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: 30548
Diagram: 535
Nov-59 | New to | 81D (Reading) | |
Apr-66 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
14/12/92 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWXX | |
03/12/93 | Transferred to | BY (Bletchley) NNDX | |
Nov-98 | Stored | BY (Bletchley) | |
May-99 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) | |
May-99 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) |
16/04/87 - noted condemned on Cardiff Central UG line.
p/e 12/08/72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 09/08/75 - WR AWS removed
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
51332 | 59484 | 51374 | As delivered to - November 1959 | ||||||
RDG300 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at 81D - Aug-60 | |||||
450 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S319, non-gangwayed set | |||||
51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 11/07/69 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 14/02/72 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington2 | ||||||
51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading3 | ||||||
L450 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area4 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 28/01/1978 - Reading Station4 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station4 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted circa 04/19825 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 23/10/1983 - Branch Line Society Double Dragon Railtour | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 31/03/1984 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Coed Ely Coupling Railtour L400+L415+55021 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 21/06/19865 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 26/08/19865 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 13/09/1986 - at Old Oak Common6 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 12/09/19875 | |||||
53820 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 30/10/87 | ||||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted circa 04/19885 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted circa 04/19895 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at - 15/05/89 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 14/04/92 - on 07:55 Paddington - Reading7 | ||||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at - 12/08/92 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 27th August 1993 | |||||
L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWXX | |||||
L700 | 51332 | 51374 | Formed at BY 03/12/93 | ||||||
L700 | 51332 | 51374 | Listed at BY - Jul-94 | ||||||
51332 | 51374 | Noted 10/08/96 - on 2Y31 14:10 Willesden Junction High Level - Clapham Junction7 | |||||||
117700 | 51332 | 51374 | Listed at BY - 02/12/96 | ||||||
117700 | 51332 | 51374 | Listed at BY - 01/01/98 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: David Bellamy
An official image (Swindon Works negative 5T/42 showing a Pressed Steel suburban triple set formed 51374 + 59484 + 51332, presumably at Swindon Works, on 3/12/59. British Railways.
An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/143 showing the interior of Pressed Steel suburban DMS 51374 on 10/12/59, looking towards the rear. British Railways.
An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/142 showing the interior of Pressed Steel suburban DMS 51374 on 10/12/59, looking towards the cab. British Railways.
An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/140 showing Pressed Steel suburban DMS 51374, presumably at Swindon Works, on 10/12/59. British Railways.
An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/141 showing Pressed Steel suburban DMS 51374, presumably at Swindon Works, on 10/12/59. British Railways.
A Pressed Steel suburban triple DMU heading to Oxford at Old Oak Common on 9 April 1960. Closest appears to be W51374 and there is a Gloucester Cross-Country set on the rear. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) speeds by at Twyford on 12 November 1977. Banbury (General) is showing on the destination blind. Steve Davies Collection.
When the 3R Tadpole DEMUs were withdrawn, the intended substitutes were Class 101 Metro-Cammell dmmus. In the event, only a couple of these put in an appearance and the Class 119 Gloucester Cross-country sets took over. However, in the first few weeks after the supposed changeover, a mixture of WR and Southern units appeared. Here, L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) in white livery arrives at Edenbridge on 14 May 1979 with up train. Tony Watson.
Class 117 set L400 with 51374 leading (and presumably with 59484 and 51332) is stabled at Maidenhead on 11th December 1979. Ian Buck.
Class 117 DMU set L400 (51374 and presumably 59484 + 51332) at Hereford (Barrs Court), date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Class 117 DMU set L400 seen near Iver in January 1983. Closest is DMS 51374, the centre car is presumably 59484. Andrew Malloy.
Set L400 (51374, 59484 and 51332) on the BLS Double Dragon railtour arriving at Maerdy, 22/10/83. PJ Evans.
A view from the Monmouthshire Railway Society "Coed Ely Coupling" railtour on 31 March 1984 at Swansea Docks. Taken onboard 59484 looking towards 51374, 51393 + 59503 + 51351 and 55021. Robert Thomas.
Class 117 DMU set L400 departs from Paddington on 19 April 1984 presumably with 51374 closest. Dave Warby.
Class 117 DMU set L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) heads away from West Drayton on 25 March 1989. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 117 set L400 in London Paddington station with a Reading service circa 1987. DMS 51374 is closest, presumably with 59484 + 51332. Ian Docwra.
Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) at Paddington on 11th February 1987. Ian Buck.
Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) at Maidenhead on 30 April 1988. Andrew Malloy.
Class 117 L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) at Oxford on 5th November 1988. Ian Buck.
Class 117 set L400 (51374 and presumably 59484 + 51332) at Didcot on May 18, 1989. Michael Mensing.
Pressed Steel class 117 unit L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) seen leaving Slough on a summer's evening in 1990. Bob Belcher.
Class 117 L400 car 51374 displays it’s 118 type domed roof indicator box. Reading, 27/3/91, presumably with 59484 + 51332. Mac Winfield.
Class 117 DMU set L400, presumed 51374 + 59484 + 51332, at Betchworth with the 09.20 Reading to Gatwick on 17 October 1993. Rob Paterson.
Class 117 DMU set L700 (51374 + 51332) at Willesden Junction station having just arrived from Clapham Junction sometime in 1994. Neil Smith.
Class 117 DMU set L700 (51374 + 51332) at Willesden Junction station on a service to Clapham Junction in 1994. Neil Smith.
Set L700 consisting of the first built class 117 DMS 51374 and the first built class 117 DMBS 51332, still together as they would have been in 1959, pauses at Wanstead Park returning from Barking and heading for Gospel Oak, 15/Apr/1995. Robert Chilton.
51374 of set L700 (presumably with 51332) leads into Leytonstone High Road in October 1995 on a Gospel Oak to Barking train. The service required three class 117 diagrams to operate half hourly. Ian Buck.
Woburn Sands station on 23 April 1996. A 2-car Class 117 unit, L700 with coaches 51374/51332, calls with a Bedford-Bletchley service (recorded by me as "14.11 to Bletchley)". Lewis Bevan.
Crossing the Grand Junction Canal near Old Oak Common depot set L700 (presumably 51374 + 51332) heading for Richmond on the 31st August 1996. Ian Buck.
Class 117 set L700 (presumably 51374 + 51332) at Bedford on Bedford - Bletchley duties, June 4, 1997. David Page.
A brand new Pressed Steel triple suburban set. Closest is DMBS W51332, the other two are presumably W59484 and W51374, they were delivered to Reading in November 1959. Pressed Steel.
Pressed Steel Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51332 + 59484 + 51374) at Langley on August 1, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
On a hot and hazy late Summer afternoon, a three-car Pressed Steel Class 117 Suburban DMU, with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) W51332 leading, was toiling up the 1 in 37 gradient of the Lickey Incline at Vigo, with a Birmingham bound service on September 5th 1981. The set was finished in the 'refurbished' white with blue stripe livery, and the other two vehicles are presumably 59484 + 51374. Martyn Hilbert.
Class 117 DMU set L400 (51332 and presumably 59484 + 51374) leaving Hereford station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
L400 (51332 / 59484 / 51374) seen at Southall on the 29th January 1984, working the 09:42 Reading - Paddington. Hamish Stevenson.
A Class 116 / 117 hybrid set at Slough on 30/10/87, formed of Class 116 DMBS 53820 and Class 117 TC and DMS 59484 / 51374. Malcolm Clements.
With 51332 & 51374 at either end (and presumably 59484 in the middle) L400 is at Oxford awaiting departure with the 15:26 to Paddington on the 1st September 1989. Hamish Stevenson.
Class 117 DMU L400 standing at Oxford with 51332 at the front (and presumably 59484 + 51374). Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.
A six-car DMU formation departs from Maidenhead on 8 February 1991 formed of Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51332 + 59484 + 51374), a two-car Class 101, and Class 121 55025. Andrew Malloy.
A six-car DMU formation departs from Maidenhead on 8 February 1991 formed of (furthest to closest) Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51332 + 59484 + 51374), a two-car Class 101, and Class 121 55025. Andrew Malloy.
A 2-car Class 117 set L700 (cars 51374/51332) at Kensington Olympia on a Willesden Junction-Clapham Junction service on 8 July 1994. Lewis Bevan.
A 2-car Class 117 set L700 (cars 51332 + 51374) at Kensington Olympia on a Willesden Junction-Clapham Junction service on 8 July 1994. This service was re-introduced that year after a gap of 54 years. Lewis Bevan.
Class 117 DMU set L700 (51332 + 51374) arrives at Willesden Junction on a service from Clapham Junction sometime in 1994. Neil Smith.
Class 117 DMU set L700 (51332 + 51374) departs Clapham Junction on a service to Willesden Junction sometime in 1994. Neil Smith.
Class 117 DMU set L700 (51332 + 51374) at Clapham Junction on a service to Willesden Junction in 1994. Neil Smith.
Class 117 set L700 (51332 + 51374) arriving at Kensington Olympia on 20th November 1994 on a train to Clapham Junction. The West London line had only just been re-opened and the half hourly service was worked by two class 117 diagrams. Ian Buck.
Two-car Class 117 DMU L700 (presumably 51332 + 51374) at Kensington Olympia in 1995. John Law.
Set L700 consisting of the first built class 117 DMBS 51332 and the first built class 117 DMS 51374, still together as they would have been in 1959, pauses at Wanstead Park on it's way to Barking from Gospel Oak, 15/Apr/1995. Resignalling is underway on this line and the old searchlight signal at the end of the platform is still hanging on, but it's replacement is already standing, as yet out of use, in front of it. Robert Chilton.
Set L700 (51374 + 51332) at Crouch Hill in October 1995. Ian Buck.
Owing to electrification works the line between Willesden Junction and Richmond was worked on 31st August 1996 by class 117. Here 51332 of set L700 (and presumably 51374) enters Acton Central. Ian Buck.