Vehicle 51362
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 | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 03/10/82 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| p/e 30/03/91 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX | |
| 02/07/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
| 07/07/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
Modifications
p/e 09/06/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 28/03/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | As delivered to 81D - July 1960 | ||||||
| RDG316 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at Reading - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 417 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R316, gangwayed set | |||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington2 | ||||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2 | ||||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area3 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 01/06/1977 - Oxford Station3 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station3 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 28/08/1979 - At Cholsey3 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 08/05/81 - on 16.59 Paddington – Reading4 | ||||||
| B424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 10/09/82 - at Clink Road | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 04/03/19865 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 05/04/19865 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Old Oak Common6 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 12/07/1986 - Hertfordshire Railtours and Southern Electric Group The Fen Tiger L412+L424 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 13/09/1986 - at Old Oak Common6 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 24/01/19875 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 07/02/1987 - at Paddington6 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 23/05/87 - at Norwich strengthening 53885 + 59625 + 59643 + 51892 (TS823) on a Birmingham N St - Norwich service7 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| 424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted circa 09/19875 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 03/08/89 - on 13:00 Paddington - Reading8 | ||||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 55029 | Noted 09/11/91 - 19:15 Paddington - Reading | |||||
| L724 | 51362 | 51404 | Listed at OO - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | ||||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at OO - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Gerald Brown
8: Martin Baumann
Images:
Unknown date
Set number: L424
Class 117 DMU set L424 (W51362 and presumably 59514 + 51404) at London Paddington, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
9th January 1982
Set number: L424
Class 117 DMU set L424 departs from Reading station with the 11:08 service to Bedwyn on 9 January 1982. Stuart Mackay Collection.
11th August 1984
Set number: L424
Class 117 dmus were the backbone of local services out of London Paddington for many years following construction by Pressed Steel in Linwood, Scotland in 1959-61. This three-coach train (presumably 51362 and presumably 59514 + 51404) is passing the prefabricated delight of Slough signal box on August 11, 1984. Jeremy Chapter.
12th December 1985
Set number: L424
Class 117 DMU sets L424 (presumably 51362 closest) and L412 seen in Oxford station on 12 December 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa 1987
Set number: 424
Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU set 424 (51362 and presumably + 59514 + 51404) approaching Southall station circa 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
19th September 1989
Set number: L424
At Acton on 19 September 1989 class 117 L424 (51362 + 59514 + 51404) passes with a Paddington to Reading local service. This wasn't the nicest place to stand with 4 very busy lanes of traffic behind the camera and probably isn't somewhere I'd go in 2023 given the OHLE catenary and less than riveting traction using the lines. Peter Tandy.
22nd May 1992
Set number: L724
NSE Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU Set L724 51362 + 51404 behind Class 119 set L588 (51079 + 59437 + 51107) depart Slough station on a Paddington to Maidenhead service, 22 May 1992. Neil Smith.
17th May 1993
Set number: L724
Class 117 set No. L724 (51362 and 51404) stands at Waterloo working route learning duties on 17 May 1993. Brian Creasey.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 16th July 1976
Set number: L424
Class 117 DMU set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) seen at the Cholsey and Moulsford stop of a Paddington service, likely from Oxford, on 16 July 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 28th April 1982
Set number: L424
Class 117 DMU set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) with an Oxford service at Heyford on 28-4-82. Brian Daniels.
Date: 10th September 1982
Set number: B424
Class 117 set B424 (51404 + 59514 + 51362) passes HST set 253 007 at Clink Road, 10/9/82. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 14th April 1985
Set number: L424
Six-car Class 117 at Twyford West on 14 April 1985. W51404 (presumably with 59514 + 51362) leads a brace of class 117 DMUs across from the relief lines to the down main with the 10.42 Paddington - Oxford. Robert28194.
Date: 1986
Set number: L424
Class 117 set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) departing from London Paddington in 1986. Walter Burt.
Date: 12th July 1986
Set number: L425
Wisbech on the 12th of July 1986. Class 117 DMU sets L424 (51404 + 59514 + 51362) and L412 (presumably 51347 + 59499 + 51389) are on the Fen Tiger Railtour run jointly by Hertfordshire Railtours and the South Electric Group. The tour set out from Reading and travelled via Victoria, Kensington, the North London Line, Stratford, Finsbury Park and Peterborough. It went on to Kings Lynn and then back via Cambridge, Stratford, the North London line and Victoria. The KDH Archive.
Date: 12th July 1986
Set number: L424
The Fen Tiger railtour seen at South Lynn, 12/7/86, L424 51404 + 59514 + 51362 closest. Chris Lings.
Date: 12th July 1986
Set number: L412
Class 117 DMU sets L412 (51389 + 59499 + 51347) and L424 (51362 + 59514 + 51404) approaching Whitemoor, heading for Wisbech with 1Z25 `Fen Tiger` charter from Reading to London Victoria (via Wisbech, Kings Lynn Dock, and Middleton Towers) on 12 July 1986. Phil Bevan.
Date: 12th July 1986
Set number: L424
Class 117 DMU sets L424 (51404 + 59514 + 51362) & L412 are seen on the quayside in Kings Lynn Bentinck Dock on July 12, 1986. They were working the Hertfordshire Railtours 'Fen Tiger' railtour. It visited such delights as Wisbech, Middleton Towers, South Lynn Sidings, the Grain Terminal on the Kings Lynn Harbour branch and of course Kings Lynn Docks as seen here. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 6th August 1989
Set number: L424
Network Southeast Class 117 set No. L424 (51404, 59514 and 51362) stands at Gospel Oak working the 12:19 service to Barking. Brian Creasey.
Date: 4th October 1990
Set number: L424
Class 117 set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) is working with a two-car Class 101 set when seen at Paddington on the 4th October 1990. Rex Holt.
Date: 9th November 1991
Set number: L129
55029 as a 117 power car stand-in, working with 59514 + 51362 (L424). Seen after arriving at Reading on the 19:15 from Paddington, 9/11/91. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 22nd May 1992
Set number: L588
NSE GRCW Class 119 DMU Set L588 51107 + 59437 + 51079 departs Slough with Class 117 set L724 51362 + 51404 on the rear with a Paddington to Maidenhead service on 22 May 1992 Neil Smith.
Date: 24th October 1998
Set number: L724
Class 117 set L724 (51404 & 51362) arrive at Blackhorse Road on 24th October 1998. Ian Buck.