51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Noted 16/05/1977 - Oxford Station2 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Noted 27/10/1977 - Oxford Station2 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Noted 11/02/1980 - At Oxford2 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Noted circa 01/19843 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Noted 25/11/1985 - Hertfordshire Rail Tours The Anglian Vibrator Railtour L411+55021+L412 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Noted 05/04/19863 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Noted 12/07/1986 - Hertfordshire Railtours and Southern Electric Group The Fen Tiger L412+L424 | |||||
51347 | 59478 | 51389 | Formation change - circa Dec-86 - 59478 replaced fire damaged 59499 | |||||
51347 | 59478 | 51389 | Noted circa 01/19873 | |||||
51347 | 59478 | 51389 | Noted 24th January 1987 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Noted 24/01/19873 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Noted circa 08/19873 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
51867 | 59591 | 59446 | 53116 | Noted 19/03/91 - in Banbury area4 | ||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Noted 17/06/92 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
51347 | 59499 | 51389 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Shayne Lewis
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Aaron Calder
W51347 is at the head of Class 117 set L412 (presumably with 59499 + 51389) approaching Slough station with a Paddington service on April 2nd, 1977. Rex Holt.
Class 117 DMU set L412 (51347 and presumably 59499 + 51389) at Reading. Circa late 1970s - it was refurbished in October 1978. Paul Redmond.
Class 117 DMU set L412 (51347 and presumably 59499 + 51389) arriving into London Paddington. Circa late 1970s - it was refurbished in October 1978. Paul Redmond.
Class 117 DMU set L412 (51389 and presumably 59499 + 51347) at Reading (General), date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Class 117 DMU set L412 (51389 and presumably 59499 + 51347) in London Paddington. Circa late 1970s - it was refurbished in October 1978. Paul Redmond.
Class 117 DMUs at Oxford on 14 September 1979. On the left L412 (presumably 51347 + 59499 + 51389) is having mail loaded or unloaded and on the right L429 (presumably 51409 + 59519 + 51367) is arriving. Brian Daniels.
Class 117 DMU set L412 (presumably 51389 + 59499 + 51347) at Kennington with an Oxford service on 15 January 1980. Brian Daniels.
Pressed Steel set L412 (51389 + 59499 + 51347) in the original white refurbished livery leaves the dead end Platform 6 at Reading and heads towards Paddington. Note that the destination blind still reads Reading (General). Tony Watson.
Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU set L412 arrives at Twyford with a Paddington service on 26 April 1980. The leading vehicle, DMS W51389, has one oval and one cut/square buffer, the other two vehicles are presumably W59499 + W51347. Stuart Mackay Collection.
With an oval buffer and a 'cut' buffer, W51389 leads Class 117 set L412 (presumably with 59499 + 51347) through Sonning Cutting in June 1980. Karel 1999.
W51389 leads Class 117 set L412 (presumably with 59499 + 51347) at Kings Sutton on April 11, 1981. It is displaying Banbury (General) on the destination blind. Steve Davies Collection.
Class 117 set L412 (presumably 51389 + 59499 + 51347) just arrived at Reading, date unknown. Walter Burt.
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.L412 (presumably W51389 + W59499 visible) in Rail Blue & Grey livery with all-yellow front ends arriving at Paddington on a service from Reading, 08/84. Hugh Llewelyn.
Set L412, 51389/59499/51347, at head of Set L121, 55021, and Set L411, 51388/59498/51346, at Wisbech with ‘The East Anglian Vibrator’ on 23 November 1985. Rob Paterson.
51389 at the rear of the Anglian Vibrator railtour, seen at North Elmham on the 23rd November 1985. Chris Lings.
L412 (51389 + 59499 + 51347) at the end of The Anglian Vibrator railtour seen at Wisbech, 23/11/85. Chris Lings.
Class 117 DMU sets L412 (51389 + 59499 + 51347) and L424 (51362 + 59514 + 51404) approaching Whitemoor, heading for Wisbech with 1Z25 `Fen Tiger` charter from Reading to London Victoria (via Wisbech, Kings Lynn Dock, and Middleton Towers) on 12 July 1986. Phil Bevan.
51389 (+ 59499 + 51347) at the head of the 'Fen Tiger' railtour seen at Kings Lynn on the 12th July 1986. Chris Lings.
Class 117 DMU set L412 (presumably 51347 + 59499 + 51389) in Bicester Town station on 19 May 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 117 DMU set L412 (presumably 51347 + 59499 + 51389) seen on a Maidenhead service at West Ealing Jacobs Ladder footbridge on 22 September 1987. Roger Geach.
Class 117 set L412 (51347 and presumably 59499 + 51389) departs from Reading with the 12:08 (SO) to Bedwyn on 17 August 1989. Robert Thomas.
An unusual visitor to Tyseley in about February 1991 as class 117 L412 (51347 + 59499 + 51389) called at the station with a train either from Shirley or Stratford-upon-Avon. The unit was allocated to Reading depot at the time and as far as I can establish was never one of Tyseley's sets. The Midlands depot was well-known at the time for getting hold of "foreign" units to fill in gaps in their own increasingly unreliable trains. Peter Tandy.
NSE-liveried Class 117 set L412 (51389 and presumably 59499 + 51347) at Slough on the 15:45 London Paddington-Reading. John Carter.
Class 117 set number L412 (presumably with DMBS 51347 nearest the camera) leaves Paddington with a service for Maidenhead on 6 November, 1991. Glen Batten.
Oxford in the the mid 1990s, and a southbound unit (which the photographer thinks was L412) enters the station. John McIntyre.
Do you have any images of the set you can add?