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Vehicle 51351


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 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
18/09/92 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
13/01/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) NWRX
22/01/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) NWRX
24/02/93 Reinstated LA (Laira) RELA
04/10/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
13/10/93 Transferred to RG (Reading) NWXX
03/12/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) NWXX
07/12/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) NWRX

Modifications

09/09/71 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 22/09/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51351 59503 51393 As delivered to Reading - June 1960
RDG309 51351 59503 51393 Listed at Reading - Aug-60
410 51351 59503 51393 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R309, gangwayed set
51351 59503 51393 Noted 04/1971 - at Solihull1
51351 59503 51393 56281 Noted 26/10/1971 - at Paddington2
51351 59503 51393 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2
L415 51351 59503 51393 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted 03/09/76 - in Paddington3
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area4
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted 22/10/1977 - At Reading Station4
L415 51351 59503 51393 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted 26/09/79 - on 1903 Paddington-Oxford vice Loco-Hauled
L415 51351 59503 51393 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted 07/04/19825
L415 51351 59503 51393 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted 23/07/83 - at Newbury Racecourse3
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted circa 01/19845
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted 31/03/1984 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Coed Ely Coupling Railtour L400+L415+55021
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted 27/10/1984 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Dockland Dawdler Railtour L402+L415
L415 51351 59503 51393 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted circa 02/19865
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted 05/04/19865
L415 51351 59503 51393 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted circa 08/19865
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted circa 08/19875
L415 51351 59503 51393 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted circa 06/19885
51351 59503 51393 Noted 09/01/89 - on 13:30 Maidenhead - Paddington6
L415 51351 59503 51393 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L415 51351 59503 51393 Noted circa 07/19905
L415 51351 59503 51393 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L415 51351 59503 51393 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L415 51351 59503 51393 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L415 51351 59503 51393 Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
415 51351 51393 Noted 5th April 1993
L415 51351 51393 Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWXX

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Cardiff Central

9th August 1975

Set number: L410

Class 117 DMBS W51351 sits at the front of s six-car relief to London Paddington in Cardiff Central on 9 August 1975. Robert Thomas.

Class 117 DMU at Oxford

1981

Set number: L415

Class 117 Pressed Steel DMBS W51351, part of set L415, seen at Oxford in 1981. Kevin Farrow.

Class 117 DMU at Oxford

1981

Set number: L415

Class 117 Pressed Steel DMU set L415 (51351 and presumably 59503 + 51393) seen at Oxford in 1981. Kevin Farrow.

Class 117 DMU at Reading

19th April 1985

Set number: L415

The 14.16 to Tonbridge formed of unit L415 (with DMBS 51351 leading) departs Reading on 19 April 1985, while on the right, 4-VEP no. 7714 will form the 14.32 to Waterloo. Robert28194.

Class 117 DMU at Henley On Thames

30th May 1986

Set number: L415

Class 117 Set L415 on a 17XX Twyford - Henley On Thames service arrives at Henley On Thames on Friday 30th May 1986. 51351 is presumably leading. Colin Brooks.

Class 117 DMU at Ealing Broadway

21st February 1987

Set number: L415

L415 (51351 / 59503 / 51393) is seen at Ealing Broadway on 21/2/87. Malcolm Clements.

Class 117 DMU at Ealing Broadway

21st February 1987

Set number: L415

L415 (51351 + 59503 + 51393) is seen in Ealing Broadway station on February 21, 1987. Malcolm Clements.

Class 117 DMU at Maidenhead

4th May 1992

Set number: L415

Class 117 set L415 (51351 + 59503 + 51393) arrives into Maidenhead with the 14:22 Paddington - Maidenhead service on 4/5/92. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Saltash

1993

Set number: 415

A two-car Class 117 has just crossed the River Tamar over the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. Carrying set number 415 the vehicles are presumably 51351 + 51393, these were allocated to Laira from February to October 1993. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Plymouth

circa August 1993

Set number: 415

Two-car Class 117 set 415 (51351 + 51393) in Plymouth station. The slide process date was August 1993. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa late 1970s

Set number: L415

Class 117 DMU set L415 (51393 and presumably 59503 + 51351) at Oxford, circa late 1970s (refurbished in September 1978). Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 31st May 1981

Set number: L406

A BR organized last train to the Wallingford branch at Wallingford on 31 May 1981. The Six Bells Junction website notes the vehicles as L406 (51341 + 59493 + 51383) with L415 (51351 + 59503 + 51393). Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 31st May 1981

Set number: L406

A BR organized last train to the Wallingford branch at Wallingford on 31 May 1981. The Six Bells Junction website notes the vehicles as L406 (51341 + 59493 + 51383) with L415 (51351 + 59503 + 51393). Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 31st May 1981

Set number: L406

The BR organized last train to the Wallingford branch waiting to leave Paddington on 31 May 1981. It is formed of two Class 117 DMUs - L406 (51341 + 59493 + 51383) and L415 (51351 + 59503 + 51393). Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: September 1982

Set number: L415

Class 117 DMU set L415 (presumably 51393 + 59503 + 51351) arriving at Paddington on a service from Reading, 09/82. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 19th February 1983

Set number: L415

Class 117 L415, W51393 (leading) + W59503 + W51351, pauses at Taplow on a stopping service to Oxford from Paddington, Saturday 19th February 1983 Iain Reid.

DMU

Date: 31st March 1984

Set number: L121

The Monmouthshire Railway Society 'Coed Ely Coupling' railtour on 31 March 1984 seen at Swansea Docks. Closest is Pressed Steel bubble 55021, behind is Class 117 set L415 (51351 + 59503 + 51393), at the rear is another 117 (L400). David Mant.

DMU

Date: 31st March 1984

A view from the Monmouthshire Railway Society "Coed Ely Coupling" railtour on 31 March 1984 at Swansea Docks. Taken onboard 59484 looking towards 51374, 51393 + 59503 + 51351 and 55021. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1984

Set number: L415

The Dockside Dawdler tour at Newport East Docks with 51393 heading L415 (with 59503 + 51351), 27/10/84. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1984

Set number: L415

The two Class 117 sets (L415 51393 + 59503 + 51351 closest) forming the 'Dockside Dawdler' railtour at Oakdale Colliery on the 27th October 1984. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1984

Set number: L415

The 'Dockside Dawdler' railtour seen at Maerdy on the 27th October 1984, L415 51393 + 59503 + 51351 closest. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1984

Set number: L415

51393 (with 59503 + 51351 as set L415) at Newport East Docks on 27/10/84 while working "The Dockland Dawdler" railtour. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1984

Set number: L415

51393 with 59503 + 51351 at Trethomus (Beclwas branch) on "The Dockside Dawdler" railtour, 27/10/84. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 16th May 1986

A Class 117 DMU formed of 51393, 59503 and 51351 faces Class 47/4 No 47500 "Great Western" stabled at London Paddington, 16 May 1986. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: unknown

Class 117 DMU set L415 (presumably 51393 + 59503 + 51351) with an up train for Paddington at Hayes on 19 August 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th August 1987

Set number: L415

L415 (presumably 51393 + 59503 + 51351) passes by at Didcot on 26/8/87. Ian McDonald.