railcar.co.uk
upload
close

Sign In

Not registered?
Forgot Your Password?

<- 51875 | 51876 | 51877 ->

Vehicle 51876

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

24/09/60 New to Derby Friargate - stored pending allocation
Jan-61 Transferred to 14A (Cricklewood)
4w/e 03/06/61 Stored Marylebone
4w/e 30/09/61 Transfer 14F (Marylebone)
4w/e 04/11/61 Stored Derby Friargate
4w/e 02/12/61 Transfer 14F (Marylebone)
Sep-63Depot code change1D
May-73Depot code changeME
03/05/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
24/04/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) RDTS

Modifications

Mar-86 - AWS fitted
Jul-87 - Gangway(s) fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51875 59732 59752 51876 As delivered to Derby Friargate - 24th September 1960 - stored pending allocation
51677 59661 59762 51876 Noted 03/09/66 - on 1.30pm Rugby - Marylebone
51875 59676 59731 51876 Noted 19/11/70 - at Marylebone1
51665 59672 59660 51876 Noted 24/10/71 - in Marylebone1
51665 59672 59660 51876 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Denham2
51669 59677 59744 51876 Noted 14/02/72 - on Marylebone depot3
51658 59756 59668 51876 Noted 11/09/76 - (2 x TC) in London Marylebone with 51671/59650/59754/518911
51673 59762 59740 51876 Noted 18/06/77 - on Marylebone depot3
51876 59662 59759 51879 Noted 25/05/81 - on the Quaintonian shuttle
51862 59752 59728 51876 Noted circa 08/19814
51876 59761 59737 51872 Noted circa 02/19824
51876 59753 59728 51860 Noted circa 06/19824
51673 59660 59670 51876 Noted circa 04/19844
51894 59748 59651 51876 Noted circa 11/19844
51669 59662 59755 51876 Noted circa 04/19854
51674 59728 59746 51876 Noted circa 10/19854
51670 59755 59726 51876 Noted circa 10/19854
51876 59728 59678 51880 Noted 28/12/1985 - at Marylebone5
T416 51876 59609 59598 53073 Noted circa 06/19874
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted circa 06/19874
T416 51876 59609 59598 53073 Listed at TS - Jul-87
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted 04/07/87 - at Norwich3
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted 24/07/19874
51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted 04/10/87 - on 12:00 Snow Hill - Dorridge with 51862 / 59602 / 59713 / 531246
51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted 04/10/87 - on 14:30 Dorridge - Birmingham Snow Hill with 51862 / 59602 / 59713 / 531246
51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted 04/10/87 - on 15:00 Birmingham Snow Hill - Dorridge with 51862 / 59602 / 59713 / 531246
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted circa 01/19884
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Noted circa 12/19884
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T416 51876 59648 59609 53891 Noted circa 12/19904
T416 51876 59603 59648 53891 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T416 51876 59648 59609 53891 Noted 20/07/91 - at Birmingham7
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T416 51876 59609 59648 53891 Listed at TS - Dec-91
51876 59648 59609 53891 Noted 14/12/918
T416 51876 59648 59609 53891 Noted circa 01/19924

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann
7: Aaron Calder
8: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 115 DMU at Aylesbury

25th May 1981

Aylesbury is full of Class 115s when seen on 25/5/81. In the center is 51876 carrying the Quaintonian headboard while working the shuttle to Quainton Road. Robert Frise.

Class 115 DMU at Quainton Road

25th May 1981

51876 stands at the head of the Quaintonian shuttle at Quainton Road, 25/5/81, with 59662, 59759 and 51879. Robert Frise.

Class 115 DMU at Aylesbury

31st March 1986

The 16:40 to Marylebone has M51876 at the front when seen at Aylesbury on 31 March 1986. Dave Warby.

Class 115 DMU at Tyseley

7th June 1987

Set number: TS508

Class 115 DMBS 51876, set number T508, at Tyseley on 07.06.1987. The set number is carried on a chalk board in the front window. Also note the WM sticker applied to the front. Andy Cole.

Class 115 DMU at Ravenglass

13th May 1989

Set number: T416

Tyseley allocated dmu set T416 made up of M51876 (class 115), M59648, M59609, (class 127s), M53891 (class 116) pulls out of Ravenglass bound for Sellafield, having worked up from the Midlands via Stockport. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 115 DMU at Leighton Buzzard

28th May 1989

Set number: T416

On Sunday 28th May 1989 the leading coach of Tyseley Set T416 was Class 115 Derby built 51876, seen here entering Leighton Buzzard Station. It was working a train from Birmingham via Northampton to Euston while the OHLW was off for maintenance so DMUs were substituting. AndrewHA.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 26th August 1991

Set number: T416

Barnt Green station is at the junction where the Redditch branch leaves the Birmingham to Gloucester main line. On 26 August 1991 Tyseley set T416 was formed of 53891 + 59609 + 59648 + 51876 from classes 116, 127 and 115 as it joined the branch with a Cross City service from Four Oaks. This formation was the usual for Tyseley's four-car sets at the time but class 150s were not far off mass introduction so scenes like this were well worth recording and in 2021 OHLE masts have changed everything with electric units working both the branch and Bromsgrove terminating trains. Peter Tandy.

                                                                                                                                                                             


➤