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Vehicle 51350


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

Jun-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
04/08/92 Transferred to BY (Bletchley) NGBX
Sep-99 Withdrawn from BY (Bletchley)

Notes

26/08/75 - 50812, 51350, 56482, 79100 noted in Swindon Works

Modifications

4w/e 06/05/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 26/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

51350 was involved in the following incident:


18th May 1973 - Reading, WR

Collision involving Class 117

Info from Railway Observer p244 July 1973

W51350, part of set RGD458, was badly damaged in a collision at Reading.


Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51350 59502 51392 As delivered to Southall - June 1960
SHL309 51350 59502 51392 Listed at Southall - Aug-60
458 51350 59502 51392 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S309, non-gangwayed set
51350 59502 51392 Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1
51350 59502 51392 Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak2
51350 59502 51392 Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak2
51350 59502 51392 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington3
51350 59502 51392 Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak2
51350 Noted 02/07/1973 - at Swindon Works3
51350 59502 51392 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading3
L458 51350 59502 51392 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2
L414 51350 59502 51392 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
51350 59502 51392 Noted 11/09/76 - in London Paddington1
L414 51350 59502 51392 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
51350 59543 51392 Noted 10/05/781
L414 51350 59502 51392 Noted 19/01/1980 - At London Paddington4
L414 51350 59502 51392 Noted 29/01/1980 - At Didcot Station4
L414 51350 59502 51392 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L414 51350 59502 51392 Noted circa 04/19825
L414 51350 59502 51392 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L414 51350 59502 51392 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L414 51350 59502 51392 Noted circa 03/19855
51350 59502 51392 54280 Noted circa 02/19865
L414 51350 59502 51392 Noted 03/04/19865
L414 51350 59502 51392 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L414 51350 59502 51392 Noted 25/10/86 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Cynheidre Curler Railtour L402+L414
L414 51350 59502 51392 Noted 01/08/19875
L414 51350 59502 51392 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L414 51350 59502 51392 Noted circa 04/19885
L414 51350 59502 51392 Noted 16/08/88 - on 09:50 Slough - Paddington stopper
51350 59502 51392 Noted 26/02/89 - on a Reading to London Paddington service
L414 51350 59502 51392 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L414 51350 59502 51392 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L414 51350 59502 51392 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L701 51350 51392 Listed at BY - 12/08/92
L701 51350 51392 Listed at BY - November 1992 - Sector NGBX
L701 51350 51392 Listed at BY - November 1993 - Sector NGBX
L701 51350 51392 Listed at BY - Jul-94
117701 51350 51392 Listed at BY - 02/12/96
117701 51350 51392 Listed at BY - 01/01/98
51350 51392 Noted 16/04/99 - on 2N21 15:30 Bletchley - Bedford6
51350 51392 Noted 21/09/99 - on 2N00 06:40 Bedford - Bletchley6

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Oxford

1972

Set number: L458

Class 117 set formation L458 with vehicle W51350 in front (and presumably with W59502 and W51392) is seen at Oxford in 1972. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Paddington

10th May 1975

Set number: L458

Class 117 set no. L458 formed W51350, W59502 and W51392 leaving Paddington in 1975. Robert Chilton.

Class 117 DMU at Bourne End

17th December 1975

Set number: L458

At 09:25 on Wednesday 17 December 1975 Pressed Steel 3-car suburban dmu set L458 (Nos W51350, W59502 and W51392) is seen at Bourne End on [2A73] the 09:29 through train to Paddington (train details provided by M Stoolman). Mr Deltic.

Class 117 DMU at Bletchingdon

14th August 1981

Set number: L414

Class 117 DMU set L414 (presumably 51350 + 59502 + 51392) at Bletchingdon on 14 August 1981. Brian Daniels.

Class 117 DMU at Slough

late 1980s

Set number: L414

Class 117 set L414 (presumably 51350 + 59502 + 51392) is seen heading westbound towards Slough station, complete with Network SouthEast decal on the cab front. Late 1980s. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Reading

January 1990

Set number: L414

A pair of 3 car units with L414 (presumably 51350 + 59502 + 51392) leading departs eastbound from Reading in January 1990. John McIntyre.

Class 117 DMU at Yeovil Pen Mill

Unknown date

Set number: L414

L414 (presumably 51350 + 59502 + 51392) is seen near Yeovil Pen Mill. Undated. Tom Clift.

Class 117 DMU at Willesden Junction

1994

Set number: L701

L701 (51350 + 51392) at Willesden Junction, having just arrived on a service from Clapham Junction, circa late 1994. This route was electrified a short time later. Sparegang.

Class 117 DMU at Clapham Junction

16th September 1994

Set number: L701

51350 and 51392, Clapham Junction 16/9/94. Sparegang.

Class 117 DMU at Doncaster Works

31st March 1995

Undergoing its last works attention at Doncaster on 31st March 1995 is class 117 car 51350. Ian Buck.

Class 117 DMU at Crouch Hill

27th August 1998

Set number: 117701

Arriving at Crouch Hill is class 117 51350 + 51392 of set 117701 on 27th August 1998. Ian Buck.

Class 117 DMU at Leytonstone High Road

12th March 1999

Set number: 117701

On the long viaduct section of the Gospel Oak - Barking line cars 51350 + 51392 (set 117701) approaches Leytonstone High Road on 12th March 1999. Ian Buck.

Class 117 DMU at Ridgmont

16th April 1999

Set number: 117701

On the rear of a Bedford bound train class 117 car 51350 + 51392 of set 117701 leaves Ridgmont on 16th April 1999. Ian Buck.

Class 117 DMU at Harringay Green Lanes

14th August 1999

Set number: 117701

Class 117 DMU set 117701 (51350 and presumably 51392) at Harringay Green Lanes station on 14 August 1999. Sparegang.

Class 117 DMU at CF Booths

6th June 2009

Set number: 117701

51350 seen in CF Booths scrapyard (Rotherham) on the 6th June 2009. Andrew J Crowther.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 9th May 1964

Passing Pressed Steel units just south of Appleford Halt on May 9, 1964. On the left 59502 and 51350 are part of the 7.28pm Oxford - Reading service, on the right a six-car formation works the 6.58pm Reading-Oxford. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 20th December 1979

Set number: L414

Class 117 DMU set L414 (presumably 51392 + 59502 + 51350) at Didcot on 20 December 1979. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 20th December 1979

Set number: L414

This is thought to be Class 117 set L414 (51350 + 59502 + 51392), seen in Didcot station at 20:50 on 20 December 1979. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 14th August 1981

Set number: L414

Class 117 DMU set L414 (presumably 51392 + 59502 + 51350) at Bletchingdon on 14 August 1981. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: January 1983

Set number: L414

A mixed DMU formation seen near Iver in January 1983. Closest is Class 117 set L414 (presumably 51392 + 59502 + 51350) with a Class 128 and Class 121 attached on the rear. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: 5th June 1988

Set number: L414

Class 117 set L414 (presumably 51350 + 59502 + 51392) at Didcot on June 5, 1988. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 1989

Set number: L414

Class 117 set L414 (W51392 and presumably 59502 + 51350) leaving Radley and heading to Oxford in 1989. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: 4th October 1991

Set number: L414

Reading allocated 3 Car Class 117 DMU set L414, formed of 51392+59502+51350 runs along the down relief as it passes Ruscombe whilst forming the 1145 Paddington - Reading service .... Next stop Twyford ... 4th October 1991. Nigel Mack.

DMU

Date: 22nd October 1997

Set number: 117701

Class 117 set 117701 (51392+51350) at Bedford awaiting departure as the 14.40 to Bletchley on 22 October 1997. A Class 319 unit approaches the station in the background. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 26th January 1999

Set number: 117701

Near Walthamstow Queens Road class 117 set 117701 heads for Barking with car 51392 leading 51350 on 26th January 1999. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 16th April 1999

Set number: 117701

With 51392 leading 51350 class 117 set 117701 calls at Ridgmont on 16th April 1999. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: May 1999

Set number: 117701

In May 1999 class 117 set 117701 (51392 + 51350) stands spare at Watford Junction. It had worked the St Albans branch the day before because of an emu shortage but I found out too late. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 14th August 1999

Set number: 117701

51392 + 51350 at Gospel Oak on 14/8/99. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 14th August 1999

Set number: 117701

Pressed Steel two-car DMU set 117701 (51392 + 51350) in Gospel Oak station on 14 August 1999. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 31st August 1999

Set number: 117701

Class 117 car 51392 is on the rear of a Barking train with 51350 at Harringey Green lanes on 31st August 1999. Ian Buck.