51899 Class 115 Driving Motor Brake Second

Home Railway	Llangollen Railway	Location History	Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Sep 93-May 26
Current Location	Llangollen Railway		Llangollen Railway May 26-Present
Current Status	Stored
Current Livery	BR Green (Half Yellow Panel)
TRA Designation	4
Partner Vehicle(s)	None
Owner
Website
Record Last Updated	11 May 2026
Preservation Modifications None
Preservation Information 51899 preserved by the Quainton Railway Society in 1993 as a 3-car set with partners59761 & 51886. Class 115’s had for many years operated excursions to the heritage centre’s site at Quainton Road (The Quaintonian) and were regular performers in the area so it was felt appropriate for the society to have the set represented in their collection. 51899 was restored externally into BR lined green livery and made its passenger debut in May 1998. Around a decade of occasional service was to follow. Being vacuum braked, 51899 was used both as a DMU in its own right and as loco hauled coaching stock along the railway centre’s modest running line. Around the mid 2000's (exact date unknown), 51899 was removed from service and put on static display. Sadly conservation work on the vehicle did not keep pace with the damaging effects of outside storage, despite a repaint into plain green in the late 2000's, so the vehicle fell into disuse. In 2024, the owning society passively invited any expressions of interest for purchasing the set, though it was not actively advertised as such. The following year, efforts to sell the vehicle stepped up but there were initially no takers. Eventually, 51899 was sold as a source of spare parts and relocated to the Llangollen Railway where it continues to be stored.
Future Plans To act as a source of spares for the Llangollen Railway fleet.

	51899 at Quainton Road, having been moved for the first time in some years, being prepared to depart the site, 4/3/26. Alan Gelson

	51899 on display at Quainton Road, 29/9/24. Neil Gardner

	A sorry looking 51899 at Quainton Road, 29/5/22. Ken Jones

	51899 located on display next to the steam railcar, in what appears to be its "usual siding". It is not known if the vehicle has left this siding in the last 10 years! 8/5/21. Darren JB

	51899, which doesn't appear to have moved for some time, 13/8/17. Adam Barrell

	51899 stored at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, 13/4/12. Dave Wragg

	51899, having received a repaint, 28/7/11. Bob Spiers

	51899 sporting primer, 17/2/07. Bill Pugsley

	51899 at Buckingham Railway Centre, 5/1/03. Robert Frise

	51899, still in Network SouthEast livery, 7/96. Roger Marks