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Vehicle 51338

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

Mar-60	New to	81D (Reading)
May 1973	Depot code change	RG
28/02/76	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
16/05/82	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
04/10/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
11/12/92	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley) RFXX

Modifications

p/e 22/05/71 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 14/04/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51338	59490	51380	As delivered to Reading - March 1960
RDG305	51338	59490	51379	Listed at Reading - circa Dec-60
403	51338	59490	51380	Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R305, gangwayed set
	51338	59490	51380	Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington¹
	51338	59490	51380	Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading²
	51338	59490	51380	Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading²
L403	51338	59490	51380	Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak³
C451	51338	59371	51380	Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C451	51338	59371	51380	Noted 07/08/1976 - on 11:50 Merthyr to Cardiff with C302⁴
	51338	59371	51380	Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff¹
C451	51338	59371	51380	Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C451	51338	59371	51380	Noted 02/01/1978 - Cardiff Central⁵
C451	51338	59371	51380	Noted 06/09/79 - on 10.48 Barry Island - Treherbert service
C451	51338	59371	51380	Listed at CF - 03/03/80
B437	51338	59504	51380	Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B437	51338	59504	51380	Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B437	51338	59504	51380	Noted circa 11/1985⁶
B437	51338	59504	51380	Noted 15/03/1986⁶
B437	51338	59504	51380	Noted 08/05/1986⁶
B437	51338	59504	51380	Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
B437	51338	59504	51380	Noted 01/05/87 - on 09:05 Cardiff Central to Weston Super Mare
B437	51338	59504	51380	Noted 05/05/87 - at Newport Down Platform 2 at 14:35
B437	51338	59504	51380	Listed at BR - Aug-87
	51338	59504	51380	Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from BR
T312	51338	59504	51380	Noted circa 01/1988⁶
T312	51338	59504	51380	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
	51338	59504	51380	Noted 30/07/88 - at Norwich³
	51338	59344	53132	Noted circa 10/1988 - 51338 marked T312, 53132 marked T406⁶
T312	51338	59504	51380	Noted circa 12/1988⁶
T312	51338	59504	51380	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T312	51338	59504	51380	Noted 22/10/1989 - The Institution of Mining Engineers South Midland Railtour T222+T303+T312
T312	51338	59504	51380	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
	51338	59504	51380	Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot²
T312	51338	59504	51380	Listed at TS - mid May-90
T312	51338	59504	51380	Noted circa 12/1990⁶
T312	51338	59504	51380	Noted circa 03/1991⁶
T312	51338	59504	51380	Listed at TS - Jul-91
T312	51338	59504	51380	Listed at TS - Aug-91
T312	51338	59504	51380	Listed at TS - Dec-91
	51338	59504	51380	Noted 15/04/92 - on 10:23 Redditch - Lichfield TV⁷
T312	51338	59504	51380	Listed at TS - 02/07/92
117312	51338	59504	51380	Listed at TS - 24/09/92
117312	51338	59504	51380	Listed at TS - November 1992

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: David Bellamy

Images:

6th August 1979

Set number: C451

The 10.48 Barry Island - Treherbert service arrives at Cardiff on 6th August 1979 formed of set C451 (W51338 + W59371 + W51380). Gerard Fletcher.

circa 1981

Set number: C451

C451 was formed of vehicles 51338, 59371 and 51380 and is seen here arriving at Barry station in the very early 1980s. Curly42.

1982

Set number: C451

A Class 117 set arrives into Taffs Well station in early 1982. The DMBS is W51338, so it is presumably set C451 with 59371 + 51380 which would be transferred to Bristol in mid-May for the start of the summer timetable. Michael Mensing.

10th August 1982

Set number: B437

Class 117 DMU set B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) in Bath station on 10 August 1982. Tony Watson.

June 1984

Set number: B437

DMBS 51338 heads set B437 (presumably with 59504 + 51380) at Cheltenham in June 1984. A Class 25 loco can be seen in the background. Graeme Phillips Collection.

1985

Set number: B437

Class 117 set B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) at Hereford in 1985. John Law.

29th March 1986

Set number: B437

A Bristol Class 117 DMU, set B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380), heads past Pontrilas Signal Boxes Up Outer Home signal, with a northbound passenger service on 29th March 1986. John Crooks.

9th May 1986

Set number: B437

A Worcester Shrub Hill to Hereford service operated by a class 117 dmu (B437, presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) has just passed Henwick on the outskirts of Worcester on 9/5/1986. Stephen Burdett.

July 1986

Set number: B437

Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) approaching Haresfield on a Gloucester - Weston-super-Mare service in July 1986. Hugh Llewelyn.

Unknown date

Set number: T312

Class 117 set T312 seen in Derby station with DMBS 51338 closest, presumably with 59504 + 51380. Undated. Ian Francis.

9th March 1991

Set number: T312

Pressed Steel Class 117 DMBS 51338 of set TS312 speeds towards Colwall at Malvern Wells on 9 March 1991. Dave Warby.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 2nd May 1979

Set number: C451

South Wales valleys line bashing - Maytime and it's snowing quite heavily! This is set C451 (presumably 51380 + 59371 + 51338) at Rhymney on 2 May 1979. This pic was taken less than an hour after I had been at Coryton in 70 degree heat. Alistair Ness.

Date: 12th April 1980

Set number: C451

Refurbished Class 117 DMU set C451 (51380 and presumably 59371 + 51338) drops off its passengers at Penarth with the 14:26 from Cardiff Central on 12 April 1980. Robert Thomas.

Date: 7th October 1983

Set number: B437

B437 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) in Kemble station on October 7, 1983, with the 12:45 Cheltenham Spa - Swindon service. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 31st October 1983

Set number: B437

Swindon works on 31st October 1983 with Class 117 51380 + 59504 + 51338 on a stopping service from Bristol, 56 049 heading a block oil train and withdrawn Southern Region 2-HAP 6123 for disposal. Gordon Edgar.

Date: 26th August 1987

Set number: B437

B437 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) passes Didcot on 26th August 1987. Ian McDonald.

Date: 19th June 1988

Set number: T312

Class 117 T312 Class 117 DMU T312 (51338 + 59504 + 51380) was working a Birmingham Moor Street to Stratford-upon-Avon service on 19 June 1988 when I photographed it shortly after leaving Wilmcote station. This set wasn't at Tyseley for much longer after this date because class 150 Sprinters were beginning to appear in the West Midlands and "proper" DMUs were starting to be transferred elsewhere for their final year or two. Peter Tandy.

Date: 28th January 1989

Set number: T312

A recent exile at the time from the West Midlands caused by the arrival of newer class 156 Sprinter DMU's (hence no destination blind) is ex Tyseley set T312 comprising vehicles 51380+59504+51338. The train is seen passing Abercynon South station on January 28, 1989 while working the 12.00 Cardiff Central to Aberdare. It will shortly call at Abercynon North station which opened on 03.10.1988 and was built when the Aberdare branch was reopened to passenger traffic. Adrian Nicholls.

Date: 23rd May 1989

Set number: T312

A three-car suburban DMU (Class 117 set T312, presumably 51380+59504+51338) speeds through Attenborough en route to Nottingham on Tuesday 23rd May 1989. Andrew Walker.

Date: 18th May 1990

Set number: T312

T312 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) enters Worcester on the 18th May 1990 working a Hereford service. Mike Cooper.

Date: 18th May 1990

Set number: T312

T312 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) departing from Worcester on the 18th May 1990 with a Hereford service. Mike Cooper.

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