Vehicle 51658
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
| 09/04/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 5w/e 05/08/61 | Transferred to | 8H (Allerton) | |
| 4w/e 02/09/61 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| 21/01/92 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX | |
| 27/08/92 | Withdrawn from | OO (Old Oak Common) NMYX |
Modifications
circa Mar-86 - AWS fitted
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 08/06/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51657 | 59652 | 59667 | 51658 | As delivered to 14A - 09/04/60 | |||||
| 51658 | 59739 | 59678 | 51862 | Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51658 | 59737 | 59670 | 51669 | Noted 24/10/71 - on Bletchley depot1 | |||||
| 51658 | 59652 | 59749 | 51896 | Noted 26/08/74 - working The Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51658 | 59756 | 59668 | 51876 | Noted 11/09/76 - (2 x TC) in London Marylebone with 51671/59650/59754/518911 | |||||
| 51658 | 59735 | 59673 | 51879 | Noted 16/04/79 - on the Quaintonian shuttle | |||||
| 51658 | 59659 | 59664 | 51875 | Noted circa 02/19822 | |||||
| 51651 | 59656 | 59746 | 51658 | Noted 4th April 1982 | |||||
| 51652 | 59731 | 59750 | 51658 | Noted circa 09/19832 | |||||
| 51658 | 59750 | 59731 | 51663 | Noted circa 10/19832 | |||||
| 51894 | 59731 | 59750 | 51658 | Noted circa 02/19842 | |||||
| 51670 | 59652 | 59749 | 51658 | Noted circa 11/19842 | |||||
| 51890 | 59736 | 59678 | 51658 | Noted circa 11/19852 | |||||
| 51658 | 59746 | 59736 | 51877 | Noted 28/12/1985 - at Marylebone3 | |||||
| 51658 | 59678 | 59738 | 51879 | Noted 24/02/1987 - at Marylebone3 | |||||
| 51890 | 59667 | 59655 | 51658 | Noted 19/09/19872 | |||||
| 51677 | 59667 | 59655 | 51658 | Noted circa 02/19882 | |||||
| 51896 | 59651 | 59671 | 51658 | Noted circa 01/19892 | |||||
| 51658 | 59657 | 59667 | 51886 | Noted 24/02/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Robert Chilton
Images:
16th April 1979
51658 - 59735 - 59673 - 51879 form The Quaintonian shuttle when seen at Quainton Road on 16/4/79. Robert Frise.
21st August 1985
51658 leads a Banbury to Marylebone 4-car class 115 unit past Ruislip golf course on August 21, 1985. Mike Dean.
5th January 1986
M51658 pulls into London Marylebone, 5/1/86. Chris Moxon Collection.
28th June 1986
A 3-car class 115 sporting its new NSE livery makes a typically smoky exit from Marylebone on 28 June 1986. It is attached to M51658 still in Blue/Grey and displaying a Chiltern Line logo. Robert28194.
22nd November 1986
A Class 115 stabled at High Wycombe on 22 November 1986. The power car looks like it could be 51658. Jonathan Hazan.
6th June 1988
BR Derby Class 115 DMBS M51658 at Moor Park on 6 June 1988. Dave Warby.
13th April 1991
51658 has been attached to a set with a Class 108, seen in Marylebone station on the 13th April 1991. Gazza Prescott.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th August 1974
51896 - 59749 - 59652 - 51658 at Quainton Road on The Quaintonian shuttle, 26/8/74. Robert Frise.
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.