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Set B438

These formations have been noted:

51339 59492 51382 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
51339 59492 51382 Noted 03/02/83 - on 2M73 1845 Cardiff-Birmingham New Street
51339 59492 51382 Noted circa 10/19831
51339 59492 51382 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
51339 59492 51382 Noted 13/03/19861
51339 59492 51382 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
51339 59492 51382 Noted 21/06/1986 - at West Drayton2

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Robert Chilton

Class 117 DMU at Highbridge

18th July 1983

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.

Class 117 DMU at Monument Lane

14th October 1983

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.

Class 117 DMU at Bristol Bath Road depot

Unknown date

Class 117 DMU set B438 (presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382) outside Bristol Bath Road depot. The date is unknown, they were allocated there from May 1982 to July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Frome

6th June 1984

Class 117 DMU set B438 (51382 and presumably 59492 + 51339) leaving Frome with the 11:05 Weymouth - Westbury working on 6 June 1984. Michael Mensing.

Class 117 DMU at Porthkerry Bank

20th July 1984

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.

Class 117 DMU at Llanwern

circa mid-1980s

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.

Class 117 DMU at Wellington Crossing

23rd June 1985

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.

Class 117 DMU at Frome

mid-1985

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

Class 117 DMU at Bristol Temple Meads

25th January 1986

With the winter light casting long shadows Class 117 DMU set B438 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) arrives into Bristol Temple Meads on 25 January 1986. The caption written on the slide noted is as a service from Salisbury, yet the direction suggests otherwise, and Westbury is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Starcross

28th May 1986

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.

Class 117 DMU at Weymouth

August 1986

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

Class 117 DMU at Salisbury

2nd August 1986

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.

Class 117 DMU at Gloucester

13th June 1987

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.


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