Vehicle 51353
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 | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/07/93 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) RAHA | |
| 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| Nov-99 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) | - but kept as standby |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 May-65 - Gangway(s) fitted
p/e 11/03/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 18/03/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | As delivered to WR - June 1960 | ||||||
| RDG311 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at RDG - Aug-60 | |||||
| RDG311 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted circa May-65 | |||||
| 51353 | 59505 | 59528 | 51395 | Noted 09/03/1968 - R.C.T.S. West London Junction Railtour | |||||
| 412 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R311, gangwayed set | |||||
| 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak2 | ||||||
| 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 04/1971 - at Solihull3 | ||||||
| 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading4 | ||||||
| 51353 | 59538 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 21/02/741 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 21/08/74 - on 1800 Basingstoke-Reading | |||||
| L412 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 01/06/1977 - Oxford Station5 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 14/10/1977 - Oxford Station5 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 12/11/1977 - Oxford Station5 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 14/01/1978 - At Oxford Station5 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station5 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 21/07/1979 - R.C.T.S. / S.E.G. Marchwood Volunteer No.2 Railtour | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 04/02/1980 - At Didcot5 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 11/07/1981 - BLS Morris Man Railtour | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 25/07/1981 - RCTS/Southern Electric Group Wilts & Somerset Railtour | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted circa 04/19826 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 08/10/1983 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Coed Bach Connection railtour with L406 (51383/59493/51341) | |||||
| 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 03/11/1983 - BR Farewell to the Lambourn Valley Railway Special 51328-59509-51313 + 51353-59505-51395 + 51320-59472-51305 | ||||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted circa 03/19856 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 20/11/19856 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 05/04/1986 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Risca Cuckoo Railtour C306+C577+L416 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 13/09/19866 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 22/12/1986 - at Paddington7 | |||||
| L416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 24/02/1987 - at Paddington - as 6 car set with L4097 | |||||
| C416 | 51353 | 59505 | 53864 | Listed at CF - Jun-87 - 53864 temporarily in place of 51395 after suffering fire damage. | |||||
| C416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
| C416 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 01/08/19876 | |||||
| T301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted circa 10/19876 | |||||
| 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from CF | ||||||
| T301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted circa 01/19886 | |||||
| T301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 13/08/88 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| T301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| T301 | 51353 | 59590 | 51395 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted circa 12/19906 | |||||
| T301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
| T301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
| T301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 15/04/92 - on 15:58 Longbridge - Lichfield TV8 | ||||||
| 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 21/05/92 - on 06:33 Leicester - Coventry8 | ||||||
| 117301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
| 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 15/08/92 - on 07:30 Nottingham - Llandudno8 | ||||||
| 117301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted circa 09/19926 | |||||
| 117301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | |||||
| 117301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | |||||
| 117301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | |||||
| 117301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at HA - November 1993 | |||||
| 117301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted circa 03/19956 | |||||
| 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Noted 18/05/95 - on 2G09 17:57 Edinburgh - Glenrothes8 | ||||||
| 117301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at HA - 02/12/96 | |||||
| 117301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at HA - 01/01/98 | |||||
| 117301 | 51353 | 59505 | 51395 | Listed at HA - 23/11/98 | |||||
| 117301 | 51353 | 51395 | Listed at HA - Nov-99 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
8: David Bellamy
Images:
21st July 1979
Set number: L416
Class 117 set L416 (W51353 + W59505 + W51395) in London Waterloo station with the RCTS/SEG Marchwood Volunteer No.2 railtour on July 21, 1979. Hamish Stevenson.
21st July 1979
Set number: L416
On 21 July 1979 the RCTS and Southern Electric Group "Marchwood Volunteer No. 2" railtour is seen at Bedenham Siding. Set L416 was formed 51353 + 59505 + 51395 all in "blue band" livery. This set, built by Pressed Steel in 1960, ended its life in Scotland in the 1990s. Jeremy Chapter.
13th September 1979
Set number: L416
The DMBS from L416 (presumably 51353) is seen freshly painted in Swindon Works on the 13th September 1979. The other vehicles on the right include 51313. Steve Davies Collection.
11th July 1981
Set number: L416
Class 117 DMU set L416 (51353 + 59505 + 51395) with the Branch Line Society Morris Man tour on 11 July 1981. The location is noted as Fisker Swindon (on the Highworth Branch) - the British Leyland, Pressed Steel Siding. Stuart Mackay Collection.
19th February 1983
Set number: L416
Class 117 DMU set L416 (51353 + 59505 + 51395) with the BLS Blue Dragon railtour alongside the Collier's Arms at Oakdale Colliery on 19 February 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
19th February 1983
Set number: L416
Class 117 DMU set L416 (51353 + 59505 + 51395) with the BLS Blue Dragon railtour at Oakdale on 19 February 1983. Alistair Ness.
19th February 1983
Set number: L416
Class 117 DMU set L416 (51353 visible) with the BLS Blue Dragon railtour at Nantyfllon near Maesteg on 19 February 1983. Alistair Ness.
19th February 1983
Set number: L416
The BLS Blue Dragon railtour Coed Ely on 19 February 1983. It is formed of Class 117 DMU set L416, presumably 51353 + 59505 + 51395. Alistair Ness.
19th February 1983
Set number: L416
The BLS Blue Dragon railtour Coed Ely on 19 February 1983. It is formed of Class 117 DMU set L416 (51353 + 59505 + 51395). Alistair Ness.
19th February 1983
Set number: L416
The BLS Blue Dragon railtour at Nantyfllon near Maesteg on 19 February 1983. It is formed of Class 117 DMU set L416 (51353 + 59505 + 51395). Alistair Ness.
August 1984
Set number: L416
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.L416 - presumably 51353 + 59505 + 51395 - in Rail Blue & Grey with all-yellow front ends leaving Paddington on a service to Reading, 08/84. Hugh Llewelyn.
5th April 1986
Set number: L416
The Risca Cuckoo railtour at Newport Dock Street, 5th April 1986. Set L416 is closest, 51353 + 59505 + 51395. Shayne Lewis.
30th May 1986
Set number: L416
Class 117 Set L416 (presumably 51353 + 59505 + 51395) on a 11XX Reading - Paddington departing Twyford on Friday 30th May 1986. Colin Brooks.
18th July 1987
Set number: L416
51353 of set L416 is seen at Cardiff having arrived with the 10:50 ex-Hereford, 18/7/87. PJ Evans.
5th September 1987
Set number: C416
Two three-car suburban DMUs with Class 117 set C416 (51353 and presumably 59505 + 51395) at the front at Swansea Loop East with the 10:56 Swansea-Pembroke Dock/Milford Haven on 5 September 1987. Note the "L" under the "C" in the set number, it had been transferred to Cardiff from Reading in May. Robert Thomas.
9th September 1987
Set number: C416
Class 117 set C416 in Cardiff Central station on September 9th, 1987. DMBS W51353 is closest, presumably with W59505 and W51395. Hamish Stevenson.
Unknown date
Set number: T301
T301 (51353) + another set on a Galerail special at Llandrindod Wells during Victorian Festival week in the 1980s. David Rowe.
Unknown date
Set number: T301
T301 (51353) + another set on a Galerail special at Llandrindod Wells during Victorian Festival week in the 1980s. David Rowe.
5th August 1992
Set number: 117301
Set 117301 (51353 + 59505 + 51395) at Birmingham New Street. 05/08/92. Nicholas Youngman.
2nd April 1994
Set number: 117301
Class 117 DMU set 117301 (presumably 51353 + 59505 + 51395) at Inverness on 02/04/94. The Haymarket based class 117 units visited Inverness TMD for NRN radio fitment. Roddy MacPhee.
29th April 1999
Set number: 117301
With the Forth Bridge in the background set 117301 with car 51353 trailing (presumably with 59505 + 51395) leaves North Queensferry on 29th April 1999. Ian Buck.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 12th November 1977
Set number: L416
Refurbished Pressed Steel Class 117 set L416 (presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353) at Newbury on November 12, 1977. It carries Hungerford on the destination blind. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 21st July 1979
Set number: L416
On 21 July 1979, the RCTS/Southern Electric Group "Marchwood Volunteer No 2" rail tour, formed of class 117 Pressed Steel suburban coaches 51395+59505+51353 is seen at the "Model Room" platform at Marchwood, Hampshire. The DMU was built in 1960. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 21st July 1979
Set number: L416
On 21 July 1979 the RCTS and Southern Electric Group "Marchwood Volunteer No. 2" railtour is seen at Bedenham Siding. Set L416 was formed 51395 + 59505 + 51353 all in "blue band" livery. This set, built by Pressed Steel in 1960, ended its life in Scotland in the 1990s. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 1st December 1979
Set number: L416
Class 117 DMU set L416 (presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353) at Reading depot on 1 December 1979. Brian Daniels.
Date: 11th July 1981
Set number: L416
Class 117 DMU set L416 (51395 + 59505 + 51353) with the Branch Line Society Morris Man tour on 11 July 1981. The location is noted as Fisker Swindon (on the Highworth Branch) - the British Leyland, Pressed Steel Siding. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 25th July 1981
Set number: L416
The RCTS and Southern Electric Group (SEG) jointly organised the "Wilts & Somerset" railtour on July 25th 1981. The three-car Paddington suburban set (L416, 51353 + 59505 + 51395) ran from Paddington to half a dozen freight lines. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: circa August 1981
Set number: L416
Class 117 DMU set L416 (W51395 and presumably W59505 and W51353) with Reading on the destination blind passes Southall depot on its approach to Southall station. DMUs on the shed includes 117s, a 119 and a 121. The slide process date is August 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 31st December 1981
Set number: L416
Class 117 set L416 led by W51395 (presumably with 59505 + 51353) arrives with a service from Slough into London Paddington on 31/12/81. John Carter.
Date: 19th February 1983
Set number: L416
The BLS Blue Dragon railtour on the Bridgend Ford Branch, 19 February 1983. It is formed of Class 117 DMU set L416, presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353. Alistair Ness.
Date: 19th February 1983
Set number: L416
The BLS Blue Dragon railtour at Coed Ely, 19 February 1983. It is formed of Class 117 DMU set L416, 51395 and presumably 59505 + 51353. Alistair Ness.
Date: 19th February 1983
Set number: L416
Class 117 DMU set L416 (51395 and presumably 59505 + 51353) with the BLS Blue Dragon railtour at Oakdale on 19 February 1983. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1984
Set number: L416
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.L416 (presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353) Rail Blue & Grey livery with all-yellow front ends nearing Paddington on a service from Reading, 08/84. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: unknown
Set number: T301
T301 (51395 and presumably 59505 + 51353) leads this formation into Llandrindod on a Galerail special in the late 1980s during the Llandrindod Wells Victorian Week. David Rowe.
Date: 17th September 1988
Set number: T420
At Nottingham on September 17th, 1988, T420 (53092 + 59607 + 59032 + 51892) and T301 (51353 + 59505 + 51395) form the 08:00 Nuneaton - Skegness service. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 17th September 1988
Set number: T301
Class 117 T301 (51395 + 59505 + 51353) at East Ville, possibly with an ECS ex-Skegness. It looks like it was taken from a Class 114 set. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 25th April 1992
Set number: 117301
Pressed Steel DMU set 117301 (51395 + 59505 + 51353) at Hereford on 25 April 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 25th April 1992
Set number: 117301
Pressed Steel DMU set 117301 (51395 + 59505 + 51353) at Hereford on 25 April 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 31st August 1992
Set number: 117301
117301 (presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353) at Derby with the 12:18 Nottingham-Crewe service on 31 August 1992. Robert Thomas.
Date: 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.
Date: 26th September 1997
Set number: 117301
117301 (presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353) on the 16:47 Edinburgh Waverley - Cowdenbeath service at Dunfermline Townhill on 26/9/97. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 29th April 1999
Set number: 117301
At Cowdenbeath 117 set 301 (presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353) is on a Fife Circle train on 29th April 1999. Ian Buck.
Date: 29th April 1999
Set number: 117301
Class 117 car 51395 leading set 117301 (presumably with 59505 + 51353) enters North Queensferry on 29th April 1999. Ian Buck.