Vehicle 51415
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
| Oct-60 | New to | 81D (Reading) | |
| circa Dec-60 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Dec-64 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 3w/e 15/11/80 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 09/02/88 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 06/04/94 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) RAHV | |
| Oct-96 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Notes
1963 - The 1963 film "The Hi-Jackers" features a scene at Southall station where several Pressed Steel units are seen, one vehicle being identified as W51415.
Modifications
8w/e 01/01/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jul-75 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 10/11/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| RDG322 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Listed at - circa Oct-60 - ran for a few weeks as RDG322 before becoming SH319 | |||||
| SHL319 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Listed at SHL - circa Dec-60 | |||||
| 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Transfer to 81D - Dec-64 | ||||||
| 424 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R332, gangwayed set | |||||
| 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Noted 05/06/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading2 | ||||||
| L406 | 55028 | 59480 | 51415 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak, set number L128 on 550283 | |||||
| 424 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Noted 02/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| L435 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L435 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Paddington3 | |||||
| L435 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area5 | |||||
| L435 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L435 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Transfer to LA - 3w/e 15/11/80 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at BR - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted circa 08/19836 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted circa 02/19866 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted 04/03/19866 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted 10/05/19866 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at BR - Aug-87 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Transfer to TS - 09/02/88 - as T310 | |||||
| TS310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Transfer to TS - 09/02/88 - was B435 at BR | |||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted 02/07/88 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted circa 05/19896 | |||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted circa 10/19896 | |||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2 | ||||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted circa 12/19906 | |||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| 117310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
| 117310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted 30/08/1992 - Bescot Depot open day shuttle | |||||
| 117310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | |||||
| 117310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | |||||
| 117310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | |||||
| 117310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted 26/06/93 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| 117210 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted circa 08/19936 | |||||
| 117210 | 51373 | 51415 | Noted circa 09/19936 | ||||||
| 117310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - November 1993 | |||||
| 117210 | 51373 | 51415 | Noted 26/12/93 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
8th June 1962
Two Pressed Steel suburban triple DMUs are seen at Scrubs Lane heading for Oxford on 8 June 1962. The first two vehicles are noted as 51415 and 59480, their accompanying DMBS is presumably 51373. The 'Buffet Restaurant Car' to the left has a coach board that reads 'Paddington Bristol Weston-Super-Mare'. Stuart Mackay Collection.
29th September 1979
Set number: L435
Refurbished Class 117 set L435 (presumably 51415 + Class 118 59480 + 51373) at Lower Basildon with Oxford on the destination blind, 29 September 1979. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
February 1983
Set number: B435
Bristol based class 117 DMU B435 (presumably 51415 + 59486 + 51373) waits to cross over in platform 2 at Hereford after arriving with a service from Oxford. 472 51 looks on in the background. No exact date for this, the best I can offer is W/E 26-02-83. Paul James.
24th June 1984
Set number: B433
Pressed Steel class 117 diesel set B433 (presumably 51413 + 59509 + 51371) is seen at Weymouth Quay on 24 June 1984. It formed part of a 6-car set bound, I imagine, for Bristol. The London boat train is formed of an "Oxted" Mark 1 8-set. WR dmus appear to have worked on the tramway in 1983 and 1984. Taken from the "Earl William" as she approaches the Dorset port from Jersey. Jeremy Chapter.
1986
Set number: B435
Class 117 set B435 (presumably 51415 + 59486 + 51373) after arriving in Exmouth station in 1986. John Law.
27th September 1986
Set number: B435
Class 117 DMU set B435 (presumably 51373 + 59486 + 51415) and a Class 119 are seen in Swansea station with the 15:02 departure to Shrewsbury via the Heart of Wales line on 27 September 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
28th February 1987
Set number: B435
On the rear of class 117 set B435 is 51415 (presumably with 59486 + 51373) leaving Stapleton Road on a Severn Beach train on 28th February 1987. Ian Buck.
28th February 1987
Set number: B435
On its way from Severn Beach to Bristol class 117 set B435 led by 51415 (presumably with 59486 + 51373) halts at Lawrence Hill on 28th February 1987. Ian Buck.
1st May 1994
Set number: 117210
117210 (117310, presumably 51415 + 59486 + 51373) heads up towards Daviot on 01/05/94 with 5Z61 1545 Inverness - Perth, returning from the fitment of NRN radio equipment at Inverness TMD. Roddy MacPhee.
November 1995
Set number: 117310
At Edinburgh Waverley in November 1995 set 117310, 51415 and presumably 59486 + 51373, on a Fife Circle service. Ian Buck.
31st August 1996
Set number: 117310
Class 117 DMS 51415, set number 117 310, is seen condemned at Springburn Works in Regional Railways Scotrail livery on 31.08.1996. It would be towed next door to MC Metals for scrapping. Andy Cole.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 31st May 1972
Set number: L424
Pressed Steel DMU sets L424 (leading, presumably 51373 + 59480 + 51415) and L423 (presumably 51414 + 59479 + 51372) on a down service at Slough station on 31 May 1972. Some 12-ton vans in the Windsor branch bay on the right. Tom Burnham.
Date: 16th February 1979
Set number: L435
Class 117 DMU set L435 (presumably 51373 + 59480 + 51415) at Hinksey on 16 February 1979. Brian Daniels.
Date: 4th March 1980
Set number: L435
Refurbished Class 117 set L435 (presumably 51373 + Class 118 59480 + 51415) at Didcot on 4 March 1980. Brian Daniels.
Date: 16th June 1983
Set number: B435
Class 117 set B435 (presumably 51373 + 59486 + 51415) and a Class 101 DMU have just left the Pembroke Dock Branch at Whitland bound for Swansea. 16/6/1983. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 1984
Set number: P126
Class 121 W55026 and Class 117 set B435, presumably 51415 visible, in Clifton Down station in early 1984. Michael Mensing.
Date: 22nd January 1985
Set number: B435
Class 117 DMU set B435 (presumably 51373 + 59486 + 51415) runs past the yard ground frame on the approach to Hereford station with a terminating service from Worcester. 22nd January 1985. Paul James.
Date: 10th September 1986
Set number: B435
Class 117 DMU set No. B435 (Nos. 51373, 59486 and 51415) stands at Swindon working a service from Westbury on 10 September 1986. Brian Creasey.
Date: 28th February 1987
Set number: B435
Under the large and impressive roof at Bristol Temple Meads on 28th February 1987 waits class 117 set B435, (presumably 51373 + 59486 + 51415). Ian Buck.
Date: 28th May 1987
Set number: B435
A three-car Pressed Steel Suburban DMU formed of cars W51373, W59486 & W51415, was stood at Dawlish station with an 'all-stations' Paignton to Exeter St Davids service on May 28th 1987. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 28th May 1987
Set number: B435
A three-car Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU formed of cars W51373, W59486 & W51415 (B435), was stood at Starcross with a Paignton to Exmouth service on May 28th 1987. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: January 1988
Set number: B435
A Class 117 DMU, Bristol set B435 (presumably 51373 + 59486 + 51415), sits in Platform 3 at Hereford station. Early January 1988. Paul James.
Date: 23rd April 1988
Set number: T310
A Class 117 3-car unit (TS410 with vehicles 51373 + 59486 + 51415) arrives at Birmingham Moor Street with a service bound for Snow Hill on 23 April 1988. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 28th May 1988
Set number: T310
51373, 59486, 51415, 51352, 59677, 51394 at Ely North Junction with the 10.20 Yarmouth to Birmingham Nerw Street on 28th May 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 1st July 1991
Set number: T310
The class 101 unit (T078, 51249 + 53146) fitted nicely between various posts at the end of Stratford-upon-Avon's platform 2 on 1 July 1991. It was working with T310 (presumably 51373 + 59486 + 51415). The scene has changed a lot since this photograph was taken in that the gasholders have been demolished, the semaphore signals have been replaced with electric lights (twice) and a white paling fence has been erected to deter trespassers from getting onto the line. Peter Tandy.
Date: circa April 1992
Set number: 117310
Regional Railways liveried 117310 (presumably 51373 + 59486 + 51415) on service to Birmingham New Street - seen at Wormleighton Crossing, south of Fenny Compton on the Oxford to Birmingham line. Date unknown, the slide process date is April 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 6th May 1993
Set number: 117310
51373 + 59486 + 51415, 117 310, at Wolverhampton on 6/5/93. Sparegang.
Date: June 1993
Set number: 117310
Framed by the bridge. Stratford upon Avon in June 1993 with 117310 (presumably 51373 + 59486 + 51415) having just arrived from Birmingham Snow Hill. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 25th September 1993
Class 150s worked most of the local services between Birmingham and Leamington Spa in 1993 so it was a bit of a surprise to see a 5 car DMMU coming around the bend at Finwood (the location sometimes called Rowington or Lowsonford although both villages are a few miles away) on the afternoon of Saturday 25 September 1993. The leading unit has a 116 at the front and the class 117 trailing is 117210 (51415 + 51373). This was a popular spot at the time as there were 3 southbound intermodals in quick succession including a Leeds to Southampton usually powered by a pair of class 37s along with the chance of a northbound MGR from Didcot Power Station. Peter Tandy.
Date: 26th December 1993
Set number: 117210
Class 117 51373, set number 117210 is seen stabled at Tyseley on 26.12.1993. This was refurbished into Regional Railways as a three car unit with 51415 and 59486, and was numbered 117310, but it is seen here with the centre car removed, hence the set number being 117210. It was later returned to a three car set and was transferred away to Haymarket. Set T207 can be seen to the right. Andy Cole.