Vehicle 51667
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
| 3w/e 02/07/60 | New to | 55H (Neville Hill) | - on loan |
| 4w/e 01/10/60 | On loan to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 01/04/61 | Ex-loan back to | Marylebone | |
| 4w/e 01/07/61 | Transferred to | 14F (Marylebone) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 1D | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | ME | |
| Oct-88 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) | |
| 23/12/91 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) NXXZ |
Modifications
Jan-86 - AWS fitted - from KD
Refurbished
At Derby Works dated 24/06/1983 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51667 | 59657 | 59672 | 51668 | As delivered to 55H - 3w/e 02/07/60 - on loan from LMR | |||||
| 51667 | 59657 | 59672 | 51668 | Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 01/10/60 | |||||
| 51667 | 59657 | 59672 | 51668 | Transfer to LMR - 4w/e 01/04/61 | |||||
| 51659 | 59763 | 59743 | 51667 | Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51659 | 59763 | 59743 | 51667 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Denham2 | |||||
| 51667 | 59650 | 59671 | 51865 | Noted 10/08/1974 - at Banbury3 | |||||
| 51667 | 59752 | 59653 | 51676 | Noted 25/08/80 - at Aylesbury | |||||
| 51661 | 59763 | 59734 | 51667 | Noted circa 02/19824 | |||||
| 51667 | 59667 | 59651 | 51653 | Noted circa 08/19824 | |||||
| 51896 | 59744 | 59746 | 51667 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
| 51667 | 59662 | 59755 | 51890 | Noted circa 11/19844 | |||||
| 51667 | 59660 | 59747 | 51870 | Noted circa 10/19854 | |||||
| 51667 | 59673 | 51887 | Noted 3rd January 1987 | ||||||
| 51667 | 59739 | 59750 | 51666 | Noted 28/03/1987 - Hertfordshire Railtours The Mickleover Hypothesis 51667-59739-59750-51666 + 51889-59763-59727-51659 | |||||
| 51874 | 59665 | 59654 | 51667 | Noted 16/09/19874 | |||||
| 51874 | 59665 | 59654 | 51667 | Noted 06/10/19874 | |||||
| 51874 | 59665 | 59654 | 51667 | Noted 21/12/19874 | |||||
| 51667 | 59654 | 59665 | 51900 | Noted circa 02/19884 | |||||
| 51667 | 59654 | 59665 | 51900 | Noted 15th April 1988 | |||||
| 51666 | 59749 | 59662 | 51667 | Noted circa 01/19894 | |||||
| 51667 | 59732 | 59728 | 51679 | Noted 30/03/90 - on services from Marylebone with 51878 + 59735 + 515715 | |||||
| 51667 | 59678 | 59733 | 51679 | Noted circa 05/19904 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Aaron Calder
Images:
31st December 1975
An off-duty oval buffer Class 115 diesel multiple unit (which appears to be M51667) is stabled under Rossmore Road overbridge on one of the lines alongside the turntable at the Great Central Railway terminus of London Marylebone on 31st December 1975. Meanwhile another train is signaled away from Platform 5, the white painted bridge giving a backboard to sight the signal arms against. Pete LG99.
14th December 1978
A Class 115 departs from Amersham station with a Marylebone - Aylesbury service on 14 December 1978. Tony Watson.
25th August 1980
At Aylesbury is 51667 + 59752 (and unseen behind 59653 + 51676) on the 25th August 1980. Robert Frise.
31st March 1986
The starter signals at the south end of Aylesbury station on 31 March 1986, and BR Derby Class 115 DMBS 51667 awaits the road. Dave Warby.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th January 1985
When snowfall came to London in January 1985, presenting unusual photographic opportunities, I couldn't resist capturing Marylebone station a few years before modernisation took place. Class 115 DMU (power cars 51667 and 51674) leaves a smoke trail as it departs and passes beneath Rossmore Road forming an Aylesbury service on 15 January 1985. The Marylebone class 115 sets, which were later transferred to Bletchley but remained on Chiltern Line duties, were declared surplus after the introduction of Class 165s from 1991 onwards and the final Class 115 working out of Marylebone was in July 1992. Gordon Edgar.