Vehicle 51339
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
| Apr-60 | New to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 2w/e 10/04/76 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/07/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 06/04/94 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) RAHV | |
| Nov-99 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) HAXX | |
| Nov-99 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) | - but kept as standby |
| Mar-00 | Sector Change to | HQ (Headquarters) SAXH |
Modifications
circa Nov-72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 07/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| SHL302 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at - Aug-60 - perhaps SHL303? | |||||
| 453 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S302, non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| L453 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Noted 31/01/76 - on 2A70 1118 Paddington-Didcot with L413 | |||||
| C452 | 51339 | 59446 | 51382 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C452 | 51339 | 59446 | 51382 | Noted 07/08/1976 - On 13:28 Cardiff Central to Rhymney with set C3002 | |||||
| C452 | 51339 | 59446 | 51382 | Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central3 | |||||
| C452 | 51339 | 59446 | 51382 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C452 | 51339 | 59446 | 51382 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| B438 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at BR - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| B438 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Noted 03/02/83 - on 2M73 1845 Cardiff-Birmingham New Street | |||||
| B438 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Noted circa 10/19834 | |||||
| B438 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B438 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Noted 13/03/19864 | |||||
| B438 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| B438 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at West Drayton5 | |||||
| 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Transfer to TS - 06/07/87 - from BR | ||||||
| T313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Noted 09/07/88 - at Norwich6 | |||||
| T313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot7 | ||||||
| T313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Noted circa 09/19904 | |||||
| T313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
| T313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
| 51339 | 59492 | 51144 | Noted circa 09/19914 | ||||||
| 117313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| 117313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
| 117313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Noted circa 09/19924 | |||||
| 117313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | |||||
| 117313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | |||||
| 117313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | |||||
| 117313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Noted 19/06/93 - at Norwich6 | |||||
| 117213 | 51339 | 51382 | Noted circa 08/19934 | ||||||
| 117313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at TS - November 1993 | |||||
| 117313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at HA - 02/12/96 | |||||
| 117313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at HA - 01/01/98 | |||||
| 117313 | 51339 | 59492 | 51382 | Listed at HA - 23/11/98 | |||||
| 117313 | 51339 | 51382 | Listed at HA - Nov-99 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Gerald Brown
7: Jeremy Goodyear
Images:
circa 1977
Set number: C452
Class 117 DMU set C452 (W51339 and presumably 59446 (a 116) + 51382) into Cardiff Central circa 1977 with a refurbished DMU on the rear, probably a Class 116. The image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.
2nd May 1979
Set number: C452
Refurbished Class 117/116/117 DMU set C452 (W51339 + 59446 + 51382) at Treherbert on 2 May 1979. Alistair Ness.
circa mid-1980s
Set number: B438
A Class 117 DMU at Llanwern (Newport). It looks like it could be set B438 and so presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382. Noted as taken in 1984, the slide process date was April 1986 - so circa mid-1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
2nd August 1986
Set number: B438
Class 117 DMU set B438 (51339 and presumably 59492 + 51382) leads the 12:56 SO Weymouth-Bristol Temple Meads service into Salisbury on 2 August 1986. Robert Thomas.
13th June 1987
Set number: B438
Class 117 DMU set No. B438 (Nos. 51339, 59492 and 51382) arrives at Gloucester working the 14:13 service to Taunton on 13 June 1987. Brian Creasey.
5th September 1988
Set number: T313
87010 heads a southbound passenger service on the Up Fast past a Class 117 DMU, set T313 presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382, heading in the opposite direction at Norton Bridge station. 5th September 1988. John Crooks.
5th September 1990
Set number: T313
Right to left: 51339, 156 440 and 55033 at Stourbidge Junction on September 5, 1990. John Carter.
1994
Set number: 117213
Haymarket depot DMU sidings in 1994. There are three Pressed Steel sets (including 117213 - presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382 - and 117301 - presumably 51353 + 59505 + 51395) all idling. There are at least two Regional Railways liveried Met-Camm centre cars to their right - probably left behind from the three-car sets that moved to Corkerhill as two-cars. To their right are Strathclyde liveried 107s. S Saunders.
25th April 1994
Set number: 117213
In the fading light of the 25th April 1994, 117213 (51339 + 59492 + 51382) are seen leaving Haymarket station with the 17:03 Edinburgh - Thornton. Hamish Stevenson.
12th August 1994
Set number: 117313
117 313 (presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382) in Edinburgh Waverley on 12/8/94. John Reddyhoff.
10th February 1999
Set number: 117313
Guard's compartment in Driving Motor Brake Second car 51339 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.
10th February 1999
Set number: 117313
Gangway connection between Driving Motor Brake Second 51339 and Trailer Lavatory Composite 59492 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.
10th February 1999
Set number: 117313
Interior view of Driving Motor Brake Second car 51339 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.
10th February 1999
Set number: 117313
Driving cab of Driving Motor Brake Second car 51339 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.
10th February 1999
Set number: 117313
Class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 inside the repair shed at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, prior to working an evening rush-hour Fife Circle service on 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.
12th June 1999
Set number: 117313
Unit 117 313 shunting in the DMU sidings at Haymarket on 12/6/99. Another couple of these units are visible in the backgound. Within five months these units, Haymarket's last first generation DMU's, would be withdrawn. In the following decade, a large new servicing building for Sprinters would be built on the site of the sidings. Leonard Rogers.
circa November 1999
Set number: 117313
Class 117 DMU set 117313 - reduced to a two-car (presumably 51339 + 51382) in platform 17 of Edinburgh Waverley, no doubt on a Fife Circle service, circa November 1999. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd May 1979
Set number: C452
Refurbished Class 117/116/117 DMU set C452 (W51382 + 59446 + 51339) at Treherbert on 2 May 1979. Alistair Ness.
Date: unknown
Set number: C452
Class 117 DMU set C452 (51382 and presumably 59446 + 51339) at Cardiff Central. 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.
Date: 18th July 1983
Set number: B438
Class 117 DMU set B438 (51382 and presumably 59492 + 51339) approaching Highbridge with the 14:10 Bristol - Taunton service on 18 July 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 14th October 1983
Set number: B438
Class 117 DMU set B438 (51382 and presumably 59492 + 51339) approaches Monument Lane at 12:09 with the 10:28 Hereford-Birmingham New Street service on Friday 14 October 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 6th June 1984
Set number: B438
Class 117 DMU set B438 (51382 and presumably 59492 + 51339) leaving Frome with the 11:05 Weymouth - Westbury working on 6 June 1984. Michael Mensing.
Date: 20th July 1984
Set number: B438
B438 (presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382) and C803 with the 14:05 Canton depot - Swansea ECS on Porthkerry Bank, 20 July 1984. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 23rd June 1985
Set number: B438
Class 117 DMU, set B438 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) approaches Wellington AHB with a down service. At this time there was a Shrewsbury-Cardiff service that ran in the early afternoon that was a DMU, and this is most probably that train. 23rd June 1985. John Crooks.
Date: mid-1985
Set number: B438
Class 117 DMU set B438 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) arrives into Frome station in mid-1985. Michael Mensing.
Date: 25th January 1986
Set number: B438
With the winter light casting long shadows Class 117 DMU set B438 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) arrives into Bristol Temple Meads on 25 January 1986. The caption written on the slide noted is as a service from Salisbury, yet the direction suggests otherwise, and Westbury is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 28th May 1986
Set number: B438
A well filled Class 117 3-Car DMU with 51382 trailing and presumably with 59492 + 51339, departs from Starcross with the 17.20 Exeter St Davids to Paignton stopping service on May 28th 1986. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: August 1986
Set number: B438
Class 117 DMU set B438 - 51382 + 59492 + 51339 - plus another unit, in platform 1 at Weymouth in August 1986. Rob Paterson.
Date: 10th August 1986
Set number: B464
The 15:25 Weymouth - Taunton service is a nine-car formation with Class 118 B464 (W51321 + W59473 + W51306) at the front followed by Class 117s W51370 + W59522 + W51412 / W51339 + W59492 + W51382. Seen at Yeovil PM on August 10th, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: July 1988
Set number: T313
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.T313 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) in Birmingham New Street with another set in July 1988. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 30th August 1989
Set number: T313
Class 117 Set T313 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) and Set T342 with a Llandudno - Birmingham New Steet aervice arrived at Prestatyn (at 15XX) on Wednesday 30th August 1989. Colin Brooks.
Date: 6th September 1990
Set number: T313
Class 117 set T313 (51382 closest, presumably with 59492 + 51339) at Redditch on September 6, 1990. John Carter.
Date: 4th June 1992
Class 121 55033 in Nuneaton station on 4 June 1992. It's attached to another set with 51339 visible. Keith Miller.
Date: circa 1993
Set number: 117313
Another class 117, this one formed of 3 coaches (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339), is pictured here climbing from the Birmingham Snow Hill LIne towards St Andrews Junction and Birmingham New Street. The train is running ECS from Tyseley depot to New Street where, according to the destination panel, it would make the long run to Skegness. Circa 1993. Peter Tandy.
Date: circa early 1990s
Set number: 117313
Pressed Steel DMU set 117313 (51382 + 59492 + 51339) departs from Five Ways station with a Lichfield City service, date unknown - circa early 1990s. Glyn Weigh.
Date: 22nd January 1994
Set number: 117213
This is the 10.12 from Stratford-upon-Avon to Leamington Spa at Hatton on 22 January 1994 formed of 2 car 117213 (51382 + 51339). First generation DMUs were very thin on the ground by this time around here so well worth recording. Peter Tandy.
Date: 8th February 1994
Set number: 117213
The roadbridge at Cape Road, Warwick was a good shot for southbound (up) trains in the morning. I stopped here on 8 February 1994 despite it being a cold and misty morning for a shot of 117213 (51382 + 51339) working the 10.12 Stratford-upon-Avon to Leamington Spa train as it slowed for Warwick station. The change of gradient behind the train is obvious in this image and marks the start of the 1/110 climb to Hatton. In steam days a banker or two would have been ready for work in a bay at Warwick station to give northbound freights a shove to Hatton station where they would drop off, cross onto the up line and return southwards. Peter Tandy.
Date: 8th May 1994
Set number: 117213
117213 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) heading north at Moy on 08/05/94 5Z60 1125 Perth - Inverness for NRN fitment at Inverness TMD. Roddy MacPhee.
Date: June 1994
Set number: 117313
A pair of three-car Class 117 DMUs in Regional Railways livery stands in the bay at the north end of Edinburgh Waverley station in June 1994. Closest is set 117313 presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339. Andrew Walker.
Date: 17th July 1996
Set number: 117313
Leaving Edinburgh Waverley with car 51382 leading is set 117 313 (presumably with 59492 + 51339) on 17th July 1996. Ian Buck.
Date: 10th February 1999
Set number: 117313
Gangway connection between Trailer Lavatory Composite 59492 and Driving Motor Brake Second 51339 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.
Date: 10th February 1999
Set number: 117313
Class 117 3-car suburban DMUs Nos. 117313 (51382 + 59492 + 51339) and 117306 (51411) stand outside the shunters' bothy at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, prior to working evening rush-hour Fife Circle services on 10th February, 1999. 117306 has arrived from the east end of the repair shed which can be see in the right background. Michael Laing.