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Set L429

These formations have been noted:

51367 59519 51409 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
51367 59519 51409 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area1
51367 59519 51409 Noted 07/10/1977 - Oxford to Didcot area1
51363 59515 51405 Noted 29/10/1977 - London Paddington1
51363 59515 51405 Noted 11/11/1977 - Oxford Station1
51367 59519 51409 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
51363 59519 51409 Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station1
51367 59519 51409 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
51367 59519 51409 Transfer to RG - 11/05/86 - from BR, was B429
51367 59519 51409 Noted circa 06/19862
51367 59519 51409 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
51367 59519 51409 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Reading3
51367 59519 51409 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Paddington3
51367 59519 51409 Noted 11/04/1987 - at Paddington3
51367 59519 51409 Noted 01/08/19872
51367 59519 51409 Listed at RG - Aug-87
51367 59519 51409 Noted 04/04/88 - at Royal Oak4
51367 59519 51409 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
51367 59519 51409 Noted circa 07/19902
51367 59519 51409 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
55023 59519 51409 Listed at OO - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
55022 54495 51409 Noted circa 08/19922
55023 51409 54495 Listed at OO - 12/08/92
55029 59495 51409 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 Reading depot

14th April 1980

Class 117 DMU set L429 (presumably 51409 + 59519 + 51367) on Reading depot on 14 April 1980. Brian Daniels.

Class 117 DMU at Slough

1981

Class 117 DMU set L429 (51367 + 59519 + 51409) arriving Slough in the first half of 1981. Rob Paterson.

Class 117 DMU at approaching Twyford station

8th March 1983

Class 117 DMU set L429 (presumably 51367 + 59519 + 51409) approaching Twyford station with a Paddington - Oxford service on 8 March 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Ruscombe

15th June 1986

Class 117 DMU L429, with 51367 leading and presumably with 59519 + 51409, photographed on the down main at Ruscombe, 15 June 1986. Reading lost the suffix "General" in 1973 but is still displayed on the destination blind. Robert28194.

Class 117 DMU at Taunton

1987

Class 117 DMU set L429 (presumably 51367 + 59519 + 51409) arrives into Taunton station circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.

Class 117 DMU at Gospel Oak

1987

Running round then Barking. Class 117 unit L429 (51409 + 59519 + 51367) has arrived at Gospel Oak in 1987 where the crew will swap ends and return over the GOBLIN line to Barking. Murray Liston.

Class 117 DMU at Southall

April 1987

51409 is at the rear of Class 117 set L429 (presumably with 59519 + 51367) arriving into Southall station in April 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Waltham St Lawrence

1st April 1989

Class 117 DMU set L429 (presumably 51409 + 59519 + 51367) at Waltham St Lawrence 1 April 1989. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 121 DMU at north of Tackley

circa May 1991

Class 121 55029 stands in for a Class 117 DMBS. Seen to the north of Tackley, Reading is on the destination blind, the slide process date was May 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 121 DMU at Paddington

17th June 1991

NSE set L429 comprises a Class 121 bubble and two Class 117 vehicles (55023 and presumably 59519 + 51409) when seen at Paddington on the 17th June 1991. Mike Cooper.

Class 121 DMU at Reading

24th September 1991

59519 and 55023 at Reading station on 24 September 1991. Keith Miller.

Class 121 DMU at Ealing Broadway

29th September 1991

Pressed Steel Class 121 bubble car 55023 takes the place of a power car in Pressed Steel Class 117 set L429 at Ealing Broadway on 6 September 1991. John Carter.

Class 121 DMU at Reading

18th July 1992

55023 at Reading on 18/7/92, attached to a two-car suburban / 108 hybrid, possibly 51409 / 54495. Sparegang.


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