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Vehicle 51870

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: 30598
Diagram: 598

Allocations

20/08/60 New to Derby Friargate - stored pending allocation
Jan-61 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 04/11/61 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
4w/e 04/11/61 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 02/06/62 Transferred to 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D
May-73Depot code changeME
07/12/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
09/03/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PTSX

Modifications

circa early 1975 - AWS fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51869 59729 59749 51870 As delivered to Derby Friargate - 20th August 1960 - pending allocation
51654 59726 59674 51870 Noted 02/06/1975 - at Banbury 1
51676 59664 59730 51870 Noted 11/09/76 - in London Marylebone with 51669/59649/59677/518872
51666 59745 59728 51870 Noted 24/05/80
51665 59728 59673 51870 Noted 12/04/82 - on the Quaintonian shuttle with 51677 + 59738 + 59756 + 51896
51870 59748 59727 51897 Noted 30/05/1982 - at Birmingham New Street, to Coventry for Pope's visit3
51870 59748 59727 51897 Noted circa 06/19824
51887 59727 59748 51870 Noted circa 08/19824
51870 59752 59729 51862 Noted circa 10/19834
51870 59752 59729 51862 Noted circa 02/19844
51897 59761 59727 51870 Noted circa 12/19844
51897 59761 59727 51870 Noted circa 04/19854
51667 59660 59764 51870 Noted 04/09/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone5
51667 59660 59764 51870 Noted 19/09/85 - on 09.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 12.20 Banbury – Marylebone5
51667 59660 59747 51870 Noted circa 10/19854
51870 59747 59660 51671 Noted circa 11/19854
51671 59660 59747 51870 Noted 16/11/85 - on 16.00 Marylebone – High Wycombe, 16.55 High Wycombe – Marylebone, 18.38 Marylebone – Banbury and 20.42 Banbury – Marylebone5
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 12/12/85 - on 19.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone5
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 29/01/86 - on 17.45 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51679 + 59657 + 59745 + 518715
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 31/01/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone with 51674 + 59739 + 59750 + 518665
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 03/02/86 - on 07.04 Marylebone – Aylesbury via Princes Risborough and 08.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 29/03/86 - on 20.30 High Wycombe – Marylebone with 51679 + 59657 + 59745 + 518715
51651 59654 59747 51870 Noted 21/04/86 - on 16.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury and 17.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5
51870 59660 59761 51891 Noted 03/06/86 - on 15.10 Marylebone – Aylesbury with 51876 + 59678 + 59728 + 51897 then 16.25 Aylesbury – Marylebone via Princes Risborough alone5
51870 59660 59761 51891 Noted 23/06/86 - on 20.40 Aylesbury – Marylebone5
51867 59737 59747 51870 Noted 28/07/86 - on 05.05 Marylebone – High Wycombe ECS and 06.25 High Wycombe – Marylebone5
51876 59737 59747 51870 Noted 21/08/86 - on 07.46 Marylebone – Banbury and 09.59 Banbury – Marylebone5
51867 59737 59747 51870 Noted 09/09/86 - on 19.40 Aylesbury - Marylebone with 51872 + 59653 + 59664 + 518875
51870 59669 51898 Noted 06/11/86 - on 22.38 Marylebone – Bicester and (next day) 00.10 Bicester – Marylebone ECS5
51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted 04/05/1987 - Black Eight Tours Mendip Meanderer Railtour with 55993
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted circa 06/19874
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted 16/08/87 - at Norwich6
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted circa 01/19884
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted circa 05/19904
51870 59589 59353 53921 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot7
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T415 51870 59512 59353 53921 Noted circa 09/19904
T407 51870 59594 59611 53916 Noted circa 12/19904
spare 51870 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T415 51870 59589 59353 53921 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T420 51870 59032 59721 53092 Listed at TS - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Martin Lumley
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Phil Shatford
6: Gerald Brown
7: Jeremy Goodyear

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Foleshill

12th April 1987

Set number: T415

Class 115 leading M51870 set T415 at Foleshill on 12th April 1987. Nicholas Youngman Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Bordesley Junction

9th March 1990

Set number: T415

Hybrid DMU set T415 (presumably 51870 + 59589 + 59353 + 53921) at Bordesley Junction on 9-3-90. Ian Cuthbertson Collection.

Class 115 DMU at Shenstone

5th July 1991

Set number: T415

Class 115 -127-116 Hybrid set T415 (51870-115) (59589-127) (59353 53921-116) BR blue & grey livery at Shenstone station Staffordshire, 05-07-1991. Doug Pritchard Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th April 1982

51677 at the head of an 8-car Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road on the afternoon of 12/4/82. The other vehicles were 59738 - 59756 - 51896 + 51870 - 59673 - 59728 - 51665. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 12th April 1982

51677 at the head of an 8-car Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road on the afternoon of 12/4/82. The other vehicles were 59738 - 59756 - 51896 + 51870 - 59673 - 59728 - 51665. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 27th July 1989

Set number: T415

Tyseley set T415 (presumably 53921 + 59353 + 59589 + 51870) in Malvern Link station with the 13:32 Birmingham New Street - Great Malvern service on 27 July 1989. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 10th August 1989

Set number: T415

DMU set T415 (presumably 53921 + 59353 + 59589 + 51870) waits to leave Worcester Foregate Street at 11.40 on the 10th August 1989 with the 11.43 to Birmingham New Street and 150 275 waits with the 11.53 to Swindon. In 1989 Worcester Foregate Street made an effort to brighten up the station with at least 2 bedding plant containers!! Dave Gommersall.

DMU

Date: 12th October 1989

Set number: T415

Four-car suburban set T415 (presumably 53921 + 59353 + 59589 + 51870) in Grantham station with the 15:15 to Coventry on 12 October 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 8th July 1991

Set number: T415

Class 115-127-116 hybrid set T415 (51870-115, 59589-127, 59353 + 53921-116) in BR blue & grey livery at Gravelly Hill station, Birmingham, on 06-07-1991. Doug Pritchard Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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