Set L410
These formations have been noted:
| Noted 20/08/74 - on 2A45 1940 Oxford-Paddington with L466 | ||||||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted 27/10/1977 - Oxford Station1 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted 07/02/1980 - At Oxford1 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted circa 04/19822 | |||||
| 51345 | 59549 | 51387 | Noted 19/06/1982 - Hertfordshire Railtours Witchfinder General L423+L410+L405 59549 temporarily in set L410 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted 23/07/83 - at Newbury Racecourse3 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted circa 11/19842 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted 19/10/19852 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted 05/04/19862 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted circa 06/19862 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Old Oak Common4 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at West Drayton4 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Paddington4 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted circa 08/19862 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted 13/09/1986 - at Reading4 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted 18/10/1986 - at Paddington4 | |||||
| 51387 | Noted 25/02/1987 - at Old Oak Common4 | |||||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted 21/04/87 - at Royal Oak3 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| 51387 | 59497 | 55029 | Noted 28/09/1990 - Reported in RCTS Railway Observer 1 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted 16/02/1991 - At London Paddington.5 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Noted circa 02/19922 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX | |||||
| 51345 | 59497 | 51387 | Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWXX |
Formation Sources
1: Shayne Lewis
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Gerald Brown
4: Robert Chilton
5: Dave Warby
9th August 1975
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.
6th May 1976
Two class 117 DMUs at Didcot on 6 May 1976. The closest vehicles are W51345 (L410) and W51363 (L425). Robert28194.
Unknown date
Class 117 DMBS W51345 leads set L410 (presumably with 59497 + 51387), thought to be taken between Twyord and Reading. Date unknown, probably between February 1976 when it was transferred to Reading and May 1977 when it was refurbished. Glyn Weigh.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (7 of 18, negative W6691/9) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the area under the drivers controls on one of the power cars from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (18 of 18, negative W6691/15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the first class compartment of a centre car, presumably W59497 from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (17 of 18, negative W6691/11) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the first class compartment of a centre car, presumably W59497 from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (16 of 18, negative W6691/18) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the interior of a centre car - the door leads to the toilets, presumably W59497 from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (15 of 18, negative W6691/10) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the interior of a vehicle looking at the end and the doorway through the gangway to the adjacent vehicle. Presumably this is on set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (14 of 18, negative W6691/06) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows a route map fitted above a passenger door, presumably in one of the vehicles from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (13 of 18, negative W6691/12) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. This shows the gangway between two vehicles, presumably inside DMS W51387 looking into TCL W59497 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (12 of 18, negative W6691/05) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the interior of a power car, presumably W51387 from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (11 of 18, negative W6691/20) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the van area in DMBS W51345 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (10 of 18, negative W6691/19) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the guard's area in DMBS W51345 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (9 of 18, negative W6691/7) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the drivers compartment and controls in one of the power cars from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (8 of 18, negative W6691/3) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the floor area in the drivers compartment of one of the power cars from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (6 of 18, negative W6691/17) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the gangway between 51345 + 59497 and the new exhaust arrangement circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (5 of 18, negative W6691/8) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the heater and new heater air intake under the number one side of one of the power cars from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (4 of 18, negative W6691/2) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the underframe equipment under the number two side of one of the power cars from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (3 of 18, negative W6691/14) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the underframe equipment under the number one side of one of the power cars from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (2 of 18, negative W6691/22) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows the front of W51387 from set L410 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
circa mid-June 1977
An official image (1 of 18, negative W6691/24) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 117/118 DMU Production'. It shows set L410 which was W51387 + W59497 + W51345 circa mid-June 1977. British Rail.
14th October 1979
Class 117 DMBS W51345 under overhaul at Swindon Works on 14 October 1979. Brian Daniels.
15th November 1979
Class 117 DMU set L410 (presumably 51387 + 59497 + 51345) at Oxford with a service for Paddington on 15 November 1979. Brian Daniels.
Unknown date
Class 117 set L410 (presumably 51387 + 59497 + 51345) at Pangbourne. Undated. Adrian Vaughan.
1981
Seen at Reading in the first half of 1981 is Class 117 DMU set L410 (51387 + 59497) with a bubble car standing in for the DMBS. Rob Paterson.
16th May 1981
Class 117 set L410 (presumably 51345 + 59497 + 51387) is seen at Ranelagh Bridge on May 16, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
September 1981
A visit to Kennington, south of Oxford on a late afternoon in September 1981 found the sun on the wrong side for any decent photos. This is class 117 DMU L410 (W51387 + W59497 + W51345) on a Padding to Oxford stopping service passing a former rail served factory which has long since been demolished and the inevitable forest of trees now encroach on the line from both sides. Murray Liston.
Unknown date
W51387 closest with Class 117 DMU set L410 at Reading (General) - date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Unknown date
A class 117 DMU is a very unusual visitor to Gillingham (Kent). Set L410 (presumably 51387 + 59497 + 51345) ran there in connection with an Oxford v Gillingham football match. Circa 1982/3. Stuart Pearce.
19th June 1982
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Witchfinder General' on the Felixstow Docks branch on June 19th 1982. The Class 10 is internal shunter 'Colonel Tomline'. The nine-car DMU formation contained one Class 101 vehicle, 59549, flanked by four Class 117 vehicles on each side. Image by Richard Huggins. John Law Collection.
1983
Class 117 set L410 arrives into London Paddington in 1983, with 51387 leading, presumably with 59497 + 51345. John Law.
23rd February 1983
Set L410 at Wargrave on 23/02/1983, with DMBS W51345 leading (presumably with 59497 + 51387) on a service heading for Twyford. Graeme Phillips Collection.
summer 1987
Sutton Coldfield on the West Midlands Cross-City Line wasn't the place I expected to see a Reading allocated class 117 on a misty day sometime in the summer of 1987. It was operating as a 4 car set with 51345 leading. The set must have worked north at some point and pinched by Tyseley, always a bit short of fully functional trains, and put on this major suburban route. The impressive building in the background is the New Hall Hotel which to me is reminiscent of one of the grander Scottish establishments. Peter Tandy.
5th May 1990
Two Class 117 DMUs are seen at Burnham on 5 May 1990. Closest is set L410, presumably 51345 + 59497 + 51387. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
13th April 1991
Class 117 DMU set L410 (51387 and presumably 59497 + 51345) departs from Paddington with a Reading service on 13 April 1991. Dave Warby.
23rd October 1993
Class 117 DMU set L410, presumed 51387/59497/51345, at Rectory Lane Crossing with the 12.33 Reading to Gatwick service on 23 October 1993. Rob Paterson.
Do you have any images of the set you can add?