Vehicle 51361
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
| Jul-60 | New to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-66 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| p/e 30/03/91 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX | |
| p/e 09/11/91 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
| 14/12/92 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWXX | |
| 07/06/93 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) NGBX | |
| 09/02/94 | Sector Change to | BY (Bletchley) NXXX | |
| 26/05/94 | Transferred to | PZ (Penzance) RELV | |
| Mar-97 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) SCXH | |
| Apr-99 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) |
Modifications
p/e 12/08/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 23/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery51361 was involved in the following incidents:
5/11/74 - Cropredy
Derailment involving Class 117
Info from Peter Mullen
The 6:54 Leamington Spa to Oxford derailed at Cropredy, after a length of rail had fractured under a preceding freight train. More Details.
18th December 1981 - Twyford
Collision involving Class 117
Class 117 set L423 led by 51403 on the 23:13 Henley - Twyfordran through the buffers at Twyford after a brake failure. It demolished the bufferstops at the end of the bay platform and landed partly in the station approach on top of a parked car. The scene was attended to the next day by the Old Oak Common breakdown train which rerailed the unit. 51403 would be withdrawn.
Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | As delivered to 81C - July 1960 | ||||||
| SHL314 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Listed at Southall - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 416 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R335, gangwayed set | |||||
| L416 | 51361 | 59543 | 59513 | 51403 | Noted 30/09/1973 - 51370-59522-51412 + 51341-59493-51383 + 51361-59453-59513-51403 (L466-L454-L416) BR Merrymaker excursion Oxford to Brighton | ||||
| 51361 | 59513 | 59543 | 51403 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading1 | |||||
| 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading1 | ||||||
| 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Noted 22/03/76 - in Paddington2 | ||||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Noted 05/06/1978 - Oxford Station3 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station3 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Noted 24/01/1981 - Farewell to Staines West Branch special train L403+L422+L423 | |||||
| 51361 | 59480 | 51091 | Noted circa 04/19824 | ||||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Noted 19/06/1982 - Hertfordshire Railtours Witchfinder General L423+L410+L405 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Listed at RG - circa Jan-83 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Noted 01/03/1983 - At Reading West on Bedwyn service | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Noted circa 01/19844 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Noted 23/11/1985 - at Paddington5 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 51399 | Noted circa 04/19864 | ||||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Noted 13/09/19864 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Noted 24/01/19874 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Noted 17/10/1987 - Ripple Lane Depot open day shuttle from Barking; at least one run was made coupled to DPU 53218-53230 which carried standing passengers! | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Noted circa 04/19884 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Noted 17/06/1989 - L423+L428 Oxford to Poole and return special train | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Noted circa 03/19914 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 55028 | Noted 01/04/91 - at Royal Oak, 55028 set number L1286 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51399 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX | |||||
| L723 | 51361 | 51399 | Listed at BY - November 1993 - Sector NGBX | ||||||
| 117305 | 51361 | 51368 | Listed at PZ - 02/12/96 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Gerald Brown
Images:
Unknown date
Set number: L423
51361 heads L423 through Iver, presumably with 59513. Date unknown. Robert Frise Collection.
19th June 1982
Set number: L423
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Witchfinder General' at Ipswich Lower Yard on June 19th 1982. It was formed of Class 117 sets L423 + L410 (with a Met-Camm centre car) + L405 (51361 + 59513 + 51399 / 51345 + 59549 + 51387 / 51381 + 59491 + 51340). Image by Richard Huggins. John Law Collection.
19th June 1982
Set number: L423
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Witchfinder General' at Ipswich Lower Yard on June 19th 1982. It was formed of Class 117 sets L423 + L410 (with a Met-Camm centre car) + L405 (51361 + 59513 + 51399 / 51345 + 59549 + 51387 / 51381 + 59491 + 51340). Image by Richard Huggins. John Law Collection.
19th June 1982
Set number: L423
51361 leads the Hertfordshire Railtours 'Witchfinder General' into Stratford on June 19th 1982. John Law.
19th June 1982
Set number: L423
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Witchfinder General' at Fenchurch Street on June 19th 1982. 51361 / L423 is closest. Image by Richard Huggins. John Law Collection.
1st March 1983
Set number: L423
Class 117 DMU set L423 (presumably 51361 + 59513 + 51399) at Reading West on 1-3-83. Reading depot can be seen in the distance containing many DMUs. Brian Daniels.
29th June 1985
Set number: L423
L423, Reading, 29 June 1985. W51399 leads (furthest), presumably with 59513 and 51361. Nigel Menzies.
early 1989
Set number: L423
Class 117 set L423 at Southall early in 1989 with 51361 and presumably 59513 + 51399. Stuart Mackay Collection.
18th March 1990
Set number: L423
Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU set L423 departs from Slough with 51361 on the rear of the Paddington-Reading train on 18 March 1990. Dave Warby.
Circa September 1994
Set number: L723
Set L723 is formed with two DMBSs (presumably 51361 + 51344), and it's NSE livery must have been an unusual sight in Cardiff Queen Street. Undated, circa September 1994 when the pair were loaned to Cardiff for driver training. Tom Clift.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 21st March 1979
Set number: L423
Class 117 DMU set L423 (presumably 51403 + 59513 + 51361) at Oxford with a service for Banbury on 21 March 1979. Brian Daniels.
Date: 19th June 1982
Set number: L405
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Witchfinder General' at Sizewell sidings on June 19th 1982. It was formed of Class 117 sets L405 + L410 (with a Met-Camm centre car) + L423 (51340 + 59491 + 51381 / 51387 + 59549 + 51345 / 51399 + 59513 + 51361). Image by Richard Huggins. John Law Collection.
Date: 19th June 1982
Set number: L405
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Witchfinder General' at Sizewell sidings on June 19th 1982. It was formed of Class 117 sets L405 + L410 (with a Met-Camm centre car) + L423 (51340 + 59491 + 51381 / 51387 + 59549 + 51345 / 51399 + 59513 + 51361). Image by Richard Huggins. John Law Collection.
Date: 19th June 1982
Set number: L405
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Witchfinder General' at Sizewell sidings on June 19th 1982. It was formed of Class 117 sets L405 + L410 (with a Met-Camm centre car) + L423 (51340 + 59491 + 51381 / 51387 + 59549 + 51345 / 51399 + 59513 + 51361). Image by Richard Huggins. John Law Collection.
Date: 19th June 1982
Set number: L405
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Witchfinder General' at Ipswich Lower Yard on June 19th 1982. It was formed of Class 117 sets L405 + L410 (with a Met-Camm centre car) + L423 (51340 + 59491 + 51381 / 51387 + 59549 + 51345 / 51399 + 59513 + 51361). Image by Richard Huggins. John Law Collection.
Date: 19th June 1982
Set number: L405
The Hertfordshire Railtours 'Witchfinder General' at Thames Haven Yard on June 19th 1982. It was formed of Class 117 sets L405 + L410 (with a Met-Camm centre car) + L423 (51340 + 59491 + 51381 / 51387 + 59549 + 51345 / 51399 + 59513 + 51361). John Law.
Date: 19th June 1982
Set number: L423
Taken from 59513 and looking towards 51361 leading the Hertfordshire Railtours 'Witchfinder General' at Harwich Town Quay on June 19th 1982. Image by Richard Huggins. John Law Collection.
Date: 11th February 1984
Set number: L423
Class 117 DMU set L423 (presumably 51399 + 59513 + 51361) at Bourne End on 11 February 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 29th April 1985
Set number: L423
Class 117 Set L423 (presumably 51399 + 59513 + 51361) on a Worcester Shrub Hill - Birmingham New St service arrives at Stourbridge Junction beside a Class 116 on Monday 29th April 1985. Colin Brooks.
Date: 29th June 1985
Set number: L423
L423, Reading, 29 June 1985. W51399 leads, presumably with 59513 and 51361. Nigel Menzies.
Date: 11th June 1986
Set number: L423
Class 117 DMU set L423 (51361 + 59513 + 51399) at Oxford on 11-6-86. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 17th June 1989
Set number: L423
Two Class 117 DMU sets at Poole on 17 June 1989. Closest is L423 with DMS 51399 and presumably 59513 and 51361. The destination blind displays 'Special'. David Mant.
Date: circa July 1997
Set number: 709
Class 117s at Exeter St Davids. Closest is 51344, presumably with 51386. Behind is possibly 51361, with GWR-liveried 51368 at the far end. The slide process date was July 1997. Stuart Mackay Collection.