Builder: Pressed Steel
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30547
Diagram: 601
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Apr-98 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) |
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
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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Class 117 DMU set L424 (presumably 51379 + 59489 + 51337) arrives into an unknown station, Reading on the destination blind. Circa early / mid-1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Class 117 DMU W51379/W59489/W51337 at Worcester Shrub Hill on 08/05/87, forming the 16.11 service to Didcot. Steve Jones.
Class 117 DMU set L404 (presumably 51337 + 59489 + 51379) in Oxford station circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.
Carrying a NSE flash on the cab, L404 (presumably 51337 + 59489 + 51379) is seen at Cholsey on 26th August 1987. Ian McDonald.
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.
On the 9th November 1991 L404 (51065 + 59489 + 51379) is seen at Twyford on the 07:40 Reading - Paddington. Gazza Prescott.
On the 9th November 1991 L404 (51065 + 59489 + 51379) is seen at Reading with the 11:40 to Paddington. Gazza Prescott.
At Reading on 23 November 1991 is DMU formation comprising Classes 108, 117 and 119 - 53628 + 54279 / 51379 + 59489 + 51065. Dave Warby.
T317 51314+59489+51329 passing the Great Eastern Railway signalbox at Ancaster with a Saturday service for Skegness on 27th June 1992. Ian Hazlehurst.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
117314 - formed 51352 + 59489 + 51394 - is working the 17:27 Edinburgh - Perth when seen at Markinch on the 10th September 1993. Hamish Stevenson.
Haymarket depot DMU sidings circa 1994 contains 117306 (presumably 51411 + 59521 + 51369) and 117314 (presumably 51352 + 59489 + 51394), amongst others. S Saunders.
Pressed Steel set 117314 (presumably 51394 + 59489 + 51352) arrives into Edinburgh Waverley with a service from Kirkcaldy on April 4, 1994. Hamish Stevenson.
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.