Vehicle 51403
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
| Jul-60 | New to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-66 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| Apr-82 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |
Modifications
p/e 12/08/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 23/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery51403 was involved in the following incidents:
5/11/74 - Cropredy
Derailment involving Class 117
Info from Peter Mullen
The 6:54 Leamington Spa to Oxford derailed at Cropredy, after a length of rail had fractured under a preceding freight train. More Details.
18th December 1981 - Twyford
Collision involving Class 117
Class 117 set L423 led by 51403 on the 23:13 Henley - Twyfordran through the buffers at Twyford after a brake failure. It demolished the bufferstops at the end of the bay platform and landed partly in the station approach on top of a parked car. The scene was attended to the next day by the Old Oak Common breakdown train which rerailed the unit. 51403 would be withdrawn.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Reading Depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | As delivered to 81C - July 1960 | ||||||
| SHL314 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Listed at Southall - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 416 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R335, gangwayed set | |||||
| L416 | 51361 | 59543 | 59513 | 51403 | Noted 30/09/1973 - 51370-59522-51412 + 51341-59493-51383 + 51361-59453-59513-51403 (L466-L454-L416) BR Merrymaker excursion Oxford to Brighton | ||||
| 51361 | 59513 | 59543 | 51403 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading1 | |||||
| 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading1 | ||||||
| 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Noted 22/03/76 - in Paddington2 | ||||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Noted 05/06/1978 - Oxford Station3 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station3 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L423 | 51361 | 59513 | 51403 | Noted 24/01/1981 - Farewell to Staines West Branch special train L403+L422+L423 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Shayne Lewis
Images:
7th July 1978
Set number: L423
Class 117 DMU set L423 (presumably 51403 + 59513 + 51361) arriving at Moreton-in-Marsh on 7 July 1978. Michael Mensing.
21st March 1979
Set number: L423
Class 117 DMU set L423 (presumably 51403 + 59513 + 51361) at Oxford with a service for Banbury on 21 March 1979. Brian Daniels.