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Vehicle 51349


Class 117

Builder: Pressed Steel
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30546
Diagram: 534

Allocations

May-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
18/09/92 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
13/01/93 Transferred to RG (Reading) NWRX
01/02/93 Transferred to BY (Bletchley) NNDX
10/02/94 Sector Change to BY (Bletchley) NXXX
21/02/94 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) RDTS
22/09/94 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) HGXX
circa Feb-95 Stored
May-95 Withdrawn

Modifications

w/e 16/10/71 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 06/09/75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 03/11/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

51349 was involved in the following incident:


Reading derailment

1st June 1989 - Reading depot

Derailment involving Class 117

Info from John Baker

51349 derailed after splitting the points at Reading depot.


Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51349 59501 51391 As delivered to Southall - May 1960
SHL308 51349 59501 51391 Listed at Southall - Aug-60
457 51349 59501 51391 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S308, non-gangwayed set
51349 59501 51391 Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1
51349 59501 51391 Noted 22/05/71 - at Shrewsbury1
51349 59501 51391 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington2
51349 59501 51391 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area3
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 14/05/1977 - Oxford Station3
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 01/06/1977 - Oxford Station3
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 27/10/1977 - Oxford Station3
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 26/04/78 - on 1258 Oxford-Paddington
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 19/01/1980 - At London Paddington3
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 17/02/1980 - At Oxford P1 09573
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted circa 04/19824
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 20/04/1985 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Maerdy Gras Railtour L407+ 55021 + L413
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 23/11/1985 - at Paddington5
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 20/02/19864
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Clapham Junction5
L413 51349 59501 51319 Formation change - RG - circa Aug-86 - 51319 (from C307) replaced 51391
L413 51349 59501 51319 Noted 13/09/19864
L413 51349 59501 51319 Noted 24th January 1987
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted circa 08/19874
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
51349 59501 51391 Noted 25/09/92 - on 22:48 Slough - Paddington6
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
L413 51349 51391 Noted circa 07/19934
L413 51349 51391 Listed at BY - November 1993 - Sector NNDX
L713 51349 51391 Transfer to TS - 21/02/94 - from BY
007 51349 51391 Noted 09/10/94 - at Norwich, info from Alan Dowe7
117331 51340 51349 Noted 30/10/94 - at Norwich, 51349 has set number 007, its normal partner 51391 was on NC7
T007 51349 51391 Formed at TS circa Nov-94 - Sandite
007 51349 51391 51340 Noted 01/01/95 - at Norwich, info from Alan Dowe, vehicle order unknown, set number 117331 on 513407
T351 51349 Noted 05/1995 - Second and third vechicles class 116 not recorded. Noted at Selly Oak operating to Redditch in place of class 323 units which had been taken out of service for repairs.8

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: David Bellamy
7: Gerald Brown
8: Alan Barclay

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Reading

Unknown date

Set number: L413

Class 117 DMBS W53149 on the rear of set L413 at Reading circa late 1970s. Paul Redmond.

Class 117 DMU at West Drayton

2nd January 1980

Set number: L413

Refurbished Class 117 set L413 (presumably 51349 + 59501 + 51391) at West Drayton on January 2, 1980. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Reading

4th August 1981

Set number: L413

Class 117 3 car set L413, presumably 51349 59501 51391), waits in platform 1 at Reading Station, 4th August 1981. Paul James.

Class 117 DMU at Iver

17th February 1982

Set number: L413

Class 117 set L413 (51349 + 59501 + 51391) calls at Iver with the 11:00 Slough-Paddington service on 17 February 1982. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Lickey Bank

1980s

Set number: L413

Class 117 DMU set L413 (51349 and presumably 59501 + 51391) seen on Lickey Bank, date unknown. It was in blue/grey livery from 1981 to 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Blaenganu

20th April 1985

Set number: L413

The participants of 'The Maerdy Gras' railtour stream out of the train to get their photos at Blaenganu, with set L413 (51349 59501 51391) closest. Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Aberpergwm

20th April 1985

Set number: L413

'The Maerdy Gras' railtour at Aberpergwm on 20/4/85 with set L413 (51349 59501 51391) closest. Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Llanelli

20th April 1985

Set number: L413

Llanelli station contains 'The Maerdy Gras' railtour on 20/4/85, comprised of two Class 117s and a bubble car in the middle. Set L413 (51349 59501 51391) is closest. Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Onllwyn

20th April 1985

Set number: L413

Class 117 DMU set L413 and DMBS 51349 is seen with its cab under the road bridge at what was once Onllwyn station on the former Neath & Brecon Railway line from Neath Low Level to Brecon via the Dulais Valley. The DMU set was part of a 7-car formation operating the Monmouthshire Railway Society 'Maerdy Gras' railtour which visited several freight only lines in the area on 20/04/85. The station at Onllwyn had lost its passenger service on 15/10/62 after which the line from Neath became freight only. Adrian Nicholls.

Class 117 DMU at Reading

22nd August 1987

Set number: L413

Class 117 DMBS 51349, set number L413, is seen stabled at Reading depot on 22.08.1987 in BR blue and grey livery. Andy Cole.

Class 117 DMU at Washwood Heath

22nd February 1988

Set number: 413

A Class 117 led by 51349, set number L413, is seen passing Washwood Heath on 22.02.1988 after overhaul and repainting into Network South East livery at Doncaster. A Class 114 is on the rear. Andy Cole.

Class 117 DMU at Reading

24th February 1988

Set number: L413

Set L413 (51349 / 59501 / 51391) in NSE livery at Reading on 24 February 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 117 DMU at Southall

April 1988

Set number: L413

Class 117 set L413 (51349 and presumably 59501 + 51391) at Southall in April 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Reading Depot

1st June 1989

Set number: L413

51349 from L413 split the points at Reading Depot on June 1st 1989. John Baker.

Class 117 DMU at West Ealing

30th November 1989

Set number: L413

The footbridge on the down side of West Ealing station was a popular spot for railway photographers although not always the easiest place to stand on occasions due to one or two dubious characters who used it for peddling illegal substances! I spent most of a day there on 30 November 1989 and took an bagful of pictures including quite a few DMMUs on local trains. This one shows class 117 L413 (51349 + 59501 + 51391) working a Paddington to Slough service away from the station stop. Of interest in the background is the former GWR goods platform shelter now used as a partly-covered storage area. Peter Tandy.

Class 117 DMU at Ealing Broadway

circa 1990

Set number: L413

L413 (presumably 51349 + 59501 + 51391) at Ealing Broadway circa 1990. Peter Brabham Collection.

Class 117 DMU at West Ealing

1991

Set number: L413

Pressed Steel Class 117 L413 in original NSE Livery and with vehicle 51349 leading (presumably with 59501 + 51391). Moving away from the recently re-modelled and refurbished West Ealing station with an early evening service for Maidenhead in 1991. Alistair Fyffe.

Class 117 DMU at Hayes and Harlington

2nd July 1991

Set number: L413

Network Southeast Class 117 set No. L413 (51349, 59501 and 51391) stands at Hayes & Harlington working a Paddington to Slough service on 2 July 1991. Brian Creasey.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 6th August 1960

A Pressed Steel triple set arrives into Banbury station where it will terminate with the 4.18pm ex-Paddington on August 6th, 1960. The power cars are W51391 (closest) and W51349, the centre car is presumably 59501. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 29th March 1982

Set number: L413

Class 117 DMU set L413 (presumably 51391 + 59501 + 51349) arrives into Honeybourne station on 29 March 1982. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: January 1983

Set number: L413

Two Class 117 DMUs seen near Iver in January 1983. Closest is set L413 presumably formed of 51391 + 59501 + 51349. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: January 1983

Set number: L413

Passing Class 117 DMUs near Iver in January 1983. On the left is set L413 presumably formed of 51391 + 59501 + 51349. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: late 1986

Set number: L413

Class 118 / 117 hybrid set L413 (presumably 51319 + 59501 + 51349) at Maidenhead in late 1986. John Law.

DMU

Date: circa 1988

Set number: L413

Class 117 set L413 (51391 and presumably 59501 + 51349) alongside 155 327 at Oxford, circa mid-to-late 1988. Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: 11th June 1988

Set number: L413

Class 117 DMU set L413 (51391 + 59501 + 51349) seen at Didcot on 11 June 1988. Reading is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: January 1990

Set number: L413

Ealing Broadway in January 1990, and L413 (presumably 51391 + 59501 + 51349) is on a Paddington service. John McIntyre.

DMU

Date: circa 1990

Set number: L413

DMUs out Southall, Class 117 L413 (presumably 51391 + 59501 + 51349) and Class 101 L837 (53751 + 59128 + 51437), circa late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: February 1995

Set number: T005

West Midlands bubble 55034, now as sandite 977828, stabled at Tyseley Depot in February 1995. On the left is Class 117 51349 labelled as set 007. Ian Buck.