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Vehicle 51856

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: 30595
Diagram: 598

Allocations

13/02/60	New to	14A (Cricklewood)
Jun-60	Transferred to	9E (Trafford Park)
Nov-60	Transferred to	8H (Allerton)
Sep-63	Depot code change	8J
06/05/73	Depot code change	AN
11/02/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
07/11/91	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

Modifications

circa Jul-72 - AWS fitted
Jul-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 02/03/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

51856 was involved in the following incident:

15/11/84 - Birchwood, LMR

Fire involving Class 115

Info from Elliot Spencer and p49 March 1985 Rail Enthusiast magazine.

A fire on board the 12:27 Manchester Piccadilly - Liverpool Lime Street at Birchwood totally gutted Class 115 DMBS M51850. The driver and guard were able to move the passengers into the front two cars 51856 and 59720 which were then uncoupled and driven to the station where the fire brigade were called. Ten fire engines were needed to relay water to the burning vehicle because of the inaccessible location. It was later towed to Warrington Central by 31270 and the cars eventually dumped at Allerton depot.

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51855	59716	59722	51856	As delivered to 14A - 13th February 1960
	51850	59721	59717	51856	Noted 12/08/70 - in Manchester Oxford Road¹
	51855	59715	59719	51856	Noted 04/06/71 - at Allerton²
	51852	59722	59717	51856	Noted 19/04/73 - in Manchester Oxford Road¹
	51851	59721	59713	51856	Noted Jun-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly²
	51856	59716	59723	51858	Noted Sep-76 - in Manchester Piccadilly²
	51855	59718	59719	51856	Noted 23/09/79 - at Longsight³
AN800	51856	59722	51855		Noted 31/05/1982⁴
	51654	59719	51856		Noted circa 06/1982⁴
	51855	59724	51856		Noted circa 09/1982⁴
	51853	59760	51856		Noted circa 11/1982⁴
	51855	59723	51856		Noted circa 12/1982⁴
	51856	59720	51926		Noted circa 01/1983⁴
	51853	59720	51856		Noted circa 01/1983⁴
	51854	59720	51856		Noted 23/02/1983⁴
	51855	59721	51856		Noted circa 08/1983⁴
	51856	59721	53934		Noted 15/08/1983 - at Manchester Picc⁴
	51849	59751	51856		Noted 03/01/1984 - at Manchester Picc, with 59751 still in blue livery⁴
	51856	59724	51860		Noted 26/03/1984 - on Liverpool - Hunts Cross service⁴
T406	51856	59606	59344	53132	Listed at TS - Jul-87
T406	51856	59606	59344	53132	Noted 17/07/1987⁴
T406	51856	59606	59344	53132	Noted 26/07/87 - at Norwich¹
T406	51856	59606	59344	53132	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T406	51856	59606	59344	53132	Noted circa 05/1988⁴
T406	51856	59606	59344	53893	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T406	51856	59606	59344	53893	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	51856	59032	59607	53092	Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot⁵
T406	51856	59344	59606	53893	Noted 06/05/1990 - at Bescot open day³
T406	51856	59344	59606	53893	Listed at TS - mid May-90
T420	51856	59032	59607	53921	Noted circa 12/1990⁴
T420	51856	59032	59607	53092	Listed at TS - Jul-91
T420	51856	59032	59604	53092	Listed at TS - Aug-91

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Martin Lumley
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Jeremy Goodyear

Images:

3rd March 1990

Set number: T406

Tyseley's set T406 51856 - 59606 - 59344 - 53102 at Barnt Green heading for Lichfield City (formed 115DMBS - 127TSL - 116TC - 116DMS), while 53056 looks on, 3/Mar/1990. Robert Chilton.

6th July 1991

Set number: T420

Class 115-116-127-116 set T420 (51856-115, 59032-116, 59604-127 and 53092-116) in BR blue & grey livery at Four Oaks signal box on 06-07-1991. Doug Pritchard Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 2nd August 1987

Set number: T406

Set T406, 53132 leading and presumably with 59344 + 59606 + 51856, forms a Skegness service at Bingham on 2 August 1987. David Page.

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