51886 Class 115 Driving Motor Brake Second
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Location History |
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Sep 93-Present |
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Current Location |
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Current Status |
Static Display |
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Current Livery |
BR Green (Half Yellow Panel) |
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Partner Vehicle(s) |
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Owner |
Quainton Railway Society |
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Record Last Updated |
16 November 2024 |
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Preservation Modifications |
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Preservation Information The vehicle was restored externally into BR Green livery and made its passenger debut in May 1998. Around a decade of occasional service was to follow. Being vacuum braked, 51886 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), 51886 was removed from service and put on static display. Sadly conservation work on the vehicle has not kept pace with the damaging effects of outside storage, despite a repaint into plain green in the late 2000's, so the vehicle currently presents a careworn image. In 2024, the owning society passively invited any expressions of interest for purchasing the set, though it was not actively advertised as such. |
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