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 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 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| Apr-95 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |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 liveryDisposal
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:
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:
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.
Date: unknown
Set number: L402
Class 117 set L402 (presumably 51335 + 59487 + 51377) is seen in Paddington. Undated. Adrian Vaughan.
Date: 30th July 1978
Set number: L402
A tour was arranged on this day taking class 117 sets L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) and L405 (51340 + 59491 + 51381) around all of the many branches that then existed in the London Division of the Western Region. Here the tour is seen at Brentford Town on 30th July 1978. The tour was organised by RPPR, a popular railtour company at the time. Ian Buck.
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.
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.
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.
Date: 30th July 1978
Set number: L402
At Wallingford on 30th July 1978 L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) and 55020 and L405 traversed the line that has now become the Cholesey and Wallingford Railway. Ian Buck.
Date: 30th July 1978
Set number: L402
L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) and 55020 and L405 (51340 + 59491 + 51381) have now made it to Abingdon on the RPPR Merry-go-Round railtour on 30th July 1978. Ian Buck.
Date: 30th July 1978
Set number: L402
The freight branch to the Didcot Trading Centre was opened with high hopes but eventually came to nothing. L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335), 55020 and L405 (51340 + 59491 + 51381) cleaned the rust from the rails on 30th July 1978. Ian Buck.
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 L405 (51340 + 59491 + 51381). Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.
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.
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.
Date: unknown
Set number: L402
On an unknown date L402 with 51377 leading (and presumably 59487 + 51335) halts at Maidenhead. Ian Buck.
Date: 22nd January 1983
Set number: L402
Pressed Steel unit L402 (51335/59487/51377) is seen at Old Oak Common West 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.
Date: 27th October 1984
Set number: L402
The Dockside Dawdler tour seen at Oakdale Colliery with L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335), 27/10/84. Chris Lings.
Date: 27th October 1984
Set number: L402
The 'Dockside Dawdler' railtour seen at Trethomus (Beclwas branch) on the 27th October 1984, L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) closest. Chris Lings.
Date: 27th October 1984
Set number: L402
51377 (with 59487 + 51335) at the rear of the 'Dockside Dawdler' railtour on the 27th October 1984 seen at Maerdy. Chris Lings.
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.
Date: 26th May 1986
Set number: L402
L402 (presumably 51377 + 59487 + 51335) Paddington 26/5/86. Sparegang.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Date: 24th October 1987
Set number: L402
Class 117 set L402 L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) is seen at Reading on 24/10/87 from a passing train. Malcolm Clements.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Date: 3rd October 1991
Set number: L125
55025 with 59487 + 51377 at Slough, 3/10/91, working the 11:10 Reading - Paddington. Sparegang.
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.
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.
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.