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Vehicle 51404

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	81D (Reading)
May 1973	Depot code change	RG
16/05/82	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
03/10/82	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
p/e 30/03/91	Transferred to	OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
02/07/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) NWRX
07/07/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) NWRX

Modifications

p/e 09/06/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 21/03/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51362	59514	51404	As delivered to 81D - July 1960
RDG316	51362	59514	51404	Listed at Reading - circa Oct-60
417	51362	59514	51404	Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R316, gangwayed set
	51362	59514	51404	Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington¹
	51362	59514	51404	Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport²
	51362	59514	51404	Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington²
	51362	59514	51404	Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington¹
	51362	59514	51404	Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading²
L424	51362	59514	51404	Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area³
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 01/06/1977 - Oxford Station³
L424	51362	59514	51404	Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station³
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 28/08/1979 - At Cholsey³
L424	51362	59514	51404	Listed at RG - 03/03/80
	51362	59514	51404	Noted 08/05/81 - on 16.59 Paddington – Reading⁴
B424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 10/09/82 - at Clink Road
L424	51362	59514	51404	Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L424	51362	59514	51404	Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted circa 02/1986⁵
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 04/03/1986⁵
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 05/04/1986⁵
L424	51362	59514	51404	Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 21/06/1986 - at Old Oak Common⁶
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 12/07/1986 - Hertfordshire Railtours and Southern Electric Group The Fen Tiger L412+L424
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 13/09/1986 - at Old Oak Common⁶
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 24/01/1987⁵
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 07/02/1987 - at Paddington⁶
L424	51362	59514	51404	Noted 23/05/87 - at Norwich strengthening 53885 + 59625 + 59643 + 51892 (TS823) on a Birmingham N St - Norwich service⁷
L424	51362	59514	51404	Listed at RG - Aug-87
424	51362	59514	51404	Noted circa 09/1987⁵
L424	51362	59514	51404	Listed at RG - 15/05/89
	51362	59514	51404	Noted 03/08/89 - on 13:00 Paddington - Reading⁸
L424	51362	59514	51404	Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L724	51362	51404		Listed at OO - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L424	51362	59514	51404	Listed at OO - 12/08/92
L424	51362	59514	51404	Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Gerald Brown
8: Martin Baumann

Images:

16th July 1976

Set number: L424

Class 117 DMU set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) seen at the Cholsey and Moulsford stop of a Paddington service, likely from Oxford, on 16 July 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

11th January 1979

Set number: L424

Southall Depot on 11 January 1979 contains a bubble car, Class 128 and numerous 117s. The one on the right seems to be set L424 presumably W51404, the way the light is catching all the commode handles gives the impression it is in blue/grey livery. Brian Daniels.

28th April 1982

Set number: L424

Class 117 DMU set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) with an Oxford service at Heyford on 28-4-82. Brian Daniels.

10th September 1982

Set number: B424

Class 117 set B424 (51404 + 59514 + 51362) passes HST set 253 007 at Clink Road, 10/9/82. Steve Davies Collection.

14th April 1985

Set number: L424

Six-car Class 117 at Twyford West on 14 April 1985. W51404 (presumably with 59514 + 51362) leads a brace of class 117 DMUs across from the relief lines to the down main with the 10.42 Paddington - Oxford. Robert28194.

1986

Set number: L424

Class 117 set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) departing from London Paddington in 1986. Walter Burt.

12th July 1986

Set number: L424

The Fen Tiger railtour seen at South Lynn, 12/7/86, L424 51404 + 59514 + 51362 closest. Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Kings Lynn Bentinck Dock

12th July 1986

Set number: L424

Class 117 DMU sets L424 (51404 + 59514 + 51362) & L412 are seen on the quayside in Kings Lynn Bentinck Dock on July 12, 1986. They were working the Hertfordshire Railtours 'Fen Tiger' railtour. It visited such delights as Wisbech, Middleton Towers, South Lynn Sidings, the Grain Terminal on the Kings Lynn Harbour branch and of course Kings Lynn Docks as seen here. Adrian Nicholls.

12th July 1986

Set number: L425

Wisbech on the 12th of July 1986. Class 117 DMU sets L424 (51404 + 59514 + 51362) and L412 (presumably 51347 + 59499 + 51389) are on the Fen Tiger Railtour run jointly by Hertfordshire Railtours and the South Electric Group. The tour set out from Reading and travelled via Victoria, Kensington, the North London Line, Stratford, Finsbury Park and Peterborough. It went on to Kings Lynn and then back via Cambridge, Stratford, the North London line and Victoria. The KDH Archive.

6th August 1989

Set number: L424

Network Southeast Class 117 set No. L424 (51404, 59514 and 51362) stands at Gospel Oak working the 12:19 service to Barking. Brian Creasey.

4th October 1990

Set number: L424

Class 117 set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) is working with a two-car Class 101 set when seen at Paddington on the 4th October 1990. Rex Holt.

24th October 1998

Set number: L724

Class 117 set L724 (51404 & 51362) arrive at Blackhorse Road on 24th October 1998. Ian Buck.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

Set number: L424

Class 117 DMU set L424 (W51362 and presumably 59514 + 51404) at London Paddington, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Date: 11th August 1984

Set number: L424

Class 117 dmus were the backbone of local services out of London Paddington for many years following construction by Pressed Steel in Linwood, Scotland in 1959-61. This three-coach train (presumably 51362 and presumably 59514 + 51404) is passing the prefabricated delight of Slough signal box on August 11, 1984. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 12th July 1986

Set number: L412

Class 117 DMU sets L412 (51389 + 59499 + 51347) and L424 (51362 + 59514 + 51404) approaching Whitemoor, heading for Wisbech with 1Z25 `Fen Tiger` charter from Reading to London Victoria (via Wisbech, Kings Lynn Dock, and Middleton Towers) on 12 July 1986. Phil Bevan.

Date: circa 1987

Set number: 424

Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU set 424 (51362 and presumably + 59514 + 51404) approaching Southall station circa 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 19th September 1989

Set number: L424

At Acton on 19 September 1989 class 117 L424 (51362 + 59514 + 51404) passes with a Paddington to Reading local service. This wasn't the nicest place to stand with 4 very busy lanes of traffic behind the camera and probably isn't somewhere I'd go in 2023 given the OHLE catenary and less than riveting traction using the lines. Peter Tandy.

Date: 22nd May 1992

Set number: L588

NSE GRCW Class 119 DMU Set L588 51107 + 59437 + 51079 departs Slough with Class 117 set L724 51362 + 51404 on the rear with a Paddington to Maidenhead service on 22 May 1992 Neil Smith.

Date: 22nd May 1992

Set number: L724

NSE Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU Set L724 51362 + 51404 behind Class 119 set L588 (51079 + 59437 + 51107) depart Slough station on a Paddington to Maidenhead service, 22 May 1992. Neil Smith.

Date: 17th May 1993

Set number: L724

Class 117 set No. L724 (51362 and 51404) stands at Waterloo working route learning duties on 17 May 1993. Brian Creasey.

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