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Vehicle 59492


Class 117

Builder: Pressed Steel
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30547
Diagram: 601

Allocations

Apr-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
2w/e 10/04/76 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
w/e 01/05/77 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
2w/e 11/11/78 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
w/e 30/12/78 Transferred to LA (Laira)
16/05/82 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
06/07/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
06/04/94 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) RAHV
Sep-99 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket)
Nov-99 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) HAXX
Mar-00 Sector Change to HQ (Headquarters) SAXH

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 29/12/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


SHL302 51339 59492 51382 Listed at - Aug-60 - perhaps SHL303?
453 51339 59492 51382 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S302, non-gangwayed set
51339 59492 51382 Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1
50083 59492 51382 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington1
L453 51339 59492 51382 Noted 31/01/76 - on 2A70 1118 Paddington-Didcot with L413
50082 59492 50916 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1
T313 50082 59492 50916 Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central2
TS550 50082 59492 50124 Noted 12/09/77 - at Aberystwyth, showing signs of having been T3442
P317 50858 59492 50911 Noted 22/06/79 - at Par
P317 50858 59492 50911 Noted 20/07/79 - at Exmouth
P317 50858 59492 50911 Listed at LA - 03/03/80
B438 51339 59492 51382 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B438 51339 59492 51382 Noted 03/02/83 - on 2M73 1845 Cardiff-Birmingham New Street
B438 51339 59492 51382 Noted circa 10/19833
B438 51339 59492 51382 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B438 51339 59492 51382 Noted 13/03/19863
B438 51339 59492 51382 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
B438 51339 59492 51382 Noted 21/06/1986 - at West Drayton4
51339 59492 51382 Transfer to TS - 06/07/87 - from BR
T313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T313 51339 59492 51382 Noted 09/07/88 - at Norwich2
T313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
51339 59492 51382 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot5
T313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T313 51339 59492 51382 Noted circa 09/19903
T313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - Aug-91
51339 59492 51144 Noted circa 09/19913
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - Dec-91
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
117313 51339 59492 51382 Noted circa 09/19923
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - November 1992
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
117313 51339 59492 51382 Noted 19/06/93 - at Norwich2
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - November 1993
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at HA - 02/12/96
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at HA - 01/01/98
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at HA - 23/11/98

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton
5: Jeremy Goodyear

Images:

Inside a Class 117 DMU

10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Gangway connection between Trailer Lavatory Composite 59492 and Driving Motor Brake Second 51339 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.

Inside a Class 117 DMU

10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Interior of the second-class saloon in Trailer Lavatory Composite 59492 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.

Inside a Class 117 DMU

10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Interior of the former first-class saloon (downgraded to second-class) in Trailer Lavatory Composite 59492 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Far more comfortable and spacious seats than you're likely to find in any suburban train operating today! Michael Laing.

Inside a Class 117 DMU

10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Gangway connection between Trailer Lavatory Composite 59492 and Driving Motor Second car 51382 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 25th May 1977

Tyseley set TS48 is seen passing the site of Whitacre station with the 6.14pm Leicester - Birmingham New Street on 25 May 1977. It is a hybrid set, the centre car is a Class 117, Tyseley received two of these from Cardiff Canton a few weeks previous - 59492 and 59502. The power cars are Class 116s, closest is thought to be 50904 which also moved from Canton with the centre cars. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1979

Set number: P317

Refurbished Class 116 set P317 (presumably 50858 + 59492 + 50911) in Barnstaple station in 1979. John Law.

DMU

Date: circa 1979

Set number: P317

Class 116 set P317 seen in Plymouth Laira depot, circa 1979. Presumed to be 50911 + 59492 + 50858. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 20th July 1979

Set number: P317

Under blue skies, redundant railway land and a boarded-up signalbox greet a refurbished Class 116 three-car DMU (P317 - 50858, 59492, 50911), as it was arriving at the East Devon seaside resort of Exmouth with a service from Exeter St Davids on July 22nd 1979. A far-cry from the days when on a Summer Saturday the terminus here handled through services to London Waterloo and the North. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 22nd July 1979

Set number: P317

Set P317 - A 3-Car Class 116 DMU with W50911 leading, presumably with 59492 + 50858, awaits departure from the single remaining operational platform at Exmouth with a service to Exeter St Davids on the 22nd July 1979. The unit was in the short-lived refurbished white with a blue stripe livery. The station had recently been rationalised, the redundant island platform with its Southern Railway canopy is on the left of this scene. A far cry from the busy Summer Saturdays of old, when trains to and from London Waterloo and the North served the East Devon seaside town. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 16th April 1981

Set number: P317

50911 heads P317 presumably with 59492 + 50858 when seen at Scorrier on the 16th April 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 18th July 1983

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU set B438 (51382 and presumably 59492 + 51339) approaching Highbridge with the 14:10 Bristol - Taunton service on 18 July 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 14th October 1983

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU set B438 (51382 and presumably 59492 + 51339) approaches Monument Lane at 12:09 with the 10:28 Hereford-Birmingham New Street service on Friday 14 October 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 20th July 1984

Set number: B438

B438 (presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382) and C803 with the 14:05 Canton depot - Swansea ECS on Porthkerry Bank, 20 July 1984. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: circa mid-1980s

Set number: B438

A Class 117 DMU at Llanwern (Newport). It looks like it could be set B438 and so presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382. Noted as taken in 1984, the slide process date was April 1986 - so circa mid-1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 23rd June 1985

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU, set B438 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) approaches Wellington AHB with a down service. At this time there was a Shrewsbury-Cardiff service that ran in the early afternoon that was a DMU, and this is most probably that train. 23rd June 1985. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: mid-1985

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU set B438 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) arrives into Frome station in mid-1985. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 25th January 1986

Set number: B438

With the winter light casting long shadows Class 117 DMU set B438 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) arrives into Bristol Temple Meads with a service from Salisbury on 25 January 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 28th May 1986

Set number: B438

A well filled Class 117 3-Car DMU with 51382 trailing and presumably with 59492 + 51339, departs from Starcross with the 17.20 Exeter St Davids to Paignton stopping service on May 28th 1986. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: August 1986

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU set B438 - 51382 + 59492 + 51339 - plus another unit, in platform 1 at Weymouth in August 1986. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 2nd August 1986

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU set B438 (51339 and presumably 59492 + 51382) leads the 12:56 SO Weymouth-Bristol Temple Meads service into Salisbury on 2 August 1986. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 10th August 1986

Set number: B464

The 15:25 Weymouth - Taunton service is a nine-car formation with Class 118 B464 (W51321 + W59473 + W51306) at the front followed by Class 117s W51370 + W59522 + W51412 / W51339 + W59492 + W51382. Seen at Yeovil PM on August 10th, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 13th June 1987

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU set No. B438 (Nos. 51339, 59492 and 51382) arrives at Gloucester working the 14:13 service to Taunton on 13 June 1987. Brian Creasey.

DMU

Date: July 1988

Set number: T313

Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.T313 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) in Birmingham New Street with another set in July 1988. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 30th August 1989

Set number: T313

Class 117 Set T313 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) and Set T342 with a Llandudno - Birmingham New Steet aervice arrived at Prestatyn (at 15XX) on Wednesday 30th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 6th September 1990

Set number: T313

Class 117 set T313 (51382 closest, presumably with 59492 + 51339) at Redditch on September 6, 1990. John Carter.

DMU

Date: circa 1993

Set number: 117313

Another class 117, this one formed of 3 coaches (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339), is pictured here climbing from the Birmingham Snow Hill LIne towards St Andrews Junction and Birmingham New Street. The train is running ECS from Tyseley depot to New Street where, according to the destination panel, it would make the long run to Skegness. Circa 1993. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: circa early 1990s

Set number: 117313

Pressed Steel DMU set 117313 (51382 + 59492 + 51339) departs from Five Ways station with a Lichfield City service, date unknown - circa early 1990s. Glyn Weigh.

DMU

Date: 1994

Set number: 117213

Haymarket depot DMU sidings in 1994. There are three Pressed Steel sets (including 117213 - presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382 - and 117301 - presumably 51353 + 59505 + 51395) all idling. There are at least two Regional Railways liveried Met-Camm centre cars to their right - probably left behind from the three-car sets that moved to Corkerhill as two-cars. To their right are Strathclyde liveried 107s. S Saunders.

DMU

Date: 25th April 1994

Set number: 117213

In the fading light of the 25th April 1994, 117213 (51339 + 59492 + 51382) are seen leaving Haymarket station with the 17:03 Edinburgh - Thornton. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 8th May 1994

Set number: 117213

117213 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) heading north at Moy on 08/05/94 5Z60 1125 Perth - Inverness for NRN fitment at Inverness TMD. Roddy MacPhee.

DMU

Date: June 1994

Set number: 117313

A pair of three-car Class 117 DMUs in Regional Railways livery stands in the bay at the north end of Edinburgh Waverley station in June 1994. Closest is set 117313 presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339. Andrew Walker.

DMU

Date: 12th August 1994

Set number: 117313

117 313 (presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382) in Edinburgh Waverley on 12/8/94. John Reddyhoff.

DMU

Date: 17th July 1996

Set number: 117313

Leaving Edinburgh Waverley with car 51382 leading is set 117 313 (presumably with 59492 + 51339) on 17th July 1996. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Gangway connection between Driving Motor Brake Second 51339 and Trailer Lavatory Composite 59492 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.

DMU

Date: 10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Class 117 3-car suburban DMUs Nos. 117313 (51382 + 59492 + 51339) and 117306 (51411) stand outside the shunters' bothy at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, prior to working evening rush-hour Fife Circle services on 10th February, 1999. 117306 has arrived from the east end of the repair shed which can be see in the right background. Michael Laing.