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Vehicle 51402

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

Jul-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
Jun-71 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
06/05/73Depot code changeBR
28/02/76 Transferred to RG (Reading)
10/05/87 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
04/10/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
03/08/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
20/09/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Modifications

Oct-70 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 02/04/77 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 05/05/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51360 59512 51402 As delivered to 81C - July 1960
SHL313 51360 59512 51402 Listed at Southall - circa Oct-60
462 51360 59512 51402 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S313, non-gangwayed set
51360 59512 51402 Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak1
56284 51360 51512 51402 Noted 19/11/70 - at Paddington2
51360 59512 51402 Transfer to 82A - Jun-71
51360 59512 51402 Noted 03/08/1971 - at Worcester Shrub Hill3
51360 59512 51402 Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol4
462 51360 59512 51402 Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport4
B462 51360 59512 51402 Noted 01/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads4
51360 59512 51402 Noted 25/05/1974 - at Worcester4
B462 51360 59512 51402 Noted 03/09/741
B462 51360 59512 51402 Noted 26/08/75 - at Severn Tunnel Junction1
B462 51360 59512 51402 Noted 31/12/75 - on 2C10 0654 Weston SM-Cardiff
L422 51360 59512 51402 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L422 51360 59512 51402 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area5
L422 51360 59512 51402 Noted 07/10/1977 - Oxford to Didcot area5
L422 51360 59512 51402 Noted 18/10/1977 - Didcot Station5
L422 51360 59512 51402 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L422 51360 59512 51402 Noted 16/07/1978 - Slough Station5
L422 51360 59512 51402 Noted 28/08/1979 - At Reading P6BAY5
L422 51360 59512 51402 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L422 51360 59512 51402 Noted 24/01/1981 - Farewell to Staines West Branch special train L403+L422+L423
L422 51360 59512 51402 Noted circa 04/19826
L422 51360 59512 51402 Listed at RG - circa Jan-83
spare 51402 Listed at RG - circa Jan-83 - 51399 working in L422
L422 51360 59512 51402 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L422 51360 59512 51402 Noted circa 11/19856
L422 51360 59512 51402 Noted 05/04/19866
L422 51360 59512 51402 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L422 51360 59512 51402 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Slough7
L422 51360 59512 51402 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Taplow7
C422 51360 59512 51402 Noted circa 08/19876
C422 51360 59512 51402 Listed at CF - Aug-87
302 51360 59512 51402 Noted circa 10/19876
51360 59512 51402 Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from CF
T302 51360 59512 51402 Noted 21st February 1988
T302 51360 59512 51402 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T302 51360 59512 51402 Noted 16/07/88 - at Norwich1
T302 51360 59512 51402 Noted circa 10/19886
T302 51360 59512 51402 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T302 51360 59590 51402 Noted circa 09/19896
T302 51360 59512 51402 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T302 51360 59505 51402 Noted circa 05/19906
51360 59505 51402 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot4
T302 51360 59505 51402 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T302 51360 59512 51402 Noted circa 05/19916
T302 51360 59512 51402 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T302 51360 59512 51402 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T302 51360 59512 51402 Noted circa 08/19916
T302 51360 59512 51402 Listed at TS - Dec-91
51360 59512 51402 Noted 29/01/92 - on 15:51 Gainsborough - Lincoln8
T302 51360 59512 51402 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
51360 59512 51402 Noted 24/08/92 - on 10:07 Nottingham - Skegness8
T302 51360 59512 51402 Noted 30/08/1992 - Bescot Depot open day shuttle
T302 51360 59512 51402 Noted circa 09/19926
T302 51360 59512 51402 Listed at - 24/09/92
T302 51360 59512 51402 Listed at TS - November 1992
T302 51360 59512 51402 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
51360 59512 51402 Noted 10/12/92 - on 16:53 Redditch - Birmingham New Street8

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
8: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Maiden Newton

1973

Set number: B462

Class 117 set B462 (presumably 51402 + 59512 + 51360) departs from Maiden Newton station with a Weymouth Town service sometime in 1973. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Portsmouth &amp; Southsea (High Level)

August 1974

Set number: B462

Set B462, with DMS W51402 closest to the camera (presumably with 59512 + 51360), in Portsmouth & Southsea (High Level) station in August 1974. A Class 119 is at the far end. The image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Didcot

20th December 1979

Set number: L422

Class 117 DMU set L422 (presumably 51402 + 59512 + 51360) at Didcot on 20 December 1979. Brian Daniels.

Class 117 DMU at Sonning Cutting

mid-1980s

Set number: L422

Reading DMU set L422 (comprising vehicles 51402/59512/51360) entering Sonning cutting from the Twyford direction viewed from Duffield Road bridge in the mid 1980s. Curly42.

Class 117 DMU at Pontypridd

August 1987

Set number: C422

Class 117 C422 (previously L422) leaves Pontypridd for Treherbert in August '87. C422 was 51402 + 59512 + 51360. Mac Winfield.

Class 117 DMU at Cardiff Central

9th September 1987

Set number: C422

Class 117 set C422 at Cardiff Central on September 9th 1987. DMS W51402 is closest, presumably with W59512 + W51360. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 117 DMU at Birmingham Moor Street

22nd February 1990

Set number: T302

Class 117 set T302 (51402 closest) in Birmingham Moor Street on 22 February 1990. Sparegang.

Class 117 DMU at Redditch

6th September 1990

Set number: T302

Class 117 T302, 51402 closest, at Redditch on September 6, 1990. John Carter.

Class 117 DMU at Lichfield City

15th July 1992

Set number: T302

Class 117 set T302 formed 51402 - 59512 - 51360 waits at Lichfield City on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.

Class 117 DMU at Birmingham New Street

15th July 1992

Set number: T302

Class 117 set T302 formed 51402 - 59512 - 51360 stabled at Birmingham New Street on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.

Class 117 DMU at Bingham

circa August 1992

Set number: T302

The evening return of the 'Jolly Fisherman' of the variously Skegness - Nottingham / Derby / Burton-on-Trent / Leicester / Nuneaton destinations made up of 3 x 3car sets arrive at Bingham. Summer 1992, T302 is at the front (presumably 51402 + 59512 + 51360). David Page.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 18th January 1975

Set number: B133

A class 117 unit (B462, presumably 51402 + 59512 + 51360) calls at Maiden Newton with a Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouth service whilst a class 121 (55033 as set B133) waits with the Bridport branch train. 18/1/1975. Stephen Burdett.

DMU

Date: 23rd December 1986

Set number: L422

Reading set L422 formed 51360, 59512 and 51402 leave Oxford for Didcot on 23/Dec/1986. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 18th July 1987

Set number: C422

Set C422 is towed through Cardiff with 51360's closest bogie on a wheel skate. The C in the set number looks as if it's just been applied on top of the L after transfer from Reading. The other vehicles are presumably 59512 + 51402. PJ Evans.

DMU

Date: 23rd October 1987

Set number: 302

T302 (which was C422 a couple of months before) seen entering Birmingham's Moor St on 23/10/87 (cars 51360 + 59512 + 51402). Mac Winfield.

DMU

Date: 7th May 1988

Set number: T302

A three-car Pressed Steel Suburban DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second 51360 leading (presumably with 59512 + 51402), was passing Lostock Hall Junction with the Sunday Preston to Carlisle 'Dalesrail' service on May 7th 1988. Suburban type DMU's were never common sights around the Preston area, until several sets were transferred to Newton Heath in the latter part of the 1980's to provide cover for Class 142 Pacers that were being sidelined with various issues. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 25th June 1988

Class 117 DMU's 51372, 59490, 51414, 51402, 59512 and 51360 with the 10.20 Yarmouth to Birmingham New Street seen at Queen Adelaide on June 25, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 8th September 1988

Set number: T302

Class 117 set T302 (presumably 51360 + 59512 + 51402) at Blaenau Ffestiniog on September 8, 1988 with the 12:10 service to Llandudno. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: T302

T302 (presumably 51360 + 59512 + 51402) heads this 9-car formation on a special over Galton Bridge. Tom Clift.

DMU

Date: 15th July 1992

Set number: T302

Tyseley set T302 formed of class 117s 51360 - 59512 - 51402 at Four Oaks on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 15th July 1992

Set number: T302

51360 heading set T302 with 59512 and 51402 waits at Lichfield City on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 24th August 1992

Set number: T302

Class 117 Pressed Steel 3-car DMU 51360 + 59512 + 51402 as Tyseley set T302 stabled at Sleaford 24-8-92. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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