Vehicle 51384
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: 30548
Diagram: 535
Allocations
| Apr-60 | New to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Jul-66 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| Jun-71 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| 28/02/76 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 18/09/92 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX | |
| 03/12/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
| 07/12/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
Modifications
5w/e 05/12/70 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 02/04/77 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 30/12/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | As delivered to Southall - April 1960 | ||||||
| SHL304 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at Southall - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 405 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R337, gangwayed set | |||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Transfer to 82A - Jun-71 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 20/11/71 - in Bristol Temple Meads1 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 03/03/73 - at Weymouth3 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 30/06/1973 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 02/07/1973 - at Swindon2 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 06/09/73 - at Gloucester Eastgate3 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 14/05/1977 - Oxford Station4 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 14/01/1978 - At Oxford Station4 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 24/07/1978 - Reading Station4 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 20/04/1985 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Maerdy Gras Railtour L407+L413+55021 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 21/06/19865 | |||||
| 55021 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted circa 09/19865 | ||||||
| 55021 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 13/09/1986 - at Reading6 | ||||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted circa 04/19885 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted circa 01/19915 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 09/04/92 - on 11:05 Bedwyn - Reading7 | ||||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted circa 10/19925 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX | |||||
| 707 | 51342 | 51384 | Noted circa 09/19935 | ||||||
| L707 | 51342 | 51384 | Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: David Bellamy
Images:
5th March 1979
Set number: L407
Two Class 117 DMUs in Oxford station with a service for Paddington on 5 March 1979. Closest is set L407 - presumably 51384 + 59494 + 51342. Brian Daniels.
10th July 1985
Set number: L407
Class 117 set L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) passes the loop at Malvern Wells with a Hereford bound service on 10th July 1985. Paul James.
6th February 1988
Set number: L407
Class 117 Pressed Steel Co 3-car DMU set L407 (51384 + 59494 + 51342) Paddington, 6-2-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
21st July 1989
Set number: L407
51384 leads set L407 (presumably with 59494 + 51342) passing Ruscombe 21 July 1989 on 13:15 Reading to Paddington. Stuart Mackay Collection.
9th July 1993
A Class 117 with DMS 51384 closest (and presumably with 51342) is seen stabled at Clapham Junction on 09.07.1993. Andy Cole.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd July 1976
Set number: L407
L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) and L404 at Ealing Broadway, 23 July 1976. Nigel Menzies.
Date: 26th January 1980
Set number: L407
Class 117 set L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) arrives into Taplow station on January 26, 1980. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: June 1983
Set number: L407
W51342 at the head of L407, presumably with 59494 + 51384, at Southall in June 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 20th April 1985
Set number: L407
Taken eight months before the line closed forever in December 1985 this 7-car DMU formation made up of two class 117 sets L407 (51342 + 59494 + 51384) + L413 and class 121 set L121 (55021) are seen at the limit of BR working around the site of Blaengarw station which closed on 9/2/1953. The train was the Monmouthshire Railway Society 'Maerdy Gras' tour on April 20, 1985. The line continued a short distance beyond here to serve Garw colliery and the once famous Ocean colliery but tracks beyond here would be considered to be mineral railway so this train came to a stand at the first set of facing points before reversing. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 25th August 1985
Set number: L407
Class 117 set no L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) is seen at Northolt Waste Transfer Terminal having arrived from Southall with the "Coupler" shuttle on 25 August 1985. Robert28194.
Date: circa March 1988
Set number: L407
Two Class 117 sets, the closest L407 is presumably formed 51342 + 59494 + 51384, approaches Southall circa March 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 5th May 1988
Set number: L411
Class 117s at Maidenhead on 5 May 1988. On the left sits L411, presumably with 51346 + 59498 visible, while L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) arrives - many doors already open. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 23rd November 1988
Set number: L407
Class 117 DMU L407 (51342+59494+51384) heading away from Southall on 23-11-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Date: 1989
Set number: L407
Class 117 set L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) in 1989, possibly between Radley and Oxford, looking south from the footbridge near Kennington Road. Walter Burt.
Date: 20th March 1990
Set number: L407
L407 (51342 + 59494 + 51384) at Reading, 20/3/90. Sparegang.
Date: 29th May 1993
Set number: 707
Western Region DMU set L707 (51342+51384) makes for an unusual sight departing London Waterloo being used for driver route learning trips on May 29, 1993. Waterloo International station visible behind had been formerly opened 3 weeks earlier on 6th May 1993 the day services should have started through the Channel Tunnel. Sadly with tunnel construction delays there was to be a another 17 month wait for service to start and in the meantime Waterloo International was simply hired out for corporate events. BR EPS carried on training crews in the meantime with frequent trips from London to Folkestone using a modified EMU with cinema style seats while a hired 2-car DMU from Network SouthEast was used for drivers to learn the West London line from North Pole Depot and the mainline into London Waterloo in readiness for the launch of Eurostar in 1994. Adrian Nicholls.