Vehicle 51672
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
| 04/06/60 | New to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 5w/e 05/08/61 | 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 | |
| Apr-82 | Withdrawn from | ME (Marylebone) |
51672 was involved in the following incident:
02/03/81 - Watford North Junction
Fire involving Class 115
Info from Railway Observer May 1981 p165
The fourth car of the eight-car 07:10 Marylebone - Aylesbury service burst into flames. It came to a halt near Watford North Junction after the communication cord was pulled. The driver managed to uncouple the rear set and the front three vehicles to prevent the fire from spreading from M51672 which was severely damaged.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Bletchley Depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51671 | 59659 | 59674 | 51672 | As delivered to 14A - 04/06/60 | |||||
| 51672 | 59738 | 59675 | 51894 | Noted 06/06/71 - at Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51672 | 59659 | 59745 | 51893 | Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51672 | 59659 | 59745 | 51893 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Marylebone2 | |||||
| 51672 | 59758 | 59744 | 51900 | Noted 03/09/76 - on Marylebone depot3 | |||||
| 51672 | 59657 | 59672 | 51867 | Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone1 | |||||
| 51672 | 59748 | 59661 | 51888 | Noted 24/05/80 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
27th August 1979
Aylesbury on the 27th August 1979, with M51672 in blue & grey. Robert Frise.