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Vehicle 59487


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 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Apr-95 Withdrawn from RG (Reading)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 03/03/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51335 59487 51377 As delivered to 81D - February 1960
RDG302 51335 59487 51377 Listed at Reading - Aug-60
401 51335 59487 51377 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R302, gangwayed set
51335 59487 51377 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington1
51335 59487 51377 Noted 02/07/1973 - at Swindon Works1
51335 59487 51377 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington2
51335 59487 51377 Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading1
L401 51335 59487 51377 Noted 12/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street 3
51335 59487 51377 Noted 22/03/76 - in Paddington2
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted 08/09/76 - at Banbury4
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted 18/10/1977 - Didcot Station5
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted 16/07/1978 - Slough Station5
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted 30/07/1978 - RPPR The Merry-Go-Round Railtour L402+55020+L404
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted 04/02/1980 - At Oxford5
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted circa 04/19826
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted 20/06/82 - at Weymouth4
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted 23/07/83 - at Newbury Racecourse4
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted 27/10/1984 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Dockland Dawdler Railtour L402+L415
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted circa 05/19856
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted 05/04/19866
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - Summer 1986
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted 25/10/1986 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Cynheidre Curler Railtour L402+L414
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted circa 08/19876
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted circa 06/19886
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted circa 07/19916
L125 55025 59487 51377 Noted 03/10/91 - on 11:10 Reading - Paddington (set L402 with temporary DMBS)
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted circa 08/19926
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
L402 51335 59487 51377 Noted 20/02/1993 - Branch Line Society The Thames & Chiltern Rambler
L402 51335 59487 51377 Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWXX

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Southall

April 1987

Set number: L402

Pressed Steel centre car 59487 arriving into Southall as part of set L402, in between DMS 51377 (right) and presumably DMBS 51335 on the left. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: April 1976

Set number: L402

Class 117 DMU set L402 (presumably 51335 + 59487 + 51377) in Henley-on-Thames station on a Twyford service in April 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 2nd April 1977

Set number: L402

Class 117 set L402 (51335 + presumably 59487 + 51377) approaches Slough station on the 2nd April 1977. Rex Holt.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L402

Class 117 set L402 (presumably 51335 + 59487 + 51377) is seen in Paddington. Undated. Adrian Vaughan.

DMU

Date: 30th July 1978

Set number: L402

At the long gone Reading Goods the railtour on this day paused for a while with 51377 of L402 leading (with 59487 + 51335). 30th July 1978. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 30th July 1978

Set number: L402

At Reading Goods again on 30th July 1978 L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) pauses in the rain. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 30th July 1978

Set number: L402

The London branches railtour made it to its final extremity, the branch to Morris Cowley, which is the only branch visited that is still open today. L402 with 51377 leading (59487 + 51335 behind). Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 30th July 1978

Set number: L402

At Wallingford on 30th July 1978 L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) and 55020 and L404 traversed the line that has now become the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 30th July 1978

Set number: L402

L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) and 55020 and L404 (51379 + 59489 + 51337) have now made it to Abingdon on the RPPR Merry-go-Round railtour on 30th July 1978. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 30th July 1978

Set number: L402

The freight branch to the Milton Inland Port / Didcot Trading Centre was opened with high hopes but eventually came to nothing. L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335), 55020 and L404 (51379 + 59489 + 51337) cleaned the rust from the rails on 30th July 1978. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 30th July 1978

Set number: L402

The RPPR Merry-go-Round railtour on 30th July 1978 at Abingdon. It was formed of two 117s with a 121 between: L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335), 55020, and L404 (51379 + 59489 + 51337). Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 11th August 1979

Set number: L402

Class 117 DMU set L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) with a Tonbridge - Reading service in Tonbridge station on 11 August 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 12th January 1980

Set number: L402

On the 12th January 1980 two Class 117s arrive into Twyford station. Leading is L402, presumably 51377 + 59487 + 51335. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L402

On an unknown date L402 (presumably 51377 + 59487 + 51335) is deep in Southern territory on the North Downs Line at Dorking West working towards Reading. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L402

On an unknown date L402 with 51377 leading (and presumably 59487 + 51335) halts at Maidenhead. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 22nd January 1983

Set number: L402

Pressed Steel unit L402 (51335/59487/51377) is seen at Acton Cutting on January 22, 1983 from a railtour held on signals while crossing the GW main line. These dmus were the mainstay of suburban services in and out of London Paddington for many years. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1984

Set number: L402

The Dockland Dawdler railtour, organised by the Monmouthshire Railway Society, seen at Oakdale Colliery with L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335), 27/10/84. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1984

Set number: L402

The Dockland Dawdler railtour, organised by the Monmouthshire Railway Society, seen at Bedwas with Navigation Colliery in the background, on the 27th October 1984. It was formed of two Class 117s, set L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) closest. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1984

Set number: L402

51377 (with 59487 + 51335) at the rear of the The Dockland Dawdler railtour, organised by the Monmouthshire Railway Society, on the 27th October 1984 seen at Maerdy. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1984

Set number: L415

The view from 51393 - set L415 with set L402 (51335 + 59487 + 51377) on the front - at Newport Docks while working "The Dockland Dawdler" railtour on the 27th October 1984. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 26th May 1986

Set number: L402

L402 (presumably 51377 + 59487 + 51335) Paddington 26/5/86. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 25th October 1986

Set number: L402

NSE liveried class 117 DMU set no. L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) stands at Clydach-on-Tawe on the freight only branch from Felin Fran East Junction on 25.10.1986. The DMU was working the Monmouthshire Railway Society "Cynheidre Curler" railtour along with sister set L414 visiting freight branches in the Western Valleys of South Wales. The tour being late in the year suffered from poor adhesion on some of the steep goods lines into the valleys and lost a lot of time. At this stage the tour was 40mins late but by the time it had reached Onllwyn washery the next branch RST (Railtour Standard Time) had been passed with the train over an hour late. Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: November 1986

Set number: L402

Network Southeast liveried class 117 Diesel Multiple Unit L402 (51335 + 59487 + 51377) calls at Gravelly Hill on the Birmingham cross-city line with a Lichfield -Longbridge train in November 1986. It was not entirely unheard of for Tyseley depot to use visiting DMUs on West Midlands local services. Chris Morrison.

DMU

Date: 17th March 1987

Set number: L402

Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU set L402 (presumably 51377 + 59487 + 51335) at Oxford with Hereford on the destination blind on 17 March 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: April 1987

Set number: L402

Class 117 set L402 at Southall in April 1987. Closest is 51377, the centre car is 59487, the DMBS is presumably 51335. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 9th July 1987

Set number: L402

Class 117 set L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) in the centre road of Reading on the 9th July 1987. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 24th October 1987

Set number: L402

Class 117 set L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) is seen at Reading on 24/10/87 from a passing train. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 23rd November 1988

Set number: L402

Class 117 DMU L402 (51377+59487+51335) arriving into Southall on 23-11-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 1989

Set number: L402

Network South East liveried Class 117 DMU L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) seen arriving at Twyford one evening in 1989 on a service for Paddington. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: 4th October 1990

Set number: L402

Class 117 DMU set L402 (51335 + 59487 + 51377) makes its way into Paddington on October 4th, 1990. Rex Holt.

DMU

Date: 6th September 1991

Set number: L402

51335 closest in Class 117 set L402 (presumably with 59487 + 51377) at Ealing Broadway on September 6, 1991. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 3rd October 1991

Set number: L125

55025 with 59487 + 51377 at Slough, 3/10/91, working the 11:10 Reading - Paddington. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 17th October 1993

Set number: L402

Class 117 DMU set L402, presumed 51377 + 59487 + 51335, at Betchworth with the 10.15 Gatwick to Reading on 17 October 1993. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 17th October 1993

Set number: L402

Class 117 DMU set L402, presumed 51377 + 59487 + 51335, at Shalford with the 15.15 Gatwick to Reading on 17 October 1993. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 12th October 1996

Set number: L707

Bedford station on 12 October 1996. Class 117 2-car unit L707 (51335/51377) has arrived working the 14.50 from Bletchley while Class 319 184 has arrived on Platform 2 with a service from the south. 51335/51377 were built by Pressed Steel in 1960 and were originally in a 3-car set with trailer 59487. They were allocated to Bletchley depot at the date of my photo, and were withdrawn from that depot in May 1998. Both vehicles were scrapped by Sims Metals in Cardiff. 319 184 was one of the second batch of Class 319s, built in 1990. It was converted to a 319/3 (by the removal of 1st class accommodation) in the period 1997-1999 and, as such, is still in service with Northern Trains. Lewis Bevan.