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Set L418


These formations have been noted:

51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
51355 59507 51397 Noted 29/01/1980 - At Oxford Station1
51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
51355 59507 51397 Noted circa 04/19822
51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
51355 59507 51397 Noted circa 09/19852
51355 59507 51397 Noted 26/10/1985 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Sharpness Shunter Railtour L418+L579
51355 59507 51397 Noted circa 04/19862
51355 59507 51397 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - Aug-87
51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX

Formation Sources
1: Shayne Lewis
2: Eddie Knorn

Class 117 DMU at Langley

1973

Class 117 DMU set L418 (presumably 51364 + 59516 + 51406) at Langley with a Slough service sometime in 1973. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Windsor & Eton Central

15th June 1980

L418 (W51397 + W59507 + W51355) at Windsor Central on 15/6/80. Robert Frise.

Class 117 DMU at Oxford

12th December 1981

Class 117 DMU set L418 (presumably 51355 + 59507 + 51397) at Oxford on 12 December 1981. Brian Daniels.

Class 117 DMU at Hayes and Harlington

April 1983

L418 (presumably 51355 + 59507 + 51397) runs into Hayes and Harlington station in April 1983 with a Reading service. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Langley and Iver

June 1984

A Class 117 DMU seen at Langley and Iver in June 1984. It appears to be set L418 with 51397 leading. Andrew Malloy.

Class 117 DMU at Slough

2nd July 1984

Class 117 DMS W51397 leads 3 car set L418 (presumably with 59507 + 51355) at Slough forming the 10:52 Reading to Paddington service on 2nd July 1984. Bruce Galloway.

Class 117 DMU at Twyford

16th January 1985

In rapidly deteriorating weather on 16/01/85 Class 117 Suburban DMU set L418 (presumably formed 51364 + 59516 + 51406) calls at Twyford with train 2F24 the 09.01 London Paddington to Oxford. Adrian Nicholls.

Class 117 DMU at Southall

April 1985

Class 117 set L418 (51355 presumably with 59507 + 51397) leaves Southall in April 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Southall

1985

L418 (presumably 51397 + 59507 + 51355) appears to be ex-works when seen at Southall in early 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Hereford

April 1985

A London based Class 117 DMU, set L418 (presumably 51355 + 59507 + 51397), on the last lap into Hereford from Shelwick Junction, with a service from Birmingham. August 1985. John Crooks.

Class 117 DMU at Sharpness

26th October 1985

51397 on The Sharpness Shunter railtour at Sharpness, 26/10/85. Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Gloucester Docks

26th October 1985

The 'Sharpness Shunter' railtour seen in Gloucester Docks on the 26th October 1985, the closest set being L418 (51397 + 59507 + 51355). Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Oxford

27th May 1986

Class 117 DMU set L418 (presumably 51397 + 59507 + 51355) departs from Oxford with a Didcot service on 27 May 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Worcester Foregate Street

11th June 1986

Class 117 Pressed Steel 3-car DMU set L418 (51397 + 59507 + 51355) with an Up service at Worcester Foregate Street on 11-6-86. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 117 DMU at Southall

10th May 1989

Network South East liveried Pressed Steel Class 117; Set L418 with 51397 leading (and presumably 59507 + 51355), approaching Southall station on the Up Relief line with a service for Paddington. Since the Heathrow electrification work took place this view is completely impossible with a large signal gantry erected very close to the road bridge where this was taken from. 10tn May 1988. Alistair Fyffe.

Class 117 DMU at Chesterfield

5th July 1990

A regular Thursday afteroon working through Chesterfield for ex-works units making their way back to their home depot was a Doncaster Works-Derby Etches Park ecs. On the 5th July 1990 the consist was vehicles from L418 51355 and 59507 and also 51568 + 51938. Kevin Law.


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