Vehicle 59486
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
| Feb-60 | New to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-66 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 28/02/76 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| w/e 22/05/76 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| w/e 10/12/77 | Transferred to | CW (Cricklewood) | |
| 4w/e 09/04/78 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| w/e 08/07/78 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 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 | |
| Sep-99 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Notes
p/e 17/12/77 - 59486 reclassified as Class 190
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 05/04/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51334 | 59486 | 51376 | As delivered to Southall - February 1960 | ||||||
| SHL300 | 51334 | 59486 | 51376 | Listed at Southall - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 51334 | 59486 | 51376 | Noted July 1967 | ||||||
| 400 | 51334 | 59486 | 51376 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R334, gangwayed set | |||||
| 400 | 51334 | 59538 | 59486 | 51376 | Noted circa May-68 | ||||
| 400 | 51334 | 59486 | 59538 | 51376 | Noted 23/08/69 - working the Bulmers and Welsh Border railtour. | ||||
| 51334 | 59486 | 51376 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 51334 | 59486 | 51376 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 51334 | 59486 | 51376 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2 | ||||||
| L400 | 51334 | 59486 | 51376 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3 | |||||
| B404 | 51337 | 59486 | 51379 | Noted 20/01/76 - on 2C10 0654 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff | |||||
| T306 | 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Noted 16/05/1976 - 18.20 Chester-Man Vic with 50866/59374/509194 | |||||
| 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Noted 06/08/1976 - Seen at Southport5 | ||||||
| T306 | 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Noted 10/09/76 - on Newton Heath depot3 | |||||
| 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Transfer to CW - w/e 10/12/77 | ||||||
| 50081 | 59486 | 50123 | Transfer to TS - 4w/e 09/04/78 | ||||||
| 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 08/19835 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted 04/03/19865 | |||||
| B435 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted 10/05/19865 | |||||
| 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 05/19895 | |||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Noted circa 10/19895 | |||||
| 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 12/19905 | |||||
| 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 08/19935 | |||||
| 117310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51415 | Listed at TS - November 1993 | |||||
| 117310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51381 | Listed at HA - 02/12/96 | |||||
| 117310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51381 | Noted 2nd July 1997 | |||||
| 117310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51381 | Listed at HA - 01/01/98 | |||||
| 117310 | 51373 | 59486 | 51381 | Listed at HA - 23/11/98 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Chris Moxon
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15 July 1967
Set number: R334
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car suburban dmu Nos.W51334 (117/2), W59486 (176), W51376 (117/1) in BR green with small yellow warning panel at Old Oak Common shed Open Day, 15 July 1967. Note the set number on the lower cab corner, sadly unreadable although it ends in a 4 and is likely R334. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: circa late 1960s
Set number: 400
Class 117 set 400 at Yetminster with Oxford on the destination blind. It has a Class 101 center car added, making it a 4-car set. The date is unknown, but probably late 1960s when it ran as 51376 + 59538 + 59486 + 51334. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 23rd August 1969
Set number: 400
The RCTS Bulmer and Welsh Border Railtour at Bulmers on April 23, 1969. Set 400 would be 51376 + 59486 + 51334, the Met-Camm centre car is possibly 59538. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 16th May 1976
Set number: T306
Class 116 units on Chester depot, 16/5/76, they later formed the 18.20 Chester-Manchester Victoria. The vehicles were 50123 + 59486 (a Class 117 TCL) + 50081 coupled to 50866 + 59374 + 50919, which had just been transferred from Cardiff to Newton Heath, and for some reason the C on the set number has been replaced by a T. Anthony Griffiths.
Date: 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.
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: 22nd October 1983
Set number: B435
Class 117 set B435 (W51373 and presumably W59486 seen behind) forms the 09:42 from Swindon seen at Cheltenham Spa on 22 October 1983. Robert Thomas.
Date: 1985
Set number: B435
Class 117 set B435 (presumably 51415 + 59486 + 51373) after arriving in Exmouth station in 1986. John Law.
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: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.
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: 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.
Date: 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.
Date: 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.