Vehicle 59494
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
| Apr-60 | New to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Jul-66 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| Jun-71 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| 28/02/76 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 18/09/92 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX | |
| 01/07/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
| 06/07/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 30/12/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | As delivered to Southall - April 1960 | ||||||
| SHL304 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at Southall - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 405 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R337, gangwayed set | |||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Transfer to 82A - Jun-71 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 20/11/71 - in Bristol Temple Meads1 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 03/03/73 - at Weymouth3 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 30/06/1973 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 02/07/1973 - at Swindon2 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 06/09/73 - at Gloucester Eastgate3 | ||||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 29/08/1974 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 55031 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area4 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 14/05/1977 - Oxford Station4 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 14/01/1978 - At Oxford Station4 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 24/07/1978 - Reading Station4 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 20/04/1985 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Maerdy Gras Railtour L407+L413+55021 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 21/06/19865 | |||||
| 55021 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted circa 09/19865 | ||||||
| 55021 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 13/09/1986 - at Reading6 | ||||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted circa 04/19885 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted circa 01/19915 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted 09/04/92 - on 11:05 Bedwyn - Reading7 | ||||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Noted circa 10/19925 | |||||
| L407 | 51342 | 59494 | 51384 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: David Bellamy
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd July 1976
Set number: L407
L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) and L404 at Ealing Broadway, 23 July 1976. Nigel Menzies.
Date: 5th March 1979
Set number: L407
Two Class 117 DMUs in Oxford station with a service for Paddington on 5 March 1979. Closest is set L407 - presumably 51384 + 59494 + 51342. Brian Daniels.
Date: 26th January 1980
Set number: L407
Class 117 set L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) arrives into Taplow station on January 26, 1980. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: June 1983
Set number: L407
W51342 at the head of L407, presumably with 59494 + 51384, at Southall in June 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 20th April 1985
Set number: L407
Taken eight months before the line closed forever in December 1985 this 7-car DMU formation made up of two class 117 sets L407 (51342 + 59494 + 51384) + L413 and class 121 set L121 (55021) are seen at the limit of BR working around the site of Blaengarw station which closed on 9/2/1953. The train was the Monmouthshire Railway Society 'Maerdy Gras' tour on April 20, 1985. The line continued a short distance beyond here to serve Garw colliery and the once famous Ocean colliery but tracks beyond here would be considered to be mineral railway so this train came to a stand at the first set of facing points before reversing. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 10th July 1985
Set number: L407
Class 117 set L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) passes the loop at Malvern Wells with a Hereford bound service on 10th July 1985. Paul James.
Date: 25th August 1985
Set number: L407
Class 117 set no L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) is seen at Northolt Waste Transfer Terminal having arrived from Southall with the "Coupler" shuttle on 25 August 1985. Robert28194.
Date: 6th February 1988
Set number: L407
Class 117 Pressed Steel Co 3-car DMU set L407 (51384 + 59494 + 51342) Paddington, 6-2-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Date: circa March 1988
Set number: L407
Two Class 117 sets, the closest L407 is presumably formed 51342 + 59494 + 51384, approaches Southall circa March 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 5th May 1988
Set number: L411
Class 117s at Maidenhead on 5 May 1988. On the left sits L411, presumably with 51346 + 59498 visible, while L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) arrives - many doors already open. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 23rd November 1988
Set number: L407
Class 117 DMU L407 (51342+59494+51384) heading away from Southall on 23-11-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Date: 1989
Set number: L407
Class 117 set L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) in 1989, possibly between Radley and Oxford, looking south from the footbridge near Kennington Road. Walter Burt.
Date: 21st July 1989
Set number: L407
51384 leads set L407 (presumably with 59494 + 51342) passing Ruscombe 21 July 1989 on 13:15 Reading to Paddington. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 20th March 1990
Set number: L407
L407 (51342 + 59494 + 51384) at Reading, 20/3/90. Sparegang.