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Vehicle 51334


Class 117

Builder: Pressed Steel
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30546
Diagram: 534

Allocations

Feb-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Apr-66 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
28/02/76 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
16/05/82 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
04/10/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
06/04/94 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) RAHV
Apr-98 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket)

Notes

30/07/83 - Western Region set B436 made it to Norwich working a relief service from Birmingham.
24th January 1997 - Seen in RR ScotRail livery

Modifications

6w/e 10/02/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 07/04/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51334 59486 51376 As delivered to Southall - February 1960
SHL300 51334 59486 51376 Listed at Southall - circa Oct-60
51334 59486 51376 Noted July 1967
400 51334 59486 51376 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R334, gangwayed set
400 51334 59538 59486 51376 Noted circa May-68
400 51334 59486 59538 51376 Noted 23/08/69 - working the Bulmers and Welsh Border railtour.
51334 59486 51376 Noted 30/10/70 - at Birmingham New Street1
51334 59486 51376 Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2
51334 59486 51376 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2
L400 51334 59486 51376 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3
C450 51334 59031 51376 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C450 51334 59031 51376 Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4
C450 51334 59031 51376 Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4
C450 51334 59031 51376 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C450 51334 59031 51376 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
B436 51334 59500 51376 Noted 20/06/82 - at Weymouth3
B436 51334 59500 51376 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B436 51334 59500 51376 Noted 03/03/83 - on 2M73 1845 Cardiff-Birmingham New Street
B436 51334 59500 51376 Noted 30/07/83 - at Norwich3
B436 51334 59500 51376 Noted circa 12/19835
B436 51334 59500 51376 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B436 51334 59500 51376 Noted circa 09/19855
B436 51334 59500 51376 Noted 30/10/19855
B436 51334 59500 51376 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
B436 51334 59500 51376 Listed at BR - Aug-87
51334 59500 51376 Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from BR
T311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T311 51334 59500 51376 Noted circa 05/19885
51334 59500 51376 Noted 16/07/88 - on 10:05 Nottingham - Derby
T311 51334 59500 51376 Noted circa 10/19885
T311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T311 51334 59500 51376 Noted 19/03/91 - in Birmingham area6
T311 51334 59500 51376 Noted 08/04/91 - at Wolverhampton6
T311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - Aug-91
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - Dec-91
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - November 1992
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - November 1993
117311 51334 59500 51376 Noted 24th January 1997
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at HA - 02/12/96
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at HA - 01/01/98

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Aaron Calder

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Old Oak Common depot

July 1967

Set number: R334

Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car suburban dmu Nos.W51334 (117/2), W59486 (176), W51376 (117/1) in BR green with small yellow warning panel at Old Oak Common shed Open Day, 07/67. Note the set number on the lower cab corner, sadly unreadable although it ends in a 4 and is likely R334. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 117 DMU at Yeovil

Unknown date

Set number: 400

Class 117 set 400 (presumably 51334 visible) at Yeovil Pen Mill, with a 119 for company. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Cardiff Central

17th August 1974

Set number: L400

A nine-car DMU formation with L400 / W51334 closest in Cardiff Central station with the 1Z67 relief to Paddington on 17 August 1974. Robert Thomas.

Class 117 DMU at Barry Island

Unknown date

Set number: C450

Set C450 heads out of Barry Island. The curved top to the headcode box indicates that the vehicles should be 51334, 59031, and 51376. Undated. Ian Francis.

Class 117 DMU at Merthyr

February 1981

Set number: C450

Class 117 DMU set C450 (51334 + 59031 + 51376) at Merthyr Tydfil sometime in February 1981. Rob Paterson.

Class 117 DMU at Worcester (Foregate Street)

Unknown date

Set number: C450

Class 117 DMU set C450 (51334 and presumably 59031 + 51376) at Worcester (Foregate Street). Date unknown - this would be between painting into blue/grey after having white/blue stripe livery and moving to Bristol in May 1982. Paul Redmond.

Class 117 DMU at Hereford

Unknown date

Set number: C450

Class 117 DMU set C450 (51334, centre car unknown, 51376) at Hereford. Date unknown - this would be between painting into blue/grey after having white/blue stripe livery and moving to Bristol in May 1982. Paul Redmond.

Class 117 DMU at Worcester Shrub Hill

15th December 1984

Set number: B436

An everyday scene at Worcester Shrub Hill from 15 December 1984 with set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376, and another set attached) entering the station with a train from Birmingham New Street which will reverse here before turning left towards Foregate Street and Hereford. In 2021 the gantry of semaphore signals is still extant but a class 37 would not be seen in the former shed while waiting for its next job, along with a fellow class member, as a banker on the Lickey incline. Peter Tandy.

Class 117 DMU at Hereford

January 1985

Set number: B436

Class 117 set B436 (presumably 51334 59500 51376) heads under Old School lane in Hereford with a train from Worcester in January 1985. John Crooks.

Class 117 DMU at Upwey Wishing Well

circa mid-1980s

Set number: B436

Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) on the rear of a nine-car suburban formation at Upwey Wishing Well looking towards Dorchester - with the train about to enter Bincombe tunnel. Date unknown, circa mid 1980s, Class 118 set B472 (presumably 51330 + 59482 + 51315) is at the far end. Mike Bunker.

Class 117 DMU at South of Yeovil

mid-1985

Set number: B436

Class 117 set B436 (51334 and presumably 59500 + 51376) is seen south of Yeovil in mid-1985. Michael Mensing.

Class 117 DMU at North Fulton

Unknown date

Set number: B436

Class 117 set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) on the North Fulton works train. Undated. Tom Clift.

Class 117 DMU at Weymouth

14th March 1987

Set number: B436

Class 117 DMU set B436 (51334 + 59500 + 51376) arriving at Weymouth on 14-3-87. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Class 117 DMU at Evershot

11th July 1987

Set number: B436

Two-car Class 117 DMU set (presumably 51334 + 51376) with a three-car on the rear (probably L401) at Evershot with the 10:10 Swindon - Weymouth service on 11 July 1987. Michael Mensing.

Class 117 DMU at Llandudno Junction

28th August 1989

Set number: T311

Class 117 Set T311 (presumably 51334 59500 51376) tails 116 set T325 with the 1710 Llandudno - Birmingham New St as they depart Llandudno Junction (at 1724) on Monday 28th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

Class 117 DMU at Stratford-upon-Avon

July 1991

Set number: T311

As the sun stayed out at Stratford-upon-Avon after T311 (51334 + 59500 + 51376) had arrived from Birmingham in July 1991 I took another shot as it stood under the GWR footbridge. Class 150 Sprinters were regularly appearing here by this time and T311 wasn't showing as allocated to Tyseley later in the year. Peter Tandy.

Class 117 DMU at Nottingham

24th August 1993

A long line of 117 and 115 vehicles at Nottingham, including 51334 - the Regional Railways DMBS. Thought to be taken on the 24th August 1993. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Longbridge

11th September 1993

Set number: 117311

Cross-City DMU Farewell, 11th September 1993: 117311 51334+59500+51376 on the 14:15 to New St at Longbridge. Kevin Dowd.

Class 117 DMU at Birmingham New Street

11th September 1993

Set number: 117311

Cross-City DMU Farewell, 11th September 1993: 117311 with 51334 leading arrives at New St on the 12:45 ex-Longbridge. Kevin Dowd.

Class 117 DMU at Culloden

8th May 1994

Set number: 117211

117211 at Culloden 08/05/94 5Z61 1545 Inverness - Perth. The set, returning from Inverness after having NRN radio equipment added at the depot, had recently had the centre car re-instated and would become 117311 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376). Roddy MacPhee.

Class 117 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

12th October 1994

Set number: 117311

51334 is at the front of set number 117 311 (presumably with 59500 + 51376) in Edinburgh Waverley station on 12.10.1994. Andy Cole.

Class 117 DMU at Turnhouse

5th April 1995

Set number: 117311

The 17:45 Fife Inner Circle service is formed of set 117311 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) when seen at Turnhouse on August 5, 1995. Hamish Stevenson.

Inside a Class 117 DMU

26th September 1997

Set number: 117311

The interior of 51334, taken onboard the 17:05 Edinburgh Waverley to Edinburgh Waverley via the Fife Circle service. We traveled on this from Inverkeithing to Waverley on the final part of the journey. Stuart Mackay.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa late 1960s

Set number: 400

Class 117 set 400 at Yetminster with Oxford on the destination blind. It has a Class 101 center car added, making it a 4-car set. The date is unknown, but probably late 1960s when it ran as 51376 + 59538 + 59486 + 51334. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 23rd August 1969

Set number: 400

The RCTS Bulmer and Welsh Border Railtour at Bulmers on April 23, 1969. Set 400 would be 51376 + 59486 + 51334, the Met-Camm centre car is possibly 59538. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: C450

Class 117 DMU set C450 (51376, centre car unknown - and presumably 51334) at Hereford (Barrs Court). Date unknown - this would be between painting into blue/grey after having white/blue stripe livery and moving to Bristol in May 1982. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: C450

Class 117 DMU set C450 (51376 and presumably 59031 + 51334) at Worcester (Foregate Street). Date unknown - this would be between painting into blue/grey after having white/blue stripe livery and moving to Bristol in May 1982. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: circa mid-1980s

Set number: B472

A nine-car suburban DMU formation with Class 118 set B472 leading (presumably 51315 + 59482 + 51330) passes through the closed Upwey Wishing Well Halt station from the Weymouth direction, date unknown. Circa mid-1980s, Class 117 set B436 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) is on the rear. Mike Bunker.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1986

Set number: B436

Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) at Severn Beach on a very wet 7th April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: 18th July 1986

Set number: B436

Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) passing Port Talbot box on the 17:20 Cardiff - Swansea, 18 July 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 20th September 1986

Set number: B436

On its way to Weymouth on 20th September 1986 class 117 set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) is seen at Westbury. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 11th July 1987

Set number: L401

Class 117 DMU set L401 (presumably 51375 + 59485 + 51333) with a 2-car on the rear thought to be B436 (51376 + 51334) seen at Evershot with a Weymouth - Swindon service on 11 July 1987. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 11th June 1989

Set number: T311

Class 117 DMU set T311 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) heads towards Coalville for the 1989 Open Day and is seen here approaching Merry Lees in Leicestershire. The date was 11th June. Andrew Walker.

DMU

Date: 28th August 1989

Set number: T325

Class 116 Set T325 (presumably 51142 59757 53060) and 117 Set T311 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) 2XXX 1710 Llandudno - Birmingham New St curve into Deganwy (at 1717) on Monday 28th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 17th November 1990

Set number: T311

Tyseley's Class 117 set T311 led by 51376, with 59500 and 51334, at Stratford upon Avon on 17/Nov/1990. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 26th April 1991

Set number: T311

Class 117 DMU T311 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) were pictured arriving at Stratford-upon-Avon with an early afternoon train from Leamington Spa on 26 April 1991. The signalling arrangements had recently been changed here with a new starting signal for platform 2 and alterations to the point locking arrangements for the exit from platform 1 meaning that trains were able to depart directly from there, under the control of the tall starter, rather having to shunt to P2. Trains were still not able to arrive directly into P2, this not being possible until later signalling changes when control was shifted to the West Midlands Signalling Centre at Saltley. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: July 1991

Set number: T311

Class 117 DMU T311 formed of 51376 + 59500 + 51334 was photographed arriving at Stratford-upon-Avon with an afternoon service from Birmingham in July 1991. Most of the infrastructure in the background has gone and there isn't an equivalent shot worth the effort in 2022. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 27th June 1992

Set number: 117311

Pressed Steel set 117 311 (51376 + 59500 + 51334) at Worksop with the 12:45 Sheffield - Lincoln on 27 June 1992. John Carter.

DMU

Date: circa 1993

Set number: 117211

Bentley Heath crossing is a few hundred yards to the north of Dorridge station and the footbridge there offers a decent viewoint in either direction. This picture shows 2 coach 117211 (presumably 51376 + 51334) crossing over the pointwork from the up main line to the down platform loop with a local train from Birmingham Moor Street to Dorridge. These still ran at regular intervals throughout the day with one per hour being extended to Stratford-upon-Avon although in August 2021 these are replaced with buses between Dorridge and Stratford because of train crew shortages. Circa 1993. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 30th August 1993

Set number: 117211

On August 30 1993, 117211 (presumably 51376 + 51334) passes Wainfleet's distant signal with the 11:18 Crewe - Skegness. Mel Holley.

DMU

Date: 11th September 1993

Set number: 117311

Cross-City DMU Farewell, 11th September 1993: 117311 (51376+59500+51334) crosses over for the return service at Longbridge after arriving on the 13:20 ex-New St. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 20th April 1996

Set number: 117311

117 311 (51376 + 59500 + 51334) at Edinburgh Waverley, 20th April 1996. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1997

Set number: 117311

117311 (51376 presumably with 59500 + 51334) at Dunfermline Townhill with the 17:05 Edinburgh Waverley - Fife Circle service. Stuart Mackay.