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Set L424

These formations have been noted:

51362 59514 51404 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
51362 59514 51404 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area1
51362 59514 51404 Noted 01/06/1977 - Oxford Station1
51362 59514 51404 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
51362 59514 51404 Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station1
51362 59514 51404 Noted 28/08/1979 - At Cholsey1
51362 59514 51404 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
51362 59514 51404 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
51362 59514 51404 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
51362 59514 51404 Noted circa 02/19862
51362 59514 51404 Noted 04/03/19862
51362 59514 51404 Noted 05/04/19862
51362 59514 51404 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
51362 59514 51404 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Old Oak Common3
51362 59514 51404 Noted 12/07/1986 - Hertfordshire Railtours and Southern Electric Group The Fen Tiger L412+L424
51362 59514 51404 Noted 13/09/1986 - at Old Oak Common3
51362 59514 51404 Noted 24/01/19872
51362 59514 51404 Noted 07/02/1987 - at Paddington3
51362 59514 51404 Noted 23/05/87 - at Norwich strengthening 53885 + 59625 + 59643 + 51892 (TS823) on a Birmingham N St - Norwich service4
51362 59514 51404 Listed at RG - Aug-87
51362 59514 51404 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
51362 59514 51404 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
51362 59514 55029 Noted 09/11/91 - 19:15 Paddington - Reading
51362 59514 51404 Listed at OO - 12/08/92
51362 59514 51404 Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX

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

Class 117 DMU at Slough

31st May 1972

Pressed Steel DMU sets L424 (leading, presumably 51373 + 59480 + 51415) and L423 (presumably 51414 + 59479 + 51372) on a down service at Slough station on 31 May 1972. Some 12-ton vans in the Windsor branch bay on the right. Tom Burnham.

Class 117 DMU at an unknown location

circa early / mid-1970s

Class 117 DMU set L424 (presumably 51379 + 59489 + 51337) arrives into an unknown station, Reading on the destination blind. Circa early / mid-1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Reading

circa early / mid-1970s

Class 117 DMU set L424 in Reading General station with Newbury on the destination blind. Undated, probably early/mid-1970s. Neil Smith.

Class 117 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

22nd November 1975

Class 117 and 101 DMU's at Moor street on the 22nd November 1975. The 117 appears to be L424 making the DMBS closest 51373. The mk11 and mk1 coaches were part of an exhibition train as l remember. Inside were examples of the latest upgrades to track, signaling etc via films and photographs. 54A South Dock.

Class 117 DMU at Cholsey & Moulsford

16th July 1976

Class 117 DMU set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) seen at the Cholsey and Moulsford stop of a Paddington service, likely from Oxford, on 16 July 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Southall depot

11th January 1979

Southall Depot on 11 January 1979 contains a bubble car, Class 128 and numerous 117s. The one on the right seems to be set L424 presumably W51404, the way the light is catching all the commode handles gives the impression it is in blue/grey livery. Brian Daniels.

Class 117 DMU at London Paddington

Unknown date

Class 117 DMU set L424 (W51362 and presumably 59514 + 51404) at London Paddington, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 117 DMU at Reading

9th January 1982

Class 117 DMU set L424 departs from Reading station with the 11:08 service to Bedwyn on 9 January 1982. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Heyford

28th April 1982

Class 117 DMU set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) with an Oxford service at Heyford on 28-4-82. Brian Daniels.

Class 117 DMU at Slough

11th August 1984

Class 117 dmus were the backbone of local services out of London Paddington for many years following construction by Pressed Steel in Linwood, Scotland in 1959-61. This three-coach train (presumably 51362 and presumably 59514 + 51404) is passing the prefabricated delight of Slough signal box on August 11, 1984. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 117 DMU at Twyford

14th April 1985

Six-car Class 117 at Twyford on West 14 April 1985. W51404 (presumably with 59514 + 51362) leads a brace of class 117 DMUs across from the relief lines to the down main with the 10.42 Paddington - Oxford. Robert28194.

Class 117 DMU at Oxford

12th December 1985

Class 117 DMU sets L424 (presumably 51362 closest) and L412 seen in Oxford station on 12 December 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at London Paddington

1986

Class 117 set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) departing from London Paddington in 1986. Walter Burt.

Class 117 DMU at Kings Lynn Bentinck Dock

12th July 1986

Class 117 DMU sets L424 (51404 + 59514 + 51362) & L412 are seen on the quayside in Kings Lynn Bentinck Dock on July 12, 1986. They were working the Hertfordshire Railtours 'Fen Tiger' railtour. It visited such delights as Wisbeach, Middleton Towers, South Lynn Sidings, the Grain Terminal on the Kings Lynn Harbour branch and of course Kings Lynn Docks as seen here. Adrian Nicholls.

Class 117 DMU at South Lynn

12th July 1986

The Fen Tiger railtour seen at South Lynn, 12/7/86, L424 51404 + 59514 + 51362 closest. Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Gospel Oak

6th August 1989

Network Southeast Class 117 set No. L424 (51404, 59514 and 51362) stands at Gospel Oak working the 12:19 service to Barking. Brian Creasey.

Class 117 DMU at Acton

19th September 1989

At Acton on 19 September 1989 class 117 L424 (51362 + 59514 + 51404) passes with a Paddington to Reading local service. This wasn't the nicest place to stand with 4 very busy lanes of traffic behind the camera and probably isn't somewhere I'd go in 2023 given the OHLE catenary and less than riveting traction using the lines. Peter Tandy.

Class 117 DMU at London Paddington

4th October 1990

Class 117 set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) is working with a two-car Class 101 set when seen at Paddington on the 4th October 1990. Rex Holt.


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