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Vehicle 59484


Class 117

Builder: Pressed Steel
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30547
Diagram: 601

Allocations

Nov-59 New to 81D (Reading)
Apr-66 Transferred to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
14/12/92 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWXX
07/12/93 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWRX
Apr-95 Withdrawn from RG (Reading)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 30/04/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51332 59484 51374 As delivered to - November 1959
RDG300 51332 59484 51374 Listed at 81D - Aug-60
450 51332 59484 51374 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S319, non-gangwayed set
51332 59484 51374 Noted 11/07/69 - at Royal Oak1
51332 59484 51374 Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak1
51332 59484 51374 Noted 14/02/72 - at Royal Oak1
51332 59484 51374 Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak1
51332 59484 51374 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington2
51332 59484 51374 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading3
L450 51332 59484 51374 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area4
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted 28/01/1978 - Reading Station4
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station4
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted circa 04/19825
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted 23/10/1983 - Branch Line Society Double Dragon Railtour
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted 31/03/1984 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Coed Ely Coupling Railtour L400+L415+55021
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted 21/06/19865
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted 26/08/19865
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted 13/09/1986 - at Old Oak Common6
L400 51332 59484 51319 Noted 21/04/87 - at Royal Oak1
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted 12/09/19875
53820 59484 51374 Noted 30/10/87
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted circa 04/19885
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted circa 04/19895
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at - 15/05/89
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
51332 59484 51374 Noted 14/04/92 - on 07:55 Paddington - Reading7
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at - 12/08/92
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
L400 51332 59484 51374 Noted 27th August 1993
L400 51332 59484 51374 Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWXX

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

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Swindon Works

10th December 1959

An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/144 showing Pressed Steel suburban TCL 59484, presumably at Swindon Works, on 10/12/59. British Railways.

Class 117 DMU at Swindon Works

10th December 1959

An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/145 showing Pressed Steel suburban TCL 59484, presumably at Swindon Works, on 10/12/59. British Railways.

Inside a Class 117 DMU

10th December 1959

An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/146 showing the interior of Pressed Steel suburban TCL 59484 on 10/12/59, showing the first class saloon looking from centre to rear. British Railways.

Inside a Class 117 DMU

10th December 1959

An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/147 showing the interior of Pressed Steel suburban TCL 59484 on 10/12/59, showing the first class saloon looking from rear to centre. British Railways.

Inside a Class 117 DMU

10th December 1959

An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/148 showing the interior of Pressed Steel suburban TCL 59484 on 10/12/59, showing the toilet area. British Railways.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa November 1959

A brand new Pressed Steel triple suburban set. Closest is DMBS W51332, the other two are presumably W59484 and W51374, they were delivered to Reading in November 1959. Pressed Steel.

DMU

Date: 3rd December 1959

An official image (Swindon Works negative 5T/42 showing a Pressed Steel suburban triple set formed 51374 + 59484 + 51332, presumably at Swindon Works, on 3/12/59. British Railways.

DMU

Date: 12th November 1977

Set number: L400

Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) speeds by at Twyford on 12 November 1977. Banbury (General) is showing on the destination blind. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 14th May 1979

Set number: L400

When the 3R Tadpole DEMUs were withdrawn, the intended substitutes were Class 101 Metro-Cammell dmmus. In the event, only a couple of these put in an appearance and the Class 119 Gloucester Cross-country sets took over. However, in the first few weeks after the supposed changeover, a mixture of WR and Southern units appeared. Here, L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) in white livery arrives at Edenbridge on 14 May 1979 with up train. Tony Watson.

DMU

Date: 11th December 1979

Set number: L400

Class 117 set L400 with 51374 leading (and presumably with 59484 and 51332) is stabled at Maidenhead on 11th December 1979. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 1st August 1981

Set number: L400

Pressed Steel Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51332 + 59484 + 51374) at Langley on August 1, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 5th September 1981

Set number: L400

On a hot and hazy late Summer afternoon, a three-car Pressed Steel Class 117 Suburban DMU, with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) W51332 leading, was toiling up the 1 in 37 gradient of the Lickey Incline at Vigo, with a Birmingham bound service on September 5th 1981. The set was finished in the 'refurbished' white with blue stripe livery, and the other two vehicles are presumably 59484 + 51374. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L400

Class 117 DMU set L400 (51374 and presumably 59484 + 51332) at Hereford (Barrs Court), date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L400

Class 117 DMU set L400 (51332 and presumably 59484 + 51374) leaving Hereford station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: January 1983

Set number: L400

Class 117 DMU set L400 seen near Iver in January 1983. Closest is DMS 51374, the centre car is presumably 59484. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: 22nd October 1983

Set number: L400

Set L400 (51374, 59484 and 51332) on the BLS Double Dragon railtour arriving at Maerdy, 22/10/83. PJ Evans.

DMU

Date: 29th January 1984

Set number: L400

L400 (51332 / 59484 / 51374) seen at Southall on the 29th January 1984, working the 09:42 Reading - Paddington. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 31st March 1984

A view from the Monmouthshire Railway Society "Coed Ely Coupling" railtour on 31 March 1984 at Swansea Docks. Taken onboard 59484 looking towards 51374, 51393 + 59503 + 51351 and 55021. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L400

Class 117 DMU set L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) heads away from West Drayton on 25 March 1989. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: circa 1987

Set number: L400

Class 117 set L400 in London Paddington station with a Reading service circa 1987. DMS 51374 is closest, presumably with 59484 + 51332. Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: 11th February 1987

Set number: L400

Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) at Paddington on 11th February 1987. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 30th October 1987

A Class 116 / 117 hybrid set at Slough on 30/10/87, formed of Class 116 DMBS 53820 and Class 117 TC and DMS 59484 / 51374. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 30th April 1988

Set number: L400

Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) at Maidenhead on 30 April 1988. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: 5th November 1988

Set number: L400

Class 117 L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) at Oxford on 5th November 1988. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 18th May 1989

Set number: L400

Class 117 set L400 (51374 and presumably 59484 + 51332) at Didcot on May 18, 1989. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 1st September 1989

Set number: L400

With 51332 & 51374 at either end (and presumably 59484 in the middle) L400 is at Oxford awaiting departure with the 15:26 to Paddington on the 1st September 1989. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 1990

Set number: L400

Pressed Steel class 117 unit L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) seen leaving Slough on a summer's evening in 1990. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L400

Class 117 DMU L400 standing at Oxford with 51332 at the front (and presumably 59484 + 51374). Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.

DMU

Date: 8th February 1991

Set number: L400

A six-car DMU formation departs from Maidenhead on 8 February 1991 formed of Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51332 + 59484 + 51374), a two-car Class 101, and Class 121 55025. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: 8th February 1991

Set number: L125

A six-car DMU formation departs from Maidenhead on 8 February 1991 formed of (furthest to closest) Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51332 + 59484 + 51374), a two-car Class 101, and Class 121 55025. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: 27th March 1991

Set number: L400

Class 117 L400 car 51374 displays it’s 118 type domed roof indicator box. Reading, 27/3/91, presumably with 59484 + 51332. Mac Winfield.

DMU

Date: 17th October 1993

Set number: L400

Class 117 DMU set L400, presumed 51374 + 59484 + 51332, at Betchworth with the 09.20 Reading to Gatwick on 17 October 1993. Rob Paterson.