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Vehicle 59504


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

Jun-60 New to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
29/02/76 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
w/e 01/05/77 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
w/e 05/11/77 Transferred to CW (Cricklewood)
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)
04/10/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
11/12/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) RFXX

Notes

p/e 26/11/77 - 59504 reclassified as Class 190

Refurbished

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

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51352 59504 51394 As delivered to Reading - June 1960
RDG310 51352 59504 51394 Listed at Reading - Aug-60
411 51352 59504 51394 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R310, gangwayed set
51352 59504 51394 Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1
51352 59504 51394 Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak2
51352 59504 51394 56289 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington3
51352 59504 51394 Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak2
50083 59504 51394 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading3
L411 51352 59504 51394 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2
50851 59504 50904 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1
50851 59504 50904 Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central2
C331 50851 59504 50904 Noted 07/09/76 - in Bristol Temple Meads2
50075 59504 50893 Noted 05/04/78 - on 05.45 Kettering – St. Pancras (116/117 hybrid)4
P319 50868 59504 50918 Listed at LA - 03/03/80
P319 50868 59504 50918 Listed at LA - 01/03/81
B437 51338 59504 51380 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B437 51338 59504 51380 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B437 51338 59504 51380 Noted circa 11/19855
B437 51338 59504 51380 Noted 15/03/19865
B437 51338 59504 51380 Noted 08/05/19865
B437 51338 59504 51380 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
B437 51338 59504 51380 Noted 01/05/87 - on 09:05 Cardiff Central to Weston Super Mare
B437 51338 59504 51380 Noted 05/05/87 - at Newport Down Platform 2 at 14:35
B437 51338 59504 51380 Listed at BR - Aug-87
51338 59504 51380 Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from BR
T312 51338 59504 51380 Noted circa 01/19885
T312 51338 59504 51380 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
51338 59504 51380 Noted 30/07/88 - at Norwich2
T312 51338 59504 51380 Noted circa 12/19885
T312 51338 59504 51380 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T312 51338 59504 51380 Noted 22/10/1989 - The Institution of Mining Engineers South Midland Railtour T222+T303+T312
T312 51338 59504 51380 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
51338 59504 51380 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot3
T312 51338 59504 51380 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T312 51338 59504 51380 Noted circa 12/19905
T312 51338 59504 51380 Noted circa 03/19915
T312 51338 59504 51380 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T312 51338 59504 51380 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T312 51338 59504 51380 Listed at TS - Dec-91
51338 59504 51380 Noted 15/04/92 - on 10:23 Redditch - Lichfield TV6
T312 51338 59504 51380 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
117312 51338 59504 51380 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
117312 51338 59504 51380 Listed at TS - November 1992

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

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Doncaster

10th April 1993

A picture of a condemned 59504, seen outside Doncaster Works on the morning of 10/4/93. To its left is the end of 59526. Leonard Rogers.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 3rd May 1975

Set number: L411

During the era of DEMU operation, WR dmus occasionally appeared on Reading-Tonbridge trips that were worked by Reading crews. It was quite common for one to appear on a Bank Holiday, as here at Edenbridge on 3rd May 1975 with L411 (presumably 51394 + 59504 + 51352). Note the use of the relevant SR two-character headcode. The DMMUs struggled to keep the DEMU schedule and when they replaced the Tadpole units the timings had to be extended. Tony Watson.

DMU

Date: 3rd February 1979

Set number: P319

Class 116 set P319 with W50918 at the front, presumably with 59504 + 50868, is seen in Dawlish station on February 3rd, 1979. It had been a Cardiff set two months before, and was refurbished in November 1978. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: July 1979

Set number: P319

Two Class 116 sets at Torquay with a service bound for Exeter in July 1979. Closest is set P319 (and presumably DMBS 50868 + 59504 + 50918). John Jarvis.

DMU

Date: 13th July 1979

Set number: P319

P319 is seen arriving at Honiton, led by 50868 presumably with 59504 + 50918, with the evening Axminster to Exeter St. Davids. 13th July 1979. Neil Cannon.

DMU

Date: 1981

Set number: P319

Set P319 is a Class 116 with a 117 centre car (presumably 50918 + 59504 + 50868) seen at Exeter in 1981. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 19th March 1981

Set number: P319

Class 116 set P319 (W50868 closest, presumably with 59504 + 50918) on the 4.50pm Plymouth - Penzance service arriving into St. Budeaux on March 19, 1981. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 3rd July 1981

Set number: P319

Class 116 set P319, presumably 50918 + 59504 + 50868) is seen at Calstock on the Gunnislake branch, 3/7/81. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 10th August 1982

Set number: B437

Class 117 DMU set B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) in Bath station on 10 August 1982. Tony Watson.

DMU

Date: 7th October 1983

Set number: B437

B437 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) in Kemble station on October 7, 1983, with the 12:45 Cheltenham Spa - Swindon service. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 31st October 1983

Set number: B437

Swindon works on 31st October 1983 with Class 117 51380 + 59504 + 51338 on a stopping service from Bristol, 56 049 heading a block oil train and withdrawn Southern Region 2-HAP 6123 for disposal. Gordon Edgar.

DMU

Date: June 1984

Set number: B437

DMBS 51338 heads set B437 (presumably with 59504 + 51380) at Cheltenham in June 1984. A Class 25 loco can be seen in the background. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 1985

Set number: B437

Class 117 set B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) at Hereford in 1985. John Law.

DMU

Date: 29th March 1986

Set number: B437

A Bristol Class 117 DMU, set B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380), heads past Pontrilas Signal Boxes Up Outer Home signal, with a northbound passenger service on 29th March 1986. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: July 1986

Set number: B437

Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) approaching Haresfield on a Gloucester - Weston-super-Mare service in July 1986. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 26th August 1987

Set number: B437

B437 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) passes Didcot on 26th August 1987. Ian McDonald.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: T312

Class 117 set T312 seen in Derby station with DMBS 51338 closest, presumably with 59504 + 51380. Undated. Ian Francis.

DMU

Date: 19th June 1988

Set number: T312

Class 117 T312 Class 117 DMU T312 (51338 + 59504 + 51380) was working a Birmingham Moor Street to Stratford-upon-Avon service on 19 June 1988 when I photographed it shortly after leaving Wilmcote station. This set wasn't at Tyseley for much longer after this date because class 150 Sprinters were beginning to appear in the West Midlands and "proper" DMUs were starting to be transferred elsewhere for their final year or two. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 28th January 1989

Set number: T312

A recent exile at the time from the West Midlands caused by the arrival of newer class 156 Sprinter DMU's (hence no destination blind) is ex Tyseley set T312 comprising vehicles 51380+59504+51338. The train is seen passing Abercynon South station on January 28, 1989 while working the 12.00 Cardiff Central to Aberdare. It will shortly call at Abercynon North station which opened on 03.10.1988 and was built when the Aberdare branch was reopened to passenger traffic. Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: 23rd May 1989

Set number: T312

A three-car suburban DMU (Class 117 set T312, presumably 51380+59504+51338) speeds through Attenborough en route to Nottingham on Tuesday 23rd May 1989. Andrew Walker.

DMU

Date: 18th May 1990

Set number: T312

T312 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) enters Worcester on the 18th May 1990 working a Hereford service. Mike Cooper.

DMU

Date: 18th May 1990

Set number: T312

T312 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) departing from Worcester on the 18th May 1990 with a Hereford service. Mike Cooper.