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Set L409

These formations have been noted:

51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
51344 59496 51386 Noted 03/09/76 - in Paddington1
51344 59496 51386 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area2
51344 59496 51386 Noted 16/05/1977 - Oxford Station2
55030 59496 51386 Noted 14/06/1977 - Oxford Station2
51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
51344 59496 51386 Noted 28/08/1979 - At Maidenhead2
51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
51344 59496 51386 Noted 27/06/81 - at Newbury Racecourse1
51344 59496 51386 Noted circa 04/19823
51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
51344 59496 51386 Noted circa 09/19853
51344 59496 51386 Noted 05/04/19863
51344 59496 51386 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
51344 59496 51386 Noted 24/02/1987 - at Paddington - as 6 car set with L4164
51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - Aug-87
51344 59496 51386 Noted circa 02/19883
51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
51344 59496 51386 Noted circa 05/19923
51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
51344 59496 51386 Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Shayne Lewis
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Robert Chilton

Class 117 DMU at Slough

2nd April 1977

Class 117 set L409 at Slough on April 2, 1977. The DMBS is W51344, the other two vehicles should be 59496 and 51386. Rex Holt.

Class 117 DMU at Lower Basildon

1979

Class 117 DMU set L409 (presumably 51344 + 59496 + 51386) seen at Lower Basildon sometime in 1979. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Radley

10th August 1979

Class 117 DMU set L409 (presumably 51386 + 59496 + 51344) at Radley on 10 August 1979. Brian Daniels.

Class 117 DMU at Salfords

29th January 1983

Class 117 set L409, W51386 (nearest) + W59496 + W51344, passes Salfords on the Brighton line up fast towards Redhill on a Gatwick Airport to Reading service, Saturday 29th January 1983 Iain Reid.

Class 117 DMU at Hereford

January 1985

London based Class 117 DMU, set L409 (presumably 51344 59496 51386), departs the diesel depot at Hereford for the station for a service to Oxford. January 1985. John Crooks.

Class 117 DMU at Tyseley

7th December 1985

Class 117 DMBS 51344, set number L409 (presumably with 59496 + 51386), is seen at Tyseley on 07.12.1985 having received a fresh coat of BR blue and grey livery. Andy Cole.

Class 117 DMU at Kings Sutton

11th June 1988

Class 117 set number L409 (presumably 51386 + 59496 + 51344) north of Kings Sutton on a local working from Oxford to Banbury, 11 June 1988. Lewis Bevan.

Class 117 DMU at Ealing Broadway

22nd October 1988

L409 (51344 + 59496 + 51386) on a Reading - Paddington service arrives at Ealing Broadway (11XX) Saturday 22nd October 1988. Colin Brooks.

Class 117 DMU at Twyford

1989

Network South East liveried Class 117 DMU set L409 (formed of cars 51386, 59496 and 51344) seen pausing at Twyford one evening in 1989 on a service from Paddington to Reading. Bob Belcher.

Class 117 DMU at Didcot North Junction

18th May 1989

Class 117 set L409 (presumably 51344 + 59496 + 51386) at Didcot North Junction with the 7.27pm Oxford - Reading service on 18 May 1989. Michael Mensing.

Class 117 DMU at Slough

27th July 1989

A three-car class 117 dmu formed as set L409 heads into Slough with a train from the Reading direction to London Paddington. The unit, built by Pressed Steel around 1960, is typical of the Western Region's local services out of Paddington. It carries Network SouthEast livery and the unit formation is probably 51386/59496/51344. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 117 DMU at Reading

circa August 1989

Class 117 DMU set L409 (51389 + 59496 + 51346) at Reading with Oxford on the destination blind. The driver is at this end as are red marker lamps and with no sign of passengers if could be changing platforms? Date unknown, the slide process date was August 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at High Wycombe

15th July 1990

With the line to Marylebone closed for engineering work, the 15.23 from High Wycombe to Paddington, seen about to depart High Wycombe on 15 July 1990, is formed of a WR class 117 set (51344 closest, presumably with 59496 + 51386), rather than the more customary class 115. Robert28194.


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