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Vehicle 51348


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

May-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
2w/e 10/04/76 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
16/05/82 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
21/06/87 Transferred to LA (Laira)
20/01/88 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
p/e 27/04/91 Sector Change to TS (Tyseley) PXXZ
13/02/92 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PXXZ

Modifications

Jan-72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 09/08/75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 01/07/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51348 59500 51390 As delivered to Southall - May 1960
SHL307 51348 59500 51390 Listed at Southall - Aug-60
456 51348 59500 51390 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S307, non-gangwayed set
51348 59500 51390 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading1
51348 59528 59500 51390 Noted 21/08/742
L456 51348 59500 51390 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3
L456 51348 59500 51390 Noted 23/08/75 - in Birmingham New Street3
51348 59500 51390 Noted 22/03/76 - in Paddington2
C453 51348 59340 51390 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
51348 59340 51390 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff2
C453 51348 59340 51390 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C453 51348 59340 51390 Noted 02/01/1978 - Cardiff Central4
C453 51348 59340 51390 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
B439 51348 59479 51390 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B439 51348 59479 51390 Noted circa 07/19835
B439 51348 59479 51390 Noted 05/11/1983 - Hertfordshire Railtours The Glamorgan Freighter B439+L406+55020
B439 51348 59479 51390 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B439 51348 59479 51390 Noted circa 11/19855
B439 51348 59479 51390 Noted 19/02/19865
B439 51348 59479 51390 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
B439 51348 59479 51390 Noted 05/03/19875
51348 59479 51390 Noted 09/06/87
51348 59479 51390 Transfer to LA - 21/06/87 - from BR
P439 51348 59479 51390 Listed at LA - Aug-87
P439 51348 59479 51390 Noted 13/09/1987 - BLS Cornish Clayliner Railtour
P439 51348 51390 Formation change - LA - circa 10/87 - 59479 removed
TS314 51348 59478 51390 Formation change - TS - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59478 added
T314 51348 59478 51390 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
51348 59478 51390 Noted 28/05/88 - at Newcastle with charter6
T314 51348 59478 51390 Noted 13/08/88 - at Norwich3
T314 51348 59677 51390 Noted circa 12/19885
T314 51348 59677 51390 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T314 51348 59677 51390 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
51348 59677 51390 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot1
T314 51348 59677 51390 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T314 51348 59677 51390 Noted circa 12/19905
T314 51348 59677 51390 Noted 16/03/1991 - At Crewe.7

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Graeme Phillips
7: Dave Warby

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Weston-super-Mare

27th July 1983

Set number: B439

Class 117 set B439 (51348 and presumably 59479 behind) has a HST for company at Weston-super-Mare on 27 July 1983. Jerry Glover.

Class 117 DMU at Pantyffynon

5th November 1983

Set number: B439

The Glamorgan Freighter railtour seen at Pantyffynon, 51348 leading set B439 with 59479 behind. Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Gwaun-cae-Gurwen

5th November 1983

Set number: B439

The 'Glamorgan Freighter' railtour (51348 closest) at Gwaun-cae-Gurwen on 5 November 1983. Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Swansea East Depot

5th November 1983

Set number: B439

The 'Glamorgan Freighter' railtour during its stop at Swansea East Depot on 5 November 1983. It was formed of B439 (51348 / 59479 / 51390), L406 (51341 / 59493 / 51383) & L120 (55020) Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Onllwyn

5th November 1983

Set number: B439

Stopped at Onllwyn on 5 November 1983 is the 'Glamorgan Freighter' railtour (51348 / 59479 / 51390 + 51341 / 59493 / 51383 + 55020). Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Onllwyn

5th November 1983

Set number: B439

The 'Glamorgan Freighter' railtour during its stop at Onllwyn on 5 November 1983. The vehicles visible are 51348, 59479 and 51390. Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Severn Tunnel Junction

30th May 1985

Set number: B439

Class 117 DMU set B439 (51348 + 59479 + 51390) passing Severn Tunnel Junction on 30 May 1985. Keith Miller.

Class 117 DMU at Standish Jct

August 1985

Set number: B439

Bristol Bath Road allocated DMU set B439 (presumably 51348 + 59479 + 51390) is seen approaching Standish Jct off the 'Golden Valley' line from Swindon in August 1985. The mainline towards Bristol is on the right. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Tyseley

26th December 1985

Set number: B439

Class 117 DMBS 51348, set number B439, is seen stabled at Tyseley on 26.12.1985, presumably with 59479 and 51390 behind. Andy Cole.

Class 117 DMU at Stroud

25th April 1987

Set number: B439

The set number on this 117 appears to read B439, which is presumably formed 51348 + 59479 + 51390. Seen at Stroud on the 25th April 1987. 54A South Dock.

Class 117 DMU at Nanpean

13th September 1987

Set number: B439

Class 117 DMU set B439 (51348 + 59479 + 51390) at Nanpean with the Branch Line Society Cornish Clayliner railtour on 13 September 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Birmingham Snow Hill

7th April 1988

M51348 stands at the rebuilt and reopened Birmingham Snow Hill station on 7 April 1988. Keith Long.

Class 117 DMU at Newport

10th March 1989

Set number: T314

T314, presumably 51348 closest, at Newport on 10/03/89. Roddy MacPhee.

Class 117 DMU at Lichfield

9th September 1990

Set number: T314

A picture from 9 September 1990 with class 117 T314 formed of 51348 + 59677 + 51390 working on the Birmingham Cross City line but only between Lichfield City and New Street. The unit is leaving the station to cross over and run back into the Birmingham departure platform, a move necessary before the line was electrified and equipped with bi-directional signalling. For those liking the sun on the front of their trains it seems that I timed both this and the above shot wrongly! Peter Tandy.

Class 117 DMU at Lichfield

9th September 1990

Set number: T314

On Sunday 9 September 1990 inter-regional trains ran via Lichfield City on the Cross City line in the West Midlands. The usual DMUs were also running and as these terminated here a shunt between up and down platforms was required. In the picture class 117 T314 (51348 + 59677 + 51390), transferred to Tyseley from the Western region in 1988, is and passing the signal box as it entered the station from Birmingham before going out towards Alrewas for its reversal. Peter Tandy.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: C453

'C453 at Cardiff, August 1974'. However this is too early to contain a refurbished liveried set. C453 (51348 + 59340 + 51390) moved to Cardiff in April 1976 and was refurbished in July 1977. Is C453 the blue or the refurbished set in the image? Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 15th May 1979

Set number: C453

Class 117 DMU set C453 (51390 and presumably 53940 + 51348) at Treherbert after arriving from Barry Island on 15 May 1979. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 31st July 1982

Set number: B439

Set B439 approaches Freshford station on July 31, 1982, presumably 51390 + 59479 + 51348. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 31st July 1982

Set number: B439

Set B439 enters Freshford station on July 31, 1982, presumably 51390 + 59479 + 51348. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 21st August 1982

Set number: B439

Class 117/118 set B439 (DMS W51390 + class 118 TC W59479 + DMBS W51348) at Weymouth waiting to work its service to Bristol, Saturday 21st August 1982 Iain Reid.

DMU

Date: 5th November 1983

Set number: B439

A busy scene at Gwaun-cae-Gurwen as the participants of the 'Glamorgan Frieghter' railtour get their photographs during a stop. The tour ran from Paddington on 5 November 1983, the centre car is 59479 and the DMBS is 51348. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 5th November 1983

Set number: B439

The 'Glamorgan Freighter' railtour at Onllwyn on 5 November 1983. The visible vehicles from left to right are 51341, 51390, 59479 and 51348. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 30th May 1985

Set number: B439

Class 117 DMU set B439 (51390 + 59479 + 51348) passing Severn Tunnel Junction depot on 30 May 1985. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 28th August 1985

Set number: B439

Class 117 DMU set B439 (presumably DMS 51390 + TCL 59749 + DMBS 51348) set arriving at Didcot on 28 August 1985. A bubble can just be seen on the left in the loop, thought to be W55031. Nicholas T Smith.

DMU

Date: April 1987

Set number: B439

Class 117 set B439 (presumably 51390 + 59479 + 51348) at Abergevenny in April 1987. Mike Cooper.

DMU

Date: 17th January 1988

Set number: B439

Class 117 power cars 51390 and 51348 stabled on Laira depot on 17 January 1988. They were transferred to Tyselely a few days later. Behind is Class 121 sandite TDB977486. Keith Miller.