted 23/01/90 - on 17.04 Marylebone – High Wycombe and 18.13 High Wycombe – Marylebone, both with 51674 + 542805
51654 51656 Noted circa 01/19924
51654 51656 Listed at - 24/02/92 - NSE NGBX pool
L752 51654 51656 Listed at - 12/08/92
L752 51654 51656 Listed at BY - November 1992 - Sector NGBX

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Martin Lumley
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Quainton Road

4th May 1981

51656 + 59669 + 59725 + 51893 at Quainton Road on the Quaintonian shuttle, 4/5/81. Robert Frise.

Class 115 DMU at West Ruislip

20th November 1988

Class 115 with 51656 leading at West Ruislip on 20/11/88. Ian Buck.

Class 115 DMU at West Ruislip

20th November 1988

Class 115 car 51656 at West Ruislip 20th November 1988. Ian Buck.

Class 115 DMU at Amersham

1990

A Class 115 DMBS (51656) / Class 108 DTC set in Amersham in 1990. Image by Tony Martens. John Law Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Aylesbury

circa May 1990

A Class 115 / 108 hybrid set formed of 51656 + 54491 in Aylesbury (Town) station, circa May 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Gospel Oak

7th March 1992

070392 51656+51654 at Gospel Oak, working Barking services Jason Hall.

Class 115 DMU at Gwent Demolition, Margam

23rd September 1994

Set number: L752

Vehicle 51656 was delivered new to Cricklewood East Depot in April 1960 but had spells at Trafford Park and Allerton Depots before moving back south to Marylebone in June 1961 where it stayed until the depot closed and units were moved to Bletchley in 1988. It was transferred on paper from Bletchley to Old Oak on 21/1/92 but the move never took place and it remained allocated to Bletchley for a few more months before being withdrawn on 17/12/92. Like many of its type it ended up dragged to South Wales after being sold to Gwent Demolition Ltd for disposal. The company used sidings in the Margam Yard complex to break up many former Network SouthEast multiple units. It arrived on 6/4/93 and after being torched by vandals lingered a further two years before the inevitable when it was finally cut up on 30/6/95. It is seen here on 23 September 1994. Adrian Nicholls.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 4th May 1981

The Quaintonian with 51893 - 59725 - 59669 and 51656 on 4/5/81 at Quainton Road. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: circa May 1990

A Class 108 / 115 hybrid set formed of 54491 + 51656 in Aylesbury (Town) station, circa May 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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