Vehicle 51370
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
| Sep-60 | New to | 81D (Reading) | |
| Jul-66 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 3w/e 15/11/80 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 20/07/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/07/93 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) RELA | |
| 04/10/93 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) RDTS | |
| 17/01/94 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 21/01/94 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
Modifications
p/e 28/10/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 19/10/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | As delivered to Reading - September 1960 | ||||||
| RDG320 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at Reading - circa Dec-60 | |||||
| 51370 | 59522 | 51413 | Noted July 1967 | ||||||
| 466 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S324, non-gangwayed set | |||||
| L466 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 30/09/1973 - BR Merrymaker excursion Oxford to Brighton 51370-59522-51412 + 51341-59493-51383 + 51361-59543-59513-51403 (L466-L454-L416) | |||||
| L466 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| L432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 03/09/76 - in Paddington1 | |||||
| L432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 26/10/1977 - Oxford Station2 | |||||
| L432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 02/04/80 - in Paddington3 | ||||||
| 432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Transfer to LA - 3w/e 15/11/80 | |||||
| B432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at BR - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| B432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 24/08/19834 | |||||
| B432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted circa 02/19844 | |||||
| B432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted circa 11/19854 | |||||
| B432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 05/02/19864 | |||||
| B432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 01/05/19864 | |||||
| B432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| B432 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 30/04/87 - on 15:35 Chepstow to Cardiff Central and 16:40 Cardiff Central to Hereford | |||||
| 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Transfer to TS - 20/07/87 - from BR | ||||||
| T307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted circa 10/19874 | |||||
| T307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 16/07/88 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| T307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| T307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted circa 12/19904 | |||||
| T307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
| T307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
| 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 02/11/92 - on 05:14 Birmingham New Street - Leicester5 | ||||||
| T307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| T307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
| T307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted circa 09/19924 | |||||
| 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 05/09/92 - on 17:20 Nottingham - Derby5 | ||||||
| 117307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | |||||
| 117307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | |||||
| 117307 | 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | |||||
| 51370 | 59522 | 51412 | Noted 10/12/92 - on 16:23 Redditch - Birmingham New Street and 16:46 Four Oaks - Longbridge5 | ||||||
| 117207 | 51370 | 51412 | Listed at TS - November 1993 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Shayne Lewis
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: David Bellamy
Images:
early 1970s
Set number: L466
Two Class 117 sets, L466 closest presumably 51370 + 59522 + 51412, seen at Southall. Date unknown, early 1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown date
Set number: B432
Class 117 DMU set B432, running as a two-car unit (presumably 51370 + 51412) sitting in Barnstaple station. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.
July 1982
Set number: B432
Class 117 set B432 (presumably 51370 + 59522 + 51412) at Severn Beach station in July 1982. Note the oval buffers. Stuart Pearce.
January 1984
Set number: B432
Class 117 set B432 (presumably 51370 59522 51412) heads east with a Worcester bound service at Withington, between Hereford and Ledbury. January 1984. John Crooks.
7th July 1984
Set number: B432
B432, led by 51370 (presumably with 59522 + 51412), enters University, Birmingham, on 07/07/84. Steve Jones.
19th July 1984
Set number: B432
Class 117 Pressed Steel 3-car DMU B432 (presumably 51370 + 59522 + 51412) in the southbound platform at Hereford on 19-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
29th March 1986
Set number: B432
There were diversions of Inter-City expresses through Worcester Shrub Hill on 29 March 1986 and amongst all the locomotive-hauled traffic were the usual DMUs. This picture shows class 117 set B432 formed of 51370 + 59522 + 51412 arriving at the station with a Birmingham New Street to Hereford service. Note that the calling-on arm of the signal part way down the post is in the "off" position rather than the main arm to allow access to the platform prior to a reversal and journey through Foregate Street towards Hereford. Peter Tandy.
28th February 1987
Set number: B432
Class 117 set B432 (presumably 51370 59522 51412) in the bay platform at Bristol Temple Meads on the 28th February 1987. Ian Buck.
1988
Set number: T307
DMU in the frame, Attenborough, 1988. This charred window frame formed part of Attenborough's station buildings. A DMU (Class 117 set T307, this presumably being 51370) departs with a Nottingham service. Andrew Walker.
summer 1988
Set number: T307
Class 117 DMU set T307 (presumably 51370 + 59522 + 51412) at Attenborough, probably on a service from Crewe and working through to Lincoln, in summer 1988. Andrew Walker.
circa October 1989
Set number: T307
Tyseley allocated class 117 unit T307 seen arriving at Lichfield City on a cross city service from the Birmingham direction in autumn 1989. The unit formation is believed to be 51370, 59522 and 51412. Not the semaphore signals controlling the junction with the line to Brownhills which was still in use for freight traffic at that time. Bob Belcher.
29th November 1990
Set number: T307
When this picture of class 117 T307 (51370 + 59522 + 51412) approaching Cosford station on the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury line was taken on 29 November 1990 class 150 Sprinters were beginning to make their presence felt across the West Midlands. At the same time class 20s on MGRs serving Ironbridge Power Station were in the process of being replaced with class 58s and it was to record both types of train that I went onto this line on several occasions. It's not hard to work out where the DMU was going having left Wolverhampton a bit earlier in the morning. Peter Tandy.
31st August 1991
Set number: T307
Most of the line from Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury was controlled by mechanical signalboxes in 1991 and the one at Bilbrook is just visible in the right background of this picture of Tyseley's class 117 T307 (51370 + 59522 + 51412) heading towards the West Midlands with a train from Chester on 31 August 1991. Peter Tandy.
24th October 1992
Set number: T307
On 24 October 1992 Class 117 set T307 (51370 and presumably 59522 + 51412) is seen in Cardiff Central with the 10:50 to Nottingham. Robert Thomas.
2nd September 1993
Set number: T307
51370 (presumably with 59522 + 51412) at Carbis Bay with the 16:20 St.Ives - St.Erth on September 2nd, 1993. John Carter.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1967
Two Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car suburban dmu's Nos.W51413 (117/1), W59517 (176), W51407 (117/2) and W51370 (117/2), W59522 (176), W51413 (117/1) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends leaving Paddington on an Oxford service, 07/67. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: unknown
Set number: L432
Two Class 117 DMUs arriving into London Paddington, date unknown. Closest is set L432 - W51412 and presumably 59522 + 51370. Probably circa early 1980s, it moved to Bristol in May 1982. Paul Redmond.
Date: 27th May 1980
Set number: TS432
Class 117 DMU set L432 (51412 + 59522 + 51370) in Oxford station on Tuesday 27 May 1980. David Russon.
Date: 1981
Set number: B432
Class 117 set B432 (presumably 51412 + 59522 + 51370) at Manchester Piccadilly in 1981. Usually operating on the Western region. Mark.
Date: unknown
Set number: B432
Class 117 DMU set B432, presumably 51412 + 59522 + 51370, at Teignmouth on an unknown date. Stuart Parkinson.
Date: October 1982
Set number: B432
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.B432 (presumably 51412 + 59522 + 51370) approaching Yatton on a Bristol (Temple Meads) - Weston-super-Mare service, 10/82. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: January 1984
Set number: B432
Class 117 set B432 (presumably 51412 59522 51370) heads east with a Worcester bound service at Withington, between Hereford and Ledbury. January 1984. John Crooks.
Date: circa mid-1980s
Set number: B432
Class 117 DMU set B432 (51412 and presumably 59522 + 51370) in Exeter St Davids station. Date unknown, it was a Bristol set from May 1982 to July 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 25th May 1985
Set number: B432
A Class 117 DMU at Worcester Shrub Hill on 25 May 1985. It seems to be set B432, and so presumably formed 51412 + 59522 + 51370. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: 19th June 1986
Set number: B432
The 08.32 service from Weston-super-Mare to Bristol Temple Meads at Claverham between Yatton and Nailsea & Backwell on 19th June 1986 comprises B432 running as a 2-car set, 51412 with 51370. Steve Montgomery.
Date: 10th August 1986
Set number: B464
The 15:25 Weymouth - Taunton service is a nine-car formation with Class 118 B464 (W51321 + W59473 + W51306) at the front followed by Class 117s W51370 + W59522 + W51412 / W51339 + W59492 + W51382. Seen at Yeovil PM on August 10th, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 1987
Set number: B432
Class 117 set B432 (presumably 51412 59522 51370) at Cheltenham with a service from Swindon in the Summer of 1987. Mike Cooper.
Date: April 1987
Set number: B432
Early morning down at Hereford diesel depot, in April 1987. The 47 is on one of the two morning London services, the other was usually stabled in the station area, whilst the DMUs, the first one being a class 117 (set B432, presumably 51412 + 59522 + 51370), formed either the early morning Cardiff or Birmingham trains. Paul James.
Date: 16th May 1988
Set number: B436
Passing class 117 dmus at Yeovil Pen Mill on Bristol - Weymouth and vice versa services On the left is 51376 (set B436) and on the right is 51370. The date given is 16/5/88, although both vehicles were transferred to TS in 1987. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 28th May 1988
Set number: T307
Recent invaders from the Western Region to Tyseley class 117 51412 + 59522 + 51370 set lead with the 09.55 Birmingham New Street to Yarmouth at Queen Adelaide (Ely), 28.05.88. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: circa October 1989
Set number: T307
Tyseley allocated class 117 unit T307 has just reversed at Lichfield Trent Valley high level in readiness for return towards Birmingham on autumn day in 1989. The unit formation is believed to be 51412, 59522 and 51370. Bob Belcher.
Date: 29th November 1990
Set number: T307
Class 117 T307 (51412 + 59522 + 51370) as it paused at the completely wood-built Cosford station on 29 November 1990 with a Wolverhampton to Chester service on 29 November 1990. This station was largely built to accommodate servicemen and women based at the RAF station here. Little RAF flight activity uses the place now but it is a major training service and the home of a truly outstanding RAF museum hosting many attractions and an annual airshow. Peter Tandy.
Date: 3rd February 1991
A rather bleak view of "round the back" at Doncaster Works on 3rd February 1991. M51860 and M51370 look fairly forlorn in the cold and damp. I don't know if they were here for disposal or repairs. The one thing I didn't notice until I scanned the original slide was the lump of blue metal on the right. This is actually a roof panel from one of the long-departed Deltics which were cut up here some eight or nine years earlier. Syd Young.
Date: 29th November 1992
Set number: T307
Class 117 DMS 51412 leading set T307, formed with TCL 59522 and DMBS 51370, seen at Birmingham New Street on Sunday 29 November 1992, the last advertised day of first generation DMU services on the Cross City Line. Robert Chilton.
Date: 2nd September 1993
Set number: L839
Led by 53326, sets L839 + T307 (presumably 51412 + 59522 + 51370) form the 16:07 Levant Saltings - St Ives seen at Carbis Bay on September 2nd, 1993. John Carter.