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Vehicle 59488


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)
Jul-66 Transferred to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
18/09/92 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
20/10/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) NWRX
22/10/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) NWRX

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 21/05/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51336 59488 51378 As delivered to 81D - February 1960
RDG303 51336 59488 51378 Listed at 81D - circa Dec-60
452 51336 59488 51378 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S322, non-gangwayed set
51336 59488 51378 Noted 15/06/69 - at Tyseley1
51336 59488 51378 Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1
452 51336 59488 51378 Noted 30/05/1970 - 470+452+418 51320-59472-59538-51305 + 51336-59488-51378 + 51406-59516-51364 BR mystery excursion Paddington to Hastings
51336 59488 51378 Noted 11/08/70 - at Royal Oak2
51336 59488 51378 Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot1
L452 51336 59488 51378 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2
L403 51336 59488 51378 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted 26/10/1977 - Oxford Station3
L403 51336 59488 51378 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station3
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted 16/02/1980 - At London Paddington P2 05503
L403 51336 59488 51378 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted 24/01/1981 - Farewell to Staines West Branch special train L403+L422+L423
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted circa 04/19824
L403 51336 59488 51378 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted 23/07/83 - at Newbury Racecourse2
L403 51336 59488 51378 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted circa 11/19854
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted 16/01/19864
L403 51336 59488 51378 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted circa 09/19864
L403 51336 59488 51378 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted circa 08/19874
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted 12/09/19874
L704 53477 59488 51408 Noted 02/10/87
403 51336 59488 51378 Noted circa 05/19884
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted 11/06/1988 - RCTS Chinnor Railtour
L403 51336 59488 51378 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L403 51336 59488 51378 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted circa 07/19914
L403 51336 59488 51378 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L403 51336 59488 51378 Noted circa 08/19924
L403 51336 59488 51378 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L403 51336 59488 51378 Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: May 1970

Set number: 452

Non-gangwayed Class 117 set 452 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336) entering Wooburn Green station in May 1970. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: May 1970

Set number: 452

Class 117 set 452 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336) in Wooburn Green station in May 1970. It has High Wycombe on the destination blind. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: May 1970

Set number: 452

Class 117 set 452 (presumably 51336 + 59488 + 51378) heads away from Wooburn Green with a Bourne End to High Wycombe service in May 1970. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: May 1970

Set number: 452

Class 117 set 452 (presumably 51336 + 59488 + 51378) entering Loudwater station in May 1970. The set number being above 450 shows that this a non-gangwayed set. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: circa January 1979

Set number: L403

In fading light Class 117 DMU set L403, presumably 51336 + 59488 + 51378, approaches Guildford station. The slide process date was January 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1st March 1979

Set number: L403

Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU set L403 (presumably 51336 + 59488 + 51378) seen heading away from Iver on 1 March 1979. George Woods.

DMU

Date: 14th April 1980

Set number: L585

DMUs on Reading depot on 14 April 1980. Left to right is Class 117 L403 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336), Class 119 L585 (presumably 51075 + 59434 + 51103), Class 117 L416 (presumably 51395 in view) and another suburban vehicle in refurbished livery. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L403

Class 117 DMU set L403 (51336 and presumably 59488 + 51378) swirls the snow as it passes at speed at Waltham St.Lawrence, Milley Bridge, on a sunny winter day - date unknown. Glyn Weigh.

DMU

Date: September 1982

Set number: L403

Class 117 DMU set L403 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336) departing from Paddington in September 1982. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: September 1982

Set number: L403

Class 117 DMU set L403 (51336 and presumably 59488 + 51378) departing Paddington in September 1982. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 14th December 1982

Set number: L403

Class 117 DMU set L403 (presumably (51378 + 59488 + 51336) stabled alongside 37 185 at Didcot on the cold frosty morning of 14 December 1991. Roger Geach.

DMU

Date: 19th February 1983

Set number: L403

Class 117 set L403, W51336 (nearest) + W59488 + W51378, heads away from Slough towards Maidenhead, Saturday 19th February 1983 Iain Reid.

DMU

Date: June 1983

Set number: L403

Class 117 set L403 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336) in Newbury station, June 1983. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: June 1983

Set number: L403

Class 117 L403 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336) heads east at Crofton on June 1983. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 14th April 1987

Set number: L280

L280 (54280) + L403 (51336 + 59488 + 51378), in that order, seen at Oxford on the 14th April 1987. S Gaskell.

DMU

Date: 20th September 1987

Set number: L704

A hybrid Class 104 and 117 DMU at Didcot on 20 September 1987. 53477 leads, the other two are presumably 59488 and 51408. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: 1st October 1987

Set number: L704

Blue / grey Class 104 53477 is running with NSE liveried Class 117 vehicles (presumably 59488 + 51408) when seen at West Drayton on the 1st October 1987. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 2nd October 1987

Set number: L704

A mixed up set containing Class 104 DMBS 53477 and Class 117 vehicles 59488 + 51408 enters Paddington on the 2nd October 1987. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: circa 1988

Set number: 403

Class 117 DMU set L403 (Presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336) heads away from the camera at South Moreton towards Didcot on down relief, circa 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: February 1988

Set number: L403

Class 117 DMU set L403 (presumably 51336 + 59488 + 51378) waits to depart a rainy Twyford in February 1988. Andrew Walker.

DMU

Date: 5th August 1988

Set number: 403

NSE liveried Pressed Steel Class 117, set 403 with 51378 leading (and presumably 59488 + 51336). Seen on the Down Relief line, arriving in Platform 3 Ealing Broadway with a Paddington to Reading service. Part of station improvements taking place at the time, the very fresh and clean platform block paving and concrete edging on Platform 4 is very noticeable in the foreground. Alistair Fyffe.

DMU

Date: 17th March 1993

Set number: L403

Class 117 set L403 (51378 + 59488 + 51336) seen passing Tonbridge West Yard working 2O58 the 10:53 from Reigate, 17th March 1993. Waddo Rail Archive.