Vehicle 59489
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
| Mar-60 | New to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 16/03/92 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NTCZ | |
| 20/03/92 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |
| 11/05/93 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) RAHA | - as 117314 |
| Apr-98 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 28/01/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | As delivered to WR - March 1960 | ||||||
| RDG304 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Listed at - circa Dec-60 | |||||
| 402 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R304, gangwayed set | |||||
| 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 11/07/69 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| L402 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 13/12/73 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 15/03/75 - on 2C10 0654 Weston SM-Cardiff | |||||
| B404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 19/01/76 - on 2C10 0654 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff | |||||
| 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 22/03/76 - in Paddington3 | ||||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 03/09/76 - in Paddington1 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 03/07/77 - on 13:59 Paddington - Oxford | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 14/10/1977 - Oxford Station4 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 15/10/1977 - At Oxford Station4 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 30/07/1978 - RPPR The Merry-Go-Round Railtour L402+55020+L404 | |||||
| 56280 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted circa 01/19795 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 23/06/1984 - BLS Dyfed Dragon Railtour | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 21/07/1984 - Part of a six car set on Hertfordshire Railtours The Broad Street Bandersnatch | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Iver6 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 21/06/19865 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 13/09/1986 - at Reading6 | |||||
| 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 14/02/87 - on 15.44 Didcot - Oxford7 | ||||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 11/06/19885 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted circa 02/19895 | |||||
| L404 | 51337 | 59489 | 51379 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L404 | 51065 | 59489 | 51379 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| 51065 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted 16/02/1991 - Set number not noted. Assumed working 15.50 London Paddington - Hayes & Harlington.8 | ||||||
| L404 | 51065 | 59489 | 51379 | Noted circa 06/19915 | |||||
| 117314 | 51352 | 59489 | 51394 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
| 117314 | 51352 | 59489 | 51394 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | |||||
| 117314 | 51352 | 59489 | 51394 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | |||||
| 51352 | 59489 | 51394 | Noted 10/12/92 - on 18:54 Birmingham New Street - Lichfield TV9 | ||||||
| 117314 | 51352 | 59489 | 51394 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | |||||
| 117314 | 51352 | 59489 | 51394 | Listed at HA - November 1993 | |||||
| 117314 | 51352 | 59489 | 51394 | Noted circa 03/19955 | |||||
| 51352 | 59489 | 51394 | Noted 18/05/95 - on 2L31 17:27 Edinburgh - Perth9 | ||||||
| 117314 | 51352 | 59489 | 51394 | Listed at HA - 02/12/96 | |||||
| 117314 | 51352 | 59489 | 51394 | Listed at HA(S) - 01/01/98 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Phil Shatford
8: Dave Warby
9: David Bellamy
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa late 1974
Set number: L424
Class 117 DMU set L424 (presumably 51379 + 59489 + 51337) arrives into an Maidenhead station, Reading on the destination blind, circa late 1974. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 29th October 1976
Set number: L404
W51379 heads Pressed Steel built L404 (presumably with 59489 + 51337) away from Paddington past Old Oak Common on an Oxford service, 29th October 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 17th July 1978
Set number: L404
Class 117 Pressed Steel-built set L404, presumably 51379 + 59489 + 51337, on an Oxford to London Paddington service approaching Goring & Streatley on 17 July 1978. 33 012 comes round the corner with a van train, quite possibly on a Oxford to Redhill train. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 30th July 1978
Set number: L404
On a railtour around London area branchlines (RPPR The Merry-Go-Round Railtour) 51337 on the front of class 117 set L404 (with 59489 + 51379) has arrived at Staines West on 30th July 1978. The blue vehicle is bubble 55020. Ian Buck.
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.
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.
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.
Date: 29th August 1981
Set number: L404
Ex-works Class 117 set L404 (51379, presumably with 59489 + 51337 on the rear of a nine-car formation at Maiden Newton on August 29, 1981. Leading is Met-Camm set B822, with a suburban set in the middle. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: June 1983
Set number: L404
L404 approaches Southall station with an Oxford service in June 1983. 51337 leads, the other two vehicles are presumably 59489 and 51379. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 23rd June 1984
Set number: L404
Class 117 DMU set L404 (51337 + 59489 + 51379) at Fishguard Harbour with the Branch Line Society Dyfed Dragon railtour on 23 June 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 20th August 1984
Set number: L575
Class 119 DMU set L575 (51088 and presumably 59489 + 51060) about to arrive into Reigate station on the North Downs line on 20 August 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 8th May 1987
Set number: L404
Class 117 DMU W51379/W59489/W51337 at Worcester Shrub Hill on 08/05/87, forming the 16.11 service to Didcot. Steve Jones.
Date: circa summer 1987
Set number: L404
Class 117 DMU set L404 (presumably 51337 + 59489 + 51379) in Oxford station circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.
Date: 26th August 1987
Set number: L404
Carrying a NSE flash on the cab, L404 (presumably 51337 + 59489 + 51379) is seen at Cholsey on 26th August 1987. Ian McDonald.
Date: circa mid-to-late 1988
Set number: L404
Class 117 set L404 (presumably 51379 + 59489 + 51337) is seen appraching Oxford at Hinksey North, looking south-east from the footbridge carrying the path called the 'Devil's Backbone'. Date unknown, circa mid-to-late 1988. Ian Docwra.
Date: 9th November 1991
Set number: L404
On the 9th November 1991 L404 (51065 + 59489 + 51379) is seen at Twyford on the 07:40 Reading - Paddington. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 9th November 1991
Set number: L404
On the 9th November 1991 L404 (51065 + 59489 + 51379) is seen at Reading with the 11:40 to Paddington. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 23rd November 1991
Set number: L212
At Reading on 23 November 1991 is DMU formation comprising Classes 108, 117 and 119 - 53628 + 54279 / 51379 + 59489 + 51065. Dave Warby.
Date: 27th June 1992
Set number: T317
T317 51314+59489+51329 passing the Great Eastern Railway signalbox at Ancaster with a Saturday service for Skegness on 27th June 1992. Ian Hazlehurst.
Date: 12th July 1992
Set number: 117314
Taken at Doncaster Works during the open day on 12/7/92, 117314 (51352 + 59489 + 51394) has been overhauled and awaits release from the Works. Kevin Dowd.
Date: August 1993
Set number: 117314
Set 117 314 (presumably 51352 + 59489 + 51394) leaves Haymarket, entering the long tunnel that takes it to Princes St. Gardens and into Waverley. August 1993. Alan Rintoul.
Date: September 1993
Set number: 829
Class 101 DMU set 829 (53305 + 59536 + 51246) and Class 117 set 117314 (51394 + 59489 + 51352) in Edinburgh Waverley station sometime in September 1993. Neil Smith.
Date: September 1993
Set number: 829
A six-car DMU formation, Class 101 set 829 (53305 + 59536 + 51246) and Class 117 set 117314 (51394 + 59489 + 51352) departs Edinburgh Waverley station sometime in September 1993. Neil Smith.
Date: September 1993
Set number: 117314
117314 (51352 + 59489 + 51394) departs Edinburgh Waverley in September. It is part of a six-car formation, Met-Camm set 829 is leading. Neil Smith.
Date: 10th September 1993
Set number: 117314
117314 - formed 51352 + 59489 + 51394 - is working the 17:27 Edinburgh - Perth when seen at Markinch on the 10th September 1993. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: circa 1994
Set number: 117306
Haymarket depot DMU sidings circa 1994 contains 117306 (presumably 51411 + 59521 + 51369) and 117314 (presumably 51352 + 59489 + 51394), amongst others. S Saunders.
Date: 4th April 1994
Set number: 117314
Pressed Steel set 117314 (presumably 51394 + 59489 + 51352) arrives into Edinburgh Waverley with a service from Kirkcaldy on April 4, 1994. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 13th May 1996
Set number: 117314
Pressed Steel DMU set 117314 (presumably 51394 + 59489 + 51352) in South Gyle station on 13 May 1996. Cardenden is on the destination blind, it is likely a Fife Circle service. Stuart Mackay Collection.