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Vehicle 51406

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

Aug-60	New to	81C (Southall)
Sep-64	Transferred to	81D (Reading)
May 1973	Depot code change	RG
16/05/82	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
05/04/86	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
10/05/87	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
04/10/87	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
01/02/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
21/01/94	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Modifications

p/e 11/03/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jul-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 02/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51364	59516	51406	As delivered to WR - August 1960
SHL315	51364	59516	51406	Listed at Southall - circa Dec-60
	51364	59516	51406	Transfer to 81D - Sep-64
	51364	59516	51406	Noted 17/06/1967 - Great Western Society Cholsey & Wallingford Shuttles. Formation assumed to be as listed, 51406 confirmed in set
418	51364	59516	51406	Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R331, gangwayed set
418	51364	59516	51406	Noted 30/05/1970 - 470+452+418 51320-59472-59538-51305 / 51336-59488-51378 / 51406-59516-51364 BR mystery excursion Paddington to Hastings
	51364	59516	51406	Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak¹
L426	51364	59516	51406	Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
	51364	59516	51406	Noted 11/09/76 - in London Paddington²
L426	51364	59516	51406	Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area³
L426	51364	59516	51406	Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L426	51364	59516	51406	Noted 28/08/1979 - At Maidenhead 1703³
L426	51364	59516	51406	Noted 29/01/1980 - At Oxford Station³
L426	51364	59516	51406	Noted 04/02/1980 - At Didcot³
L426	51364	59516	51406	Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L426	51364	59516	51406	Noted circa 04/1982⁴
B426	51364	59516	51406	Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B426	51364	59516	51406	Noted circa 08/1983⁴
B426	51364	59516	51406	Noted circa 06/1984⁴
B426	51364	59516	51406	Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B426	51364	59516	51406	Noted 30/10/1985⁴
426	51364	59516	51406	Transfer to RG - 05/04/86 - from BR
L426	51364	59516	51406	Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L426	51364	59282	51406	Formation change - RG - circa Aug-86 - 59282 replaced 59516
L426	51364	59282	51406	Noted 13/09/1986 - at Old Oak Common⁵
	51364	59282	51406	Noted 07/02/87 - on 13:03 Paddington - Maidenhead⁶
C426	51364	59516	51406	Listed at CF - Aug-87
T303	51364	59516	51406	Noted circa 10/1987⁴
	51364	59516	51406	Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from CF
T303	51364	59516	51406	Noted circa 01/1988⁴
T303	51364	59516	51406	Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T303	51364	59516	51406	Noted 16/04/1988 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Trelewis Bog Railtour T303+T324
	51364	59516	51406	Noted 01/06/88 - on 11:59 Nottingham - Coventry⁶
T303	51364	59516	51406	Noted circa 10/1988⁴
T303	51364	59516	51406	Noted circa 03/1989⁴
T303	51364	59516	51406	Noted 23/04/1989 - The Institution of Mining Engineers Notts & North Derbyshire Railtour T227+T319+T303
T303	51364	59516	51406	Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T303	51364	59516	51406	Noted 22/10/1989 - The Institution of Mining Engineers South Midland Railtour T222+T303+T312
T303	51364	59516	51406	Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T303	51364	59516	51406	Listed at TS - mid May-90
T303	51364	59516	51406	Noted circa 05/1991⁴
T303	51364	59516	51406	Listed at TS - Jul-91
T303	51364	59516	51406	Listed at TS - Aug-91
T303	51364	59516	51406	Noted circa 08/1991⁴
T303	51364	59516	51406	Listed at TS - Dec-91
T303	51364	59516	51406	Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T303	51364	59516	51406	Noted 01/08/92
T303	51364	59516	51406	Noted circa 09/1992⁴
T303	51364	59516	51406	Listed at - 24/09/92
T303	51364	59516	51406	Listed at TS - November 1992
	51364	59516	51406	Noted 10/12/92 - on 18:39 Birmingham New Street - Lichfield TV⁷
T303	51364	59516	51406	Listed at TS - 10/12/92
T303	51364	59516	51406	Listed at HQ - November 1993 - On hire to Channel Tunnel Trackwork Group

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann
7: David Bellamy

Images:

5th September 1981

Set number: L426

Class 117 DMU L426 (presumably 51406 + 59516 + 51364) approaching Paddington, 5th Sept 1981. Paul James.

circa August 1983

Set number: B426

Class 117 DMU set B426 (presumably 51406 + 59516 + 51364) in Swindon station. The slide process date was August 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

January 1984

Set number: B426

Class 117 set B426, (presumably 51406 59516 51364) eastbound with a train for Birmingham New St at Shucknall between Hereford and Ledbury. January 1984. John Crooks.

28th May 1987

Set number: 426

Class 117 DMU set 426 (presumably 51406 + 59516 + 51364) approaching Barry station with the 14:17 Caerphilly - Barry Island service on 28 May 1987. The set had been transferred from Reading to Canton a couple of weeks earlier and while the L from the set number has been removed the C has not yet been added. It would move on to Tyseley in October. Stuart Mackay Collection.

28th November 1988

Set number: T303

Class 117 DMU Tyseley set T303 (51406 + 59516 + 51364) stand at Birmingham Snow Hill with the 10.22 for Dorridge on 28-11-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

26th May 1992

Set number: T303

Class 117 DMU set T303 (51406 and presumably 59516 + 51364) in Lincoln Central station on 26 May 1992. John Law.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1973

Set number: L418

Class 117 DMU set L418 (presumably 51364 + 59516 + 51406) at Langley with a Slough service sometime in 1973. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1984

Set number: B426

Class 117 DMU set B426 (W51364 and presumably W59516 + W51406) departs from Frome in early 1984. Michael Mensing.

Date: January 1984

Set number: B426

Class 117 set B426 (presumably 51364 59516 51406), eastbound with a train for Birmingham New St at Shucknall between Hereford and Ledbury. January 1984. John Crooks.

Date: 14th April 1984

Set number: B426

B426 (presumably 51364 + 59516 + 51406) at Frome on 14 April 1984. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 28th May 1987

Set number: 426

Class 117 DMU set 426 (presumably 51364 + 59516 + 51406) leaving Barry station with the 18:05 Barry Island - Coryton service on 28 May 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 12th September 1987

Set number: C426

Class 117 set C426 (presumably formed 51364 + 59516 + 51406) at Westbury station on the 12th September 1987. Andrew J Crowther.

Date: 23rd April 1989

Set number: T227

53019 leads 54027 as set T227 with T319 (51129, 59756, 51149) and T303 (51406, 59516, 51364) on The Institution of Mining Engineers Notts & North Derbyshire Railtour near Welbeck Colliery on a wet and overcast 23/Apr/1989. Robert Chilton.

Date: unknown

Set number: T303

Class 117 DMU set T303 (presumably 51364 + 59516 + 51406) at Wylde Green, date unknown. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.

Date: 10th February 1990

Set number: T303

37254 waits for me in the Down Relief on empty steel train to Margam, whilst in Hereford station's Platform 3, While a DMU formation with Tyseley Class 117 set T303 (presumably 51364 + 59516 + 51406) closest waits for its time to depart for Birmingham New Street. 10th February 1990. Paul James.

Date: 26th May 1992

Set number: T303

Class 117 DMU set T303 (presumably 51364 + 59516 + 51406) in Lincoln Central station on 26 May 1992. John Law.

Date: 17th August 1992

Set number: T303

TS-based Class DMU set T303 (formed 51364 + 59516 + 51406) arrives at Boston on a Skegness-Nottingham working on 17 August 1992. Lewis Bevan.

Date: 30th August 1992

Set number: T303

Set T303 is seen at Nuneaton on August 30, 1992, with Cardiff Central on the destination blind. The cab side (it should be either 51364 or 51406) has suffered some damage. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 27th May 1995

Set number: T303

Withdrawn T303 - presumably 51364 + 51406 - at Old Oak Common on 27 May 1995. Walter Burt.

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