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Vehicle 51386

Class 117

BR Diagram 535

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 81D (Reading)
Apr-66 Transferred to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
18/09/92 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
13/01/93 Transferred to RG (Reading) NWRX
14/06/93 Transferred to BY (Bletchley) NGBX
28/02/94 Transferred to TS (Tyseley) RDTS
26/05/94 Transferred to PZ (Penzance) RELV
Mar-97 Stored HQ (Headquarters) SCXH
Apr-99 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters)

Modifications

4w/e 06/05/72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 09/08/75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 16/03/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51344 59496 51386 As delivered to Reading - April 1960
RDG307 51344 59496 51386 Listed at Reading - Aug-60
455 51344 59496 51386 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S321, non-gangwayed set
455 51344 59496 59538 51386 Noted circa Jan-70 - Reading set
51344 59496 51386 Noted 26/10/1971 - at Paddington1
51344 59496 51386 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington2
51344 59496 51386 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading1
51344 59496 51386 Noted 31/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street1
L455 51344 59496 51386 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3
L409 51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L409 51344 59496 51386 Noted 03/09/76 - in Paddington3
L409 51344 59496 51386 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area4
L409 51344 59496 51386 Noted 16/05/1977 - Oxford Station4
L409 55030 59496 51386 Noted 14/06/1977 - Oxford Station4
L409 51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L409 51344 59496 51386 Noted 28/08/1979 - At Maidenhead4
L409 51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L409 51344 59496 51386 Noted 27/06/81 - at Newbury Racecourse3
L409 51344 59496 51386 Noted circa 04/19825
L409 51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L409 51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L409 51344 59496 51386 Noted circa 09/19855
L409 51344 59496 51386 Noted 05/04/19865
L409 51344 59496 51386 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
55025 59496 51386 Noted 07/02/1987 - at Paddington6
L409 51344 59496 51386 Noted 24/02/1987 - at Paddington - as 6 car set with L4166
L409 51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L409 51344 59496 51386 Noted circa 02/19885
409 51344 59496 51386 Noted circa 04/19885
L409 51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L409 51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L409 51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L409 51344 59496 51386 Noted circa 05/19925
55031 51386 Noted circa 08/19925
L409 51344 59496 51386 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
55030 59496 51386 Noted circa 09/19925
L409 51344 59496 51386 Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
L709 51344 51386 Noted 15th October 1993
L709 51344 51386 Listed at BY - November 1993 - Sector NGBX
L709 51344 51386 Noted circa 02/19945
L709 51344 51386 Transfer to TS - 28/02/94
117709 51344 51386 Listed at PZ - 02/12/96
117709 51344 51386 Listed at KI - 01/01/98

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Radley

10th August 1979

Set number: L409

Class 117 DMU set L409 (presumably 51386 + 59496 + 51344) at Radley on 10 August 1979. Brian Daniels.

Class 117 DMU at Salfords

29th January 1983

Set number: L409

Class 117 set L409, W51386 (nearest) + W59496 + W51344, passes Salfords on the Brighton line up fast towards Redhill on a Gatwick Airport to Reading service, Saturday 29th January 1983 Iain Reid.

Class 117 DMU at Kings Sutton

11th June 1988

Set number: L409

Class 117 set number L409 (presumably 51386 + 59496 + 51344) north of Kings Sutton on a local working from Oxford to Banbury, 11 June 1988. Lewis Bevan.

Class 117 DMU at Twyford

1989

Set number: L409

Network South East liveried Class 117 DMU set L409 (formed of cars 51386, 59496 and 51344) seen pausing at Twyford one evening in 1989 on a service from Paddington to Reading. Bob Belcher.

Class 117 DMU at Slough

27th July 1989

Set number: L409

A three-car class 117 dmu formed as set L409 heads into Slough with a train from the Reading direction to London Paddington. The unit, built by Pressed Steel around 1960, is typical of the Western Region's local services out of Paddington. It carries Network SouthEast livery and the unit formation is probably 51386/59496/51344. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 117 DMU at Reading

circa August 1989

Set number: L409

Class 117 DMU set L409 (51389 + 59496 + 51346) at Reading with Oxford on the destination blind. The driver is at this end as are red marker lamps and with no sign of passengers if could be changing platforms? Date unknown, the slide process date was August 1989. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Penzance

26th October 1994

Set number: 723

A Class 117 set at Penzance on 26/10/94, formed 51386 + 51344. Sparegang.

Class 117 DMU at near Penzance

21st October 1995

Set number: 709

Class 117 set 709 (presumably 51386 + 51344) seen near Penzance on 21 October 1995. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Liskeard

1996

Set number: L709

1996: L709 (51386 + 51344) leaving Liskeard with a service for Looe. Nathan Stockman Collection..


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 2nd April 1977

Set number: L409

Class 117 set L409 at Slough on April 2, 1977. The DMBS is W51344, the other two vehicles should be 59496 and 51386. Rex Holt.

DMU

Date: 1979

Set number: L409

Class 117 DMU set L409 (presumably 51344 + 59496 + 51386) seen at Lower Basildon sometime in 1979. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: January 1985

Set number: L409

London based Class 117 DMU, set L409 (presumably 51344 59496 51386), departs the diesel depot at Hereford for the station for a service to Oxford. January 1985. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: 7th December 1985

Set number: L409

Class 117 DMBS 51344, set number L409 (presumably with 59496 + 51386), is seen at Tyseley on 07.12.1985 having received a fresh coat of BR blue and grey livery. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 13th February 1988

Set number: L411

Network Southeast Class 117 set No.L411 (51346 + 59498 + 51386) heads away from Higham working an emergency diesel shuttle service between Rochester and Gravesend on 13 February 1988. Brian Creasey.

DMU

Date: 22nd October 1988

Set number: L409

L409 (51344 + 59496 + 51386) on a Reading - Paddington service arrives at Ealing Broadway (11XX) Saturday 22nd October 1988. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 18th May 1989

Set number: L409

Class 117 set L409 (presumably 51344 + 59496 + 51386) at Didcot North Junction with the 7.27pm Oxford - Reading service on 18 May 1989. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 15th July 1990

Set number: L409

With the line to Marylebone closed for engineering work, the 15.23 from High Wycombe to Paddington, seen about to depart High Wycombe on 15 July 1990, is formed of a WR class 117 set (51344 closest, presumably with 59496 + 51386), rather than the more customary class 115. Robert28194.

DMU

Date: 19th January 1994

Set number: L123

The 13.50 Bletchley-Bedford arrives at Lidlington on 19 January 1994. The train is formed by Class 121 no. 55023 (in green livery) with Class 117 set L709 (51344/51386). Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 28th April 1995

Set number: L709

Set L709, 51344 & 51386, at Penzance depot on 28th April 1995. Ian Buck.

DMU

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.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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