Vehicle 51350
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
| Jun-60 | New to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 04/08/92 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) NGBX | |
| Sep-99 | Withdrawn from | BY (Bletchley) |
Notes
26/08/75 - 50812, 51350, 56482, 79100 noted in Swindon Works
Modifications
4w/e 06/05/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 26/08/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery51350 was involved in the following incident:
18th May 1973 - Reading, WR
Collision involving Class 117
Info from Railway Observer p244 July 1973
W51350, part of set RGD458, was badly damaged in a collision at Reading.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | As delivered to Southall - June 1960 | ||||||
| SHL309 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Listed at Southall - Aug-60 | |||||
| 458 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S309, non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak2 | ||||||
| 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak2 | ||||||
| 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington3 | ||||||
| 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak2 | ||||||
| 51350 | Noted 02/07/1973 - at Swindon Works3 | ||||||||
| 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading3 | ||||||
| L458 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 11/09/76 - in London Paddington1 | ||||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| 51350 | 59543 | 51392 | Noted 10/05/781 | ||||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 19/01/1980 - At London Paddington4 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 29/01/1980 - At Didcot Station4 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted circa 04/19825 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted circa 03/19855 | |||||
| 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | 54280 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 03/04/19865 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 25/10/86 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Cynheidre Curler Railtour L402+L414 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 01/08/19875 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted circa 04/19885 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 16/08/88 - on 09:50 Slough - Paddington stopper | |||||
| 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Noted 26/02/89 - on a Reading to London Paddington service | ||||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L414 | 51350 | 59502 | 51392 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||
| L701 | 51350 | 51392 | Listed at BY - 12/08/92 | ||||||
| L701 | 51350 | 51392 | Listed at BY - November 1992 - Sector NGBX | ||||||
| L701 | 51350 | 51392 | Listed at BY - November 1993 - Sector NGBX | ||||||
| L701 | 51350 | 51392 | Listed at BY - Jul-94 | ||||||
| 117701 | 51350 | 51392 | Listed at BY - 02/12/96 | ||||||
| 117701 | 51350 | 51392 | Listed at BY - 01/01/98 | ||||||
| 51350 | 51392 | Noted 16/04/99 - on 2N21 15:30 Bletchley - Bedford6 | |||||||
| 51350 | 51392 | Noted 21/09/99 - on 2N00 06:40 Bedford - Bletchley6 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: David Bellamy
Images:
1972
Set number: L458
Class 117 set formation L458 with vehicle W51350 in front (and presumably with W59502 and W51392) is seen at Oxford in 1972. Graeme Phillips Collection.
10th May 1975
Set number: L458
Class 117 set no. L458 formed W51350, W59502 and W51392 leaving Paddington on 10th May 1975. Robert Chilton.
17th December 1975
Set number: L458
At 09:25 on Wednesday 17 December 1975 Pressed Steel 3-car suburban dmu set L458 (Nos W51350, W59502 and W51392) is seen at Bourne End on [2A73] the 09:29 through train to Paddington (train details provided by M Stoolman). Mr Deltic.
14th August 1981
Set number: L414
Class 117 DMU set L414 (presumably 51350 + 59502 + 51392) at Bletchingdon on 14 August 1981. Brian Daniels.
late 1980s
Set number: L414
Class 117 set L414 (presumably 51350 + 59502 + 51392) is seen heading westbound towards Slough station, complete with Network SouthEast decal on the cab front. Late 1980s. Graeme Phillips Collection.
January 1990
Set number: L414
A pair of 3 car units with L414 (presumably 51350 + 59502 + 51392) leading departs eastbound from Reading in January 1990. John McIntyre.
Unknown date
Set number: L414
L414 (presumably 51350 + 59502 + 51392) is seen near Yeovil Pen Mill. Undated. Tom Clift.
22nd May 1992
Set number: L414
NSE Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU Set L414 51350 + 59502 + 51392 enters Slough station with a service to Paddington on 22 May 1992. Neil Smith.
1994
Set number: L701
L701 (51350 + 51392) at Willesden Junction, having just arrived on a service from Clapham Junction, circa late 1994. This route was electrified a short time later. Sparegang.
16th September 1994
Set number: L701
51350 and 51392, Clapham Junction 16/9/94. Sparegang.
31st March 1995
Undergoing its last works attention at Doncaster on 31st March 1995 is class 117 car 51350. Ian Buck.
27th August 1998
Set number: 117701
Arriving at Crouch Hill is class 117 51350 + 51392 of set 117701 on 27th August 1998. Ian Buck.
12th March 1999
Set number: 117701
On the long viaduct section of the Gospel Oak - Barking line cars 51350 + 51392 (set 117701) approaches Leytonstone High Road on 12th March 1999. Ian Buck.
16th April 1999
Set number: 117701
On the rear of a Bedford bound train class 117 car 51350 + 51392 of set 117701 leaves Ridgmont on 16th April 1999. Ian Buck.
14th August 1999
Set number: 117701
Class 117 DMU set 117701 (51350 and presumably 51392) at Harringay Green Lanes station on 14 August 1999. Sparegang.
6th June 2009
Set number: 117701
51350 seen in CF Booths scrapyard (Rotherham) on the 6th June 2009. Andrew J Crowther.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 9th May 1964
Passing Pressed Steel units just south of Appleford Halt on May 9, 1964. On the left 59502 and 51350 are part of the 7.28pm Oxford - Reading service, on the right a six-car formation works the 6.58pm Reading-Oxford. Michael Mensing.
Date: 20th December 1979
Set number: L414
Class 117 DMU set L414 (presumably 51392 + 59502 + 51350) at Didcot on 20 December 1979. Brian Daniels.
Date: 20th December 1979
Set number: L414
This is thought to be Class 117 set L414 (51350 + 59502 + 51392), seen in Didcot station at 20:50 on 20 December 1979. Brian Daniels.
Date: 14th August 1981
Set number: L414
Class 117 DMU set L414 (presumably 51392 + 59502 + 51350) at Bletchingdon on 14 August 1981. Brian Daniels.
Date: January 1983
Set number: L414
A mixed DMU formation seen near Iver in January 1983. Closest is Class 117 set L414 (presumably 51392 + 59502 + 51350) with a Class 128 and Class 121 attached on the rear. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 5th June 1988
Set number: L414
Class 117 set L414 (presumably 51350 + 59502 + 51392) at Didcot on June 5, 1988. John Carter.
Date: 1989
Set number: L414
Class 117 set L414 (W51392 and presumably 59502 + 51350) leaving Radley and heading to Oxford in 1989. Walter Burt.
Date: May 1991
Set number: L414
Class 117 DMU set L414 (51392 + 59502 + 51350) at Paddington station with a service to Reading in May 1991. Neil Smith.
Date: 4th October 1991
Set number: L414
Reading allocated 3 Car Class 117 DMU set L414, formed of 51392+59502+51350 runs along the down relief as it passes Ruscombe whilst forming the 1145 Paddington - Reading service .... Next stop Twyford ... 4th October 1991. Nigel Mack.
Date: 22nd October 1997
Set number: 117701
Class 117 set 117701 (51392+51350) at Bedford awaiting departure as the 14.40 to Bletchley on 22 October 1997. A Class 319 unit approaches the station in the background. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 26th January 1999
Set number: 117701
Near Walthamstow Queens Road class 117 set 117701 heads for Barking with car 51392 leading 51350 on 26th January 1999. Ian Buck.
Date: 16th April 1999
Set number: 117701
With 51392 leading 51350 class 117 set 117701 calls at Ridgmont on 16th April 1999. Ian Buck.
Date: May 1999
Set number: 117701
In May 1999 class 117 set 117701 (51392 + 51350) stands spare at Watford Junction. It had worked the St Albans branch the day before because of an emu shortage but I found out too late. Ian Buck.
Date: 14th August 1999
Set number: 117701
51392 + 51350 at Gospel Oak on 14/8/99. Sparegang.
Date: 14th August 1999
Set number: 117701
Pressed Steel two-car DMU set 117701 (51392 + 51350) in Gospel Oak station on 14 August 1999. Sparegang.
Date: 31st August 1999
Set number: 117701
Class 117 car 51392 is on the rear of a Barking train with 51350 at Harringey Green lanes on 31st August 1999. Ian Buck.