Set L418
These formations have been noted:
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Noted 29/01/1980 - At Oxford Station1 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Noted circa 04/19822 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Noted circa 09/19852 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Noted 26/10/1985 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Sharpness Shunter Railtour L418+L579 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Noted circa 04/19862 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| 51355 | 59507 | 51397 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Shayne Lewis
2: Eddie Knorn
1973
Class 117 DMU set L418 (presumably 51364 + 59516 + 51406) at Langley with a Slough service sometime in 1973. Stuart Mackay Collection.
15th June 1980
L418 (W51397 + W59507 + W51355) at Windsor Central on 15/6/80. Robert Frise.
12th December 1981
Class 117 DMU set L418 (presumably 51355 + 59507 + 51397) at Oxford on 12 December 1981. Brian Daniels.
April 1983
L418 (presumably 51355 + 59507 + 51397) runs into Hayes and Harlington station in April 1983 with a Reading service. Stuart Mackay Collection.
June 1984
A Class 117 DMU seen at Langley and Iver in June 1984. It appears to be set L418 with 51397 leading. Andrew Malloy.
2nd July 1984
Class 117 DMS W51397 leads 3 car set L418 (presumably with 59507 + 51355) at Slough forming the 10:52 Reading to Paddington service on 2nd July 1984. Bruce Galloway.
16th January 1985
In rapidly deteriorating weather on 16/01/85 Class 117 Suburban DMU set L418 (presumably formed 51364 + 59516 + 51406) calls at Twyford with train 2F24 the 09.01 London Paddington to Oxford. Adrian Nicholls.
April 1985
Class 117 set L418 (51355 presumably with 59507 + 51397) leaves Southall in April 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1985
L418 (presumably 51397 + 59507 + 51355) appears to be ex-works when seen at Southall in early 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
April 1985
A London based Class 117 DMU, set L418 (presumably 51355 + 59507 + 51397), on the last lap into Hereford from Shelwick Junction, with a service from Birmingham. August 1985. John Crooks.
26th October 1985
51397 on The Sharpness Shunter railtour at Sharpness, 26/10/85. Chris Lings.
26th October 1985
The 'Sharpness Shunter' railtour seen in Gloucester Docks on the 26th October 1985, the closest set being L418 (51397 + 59507 + 51355). Chris Lings.
27th May 1986
Class 117 DMU set L418 (presumably 51397 + 59507 + 51355) departs from Oxford with a Didcot service on 27 May 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
11th June 1986
Class 117 Pressed Steel 3-car DMU set L418 (51397 + 59507 + 51355) with an Up service at Worcester Foregate Street on 11-6-86. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
10th May 1989
Network South East liveried Pressed Steel Class 117; Set L418 with 51397 leading (and presumably 59507 + 51355), approaching Southall station on the Up Relief line with a service for Paddington. Since the Heathrow electrification work took place this view is completely impossible with a large signal gantry erected very close to the road bridge where this was taken from. 10tn May 1988. Alistair Fyffe.
5th July 1990
A regular Thursday afteroon working through Chesterfield for ex-works units making their way back to their home depot was a Doncaster Works-Derby Etches Park ecs. On the 5th July 1990 the consist was vehicles from L418 51355 and 59507 and also 51568 + 51938. Kevin Law.
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