Vehicle 59500
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
| May-60 | New to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 2w/e 10/04/76 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 2w/e 12/03/77 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| May-81 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 06/04/94 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) RAHV | - as 117311 |
| Sep-99 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) | |
| Sep-99 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) |
Notes
24th January 1997 - Seen in RR ScotRail livery
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 18/11/1977 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51348 | 59500 | 51390 | As delivered to Southall - May 1960 | ||||||
| SHL307 | 51348 | 59500 | 51390 | Listed at Southall - Aug-60 | |||||
| 456 | 51348 | 59500 | 51390 | Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S307, non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 51348 | 59500 | 51390 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading1 | ||||||
| 51348 | 59528 | 59500 | 51390 | Noted 21/08/742 | |||||
| L456 | 51348 | 59500 | 51390 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3 | |||||
| L456 | 51348 | 59500 | 51390 | Noted 23/08/75 - in Birmingham New Street3 | |||||
| 51348 | 59500 | 51390 | Noted 22/03/76 - in Paddington2 | ||||||
| C301 | 51136 | 59500 | 51149 | Noted 07/08/1976 - on 08:58 Cardiff Queen Street to Treherbert with C3314 | |||||
| 51136 | 59500 | 51149 | Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot3 | ||||||
| L440 | 50083 | 59500 | 51399 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L440 | 50083 | 59500 | 51399 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station5 | |||||
| L440 | 50083 | 59500 | 51399 | Noted 11/02/1980 - At Oxford5 | |||||
| L440 | 50083 | 59500 | 51399 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 440 | 50083 | 59500 | 51399 | Transfer to LA - May-81 | |||||
| B436 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Noted 20/06/82 - at Weymouth3 | |||||
| B436 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at BR - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| B436 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Noted 03/03/83 - on 2M73 1845 Cardiff-Birmingham New Street | |||||
| B436 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Noted 30/07/83 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| B436 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Noted circa 12/19836 | |||||
| B436 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B436 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Noted circa 09/19856 | |||||
| B436 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Noted 30/10/19856 | |||||
| B436 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| B436 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at BR - Aug-87 | |||||
| 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from BR | ||||||
| T311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Noted circa 05/19886 | |||||
| 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Noted 16/07/88 - on 10:05 Nottingham - Derby | ||||||
| T311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Noted circa 10/19886 | |||||
| T311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| T311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Noted 19/03/91 - in Birmingham area7 | |||||
| T311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Noted 08/04/91 - at Wolverhampton7 | |||||
| T311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
| T311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
| 117311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| 117311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
| 117311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | |||||
| 117311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | |||||
| 117311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | |||||
| 117311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at TS - November 1993 | |||||
| 117311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Noted 24th January 1997 | |||||
| 117311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at HA - 02/12/96 | |||||
| 117311 | 51334 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at HA - 01/01/98 | |||||
| 117311 | 51352 | 59500 | 51376 | Listed at HA - 23/11/98 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Aaron Calder
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 16th April 1979
Set number: L440
Suburban set L440 at Didcot on 16 April 1979. Class 117 DMS W51399 leads, the set should also contain Class 117 TCL W59500 and Class 116 DMBS W50083. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 4th March 1980
Set number: L440
DMU set L440 at Didcot on 3 March 1980. Leading is Class 117 DMS W51399, the other two vehicles are presumably Class 117 TCL W59500 and Class 116 DMBS W50083. Brian Daniels.
Date: unknown
Set number: B436
Class 117 DMU set B436, presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334, at Teignmouth on an unknown date. Stuart Parkinson.
Date: spring 1984
Set number: B436
Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) seen in Bruton station on the Bristol - Weymouth line in spring 1984. Michael Mensing.
Date: circa June 1984
Set number: B436
Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) waiting to depart from Weymouth. The slide process date was June 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa June 1984
Set number: B436
Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) waiting to depart from Weymouth. The slide process date was June 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 15th December 1984
Set number: B436
An everyday scene at Worcester Shrub Hill from 15 December 1984 with set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376, and another set attached) entering the station with a train from Birmingham New Street which will reverse here before turning left towards Foregate Street and Hereford. In 2021 the gantry of semaphore signals is still extant but a class 37 would not be seen in the former shed while waiting for its next job, along with a fellow class member, as a banker on the Lickey incline. Peter Tandy.
Date: circa mid-1980s
Set number: B436
Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) on the rear of a nine-car suburban formation at Upwey Wishing Well looking towards Dorchester - with the train about to enter Bincombe tunnel. Date unknown, circa mid 1980s, Class 118 set B472 (presumably 51330 + 59482 + 51315) is at the far end. Mike Bunker.
Date: circa mid-1980s
Set number: B472
A nine-car suburban DMU formation with Class 118 set B472 leading (presumably 51315 + 59482 + 51330) passes through the closed Upwey Wishing Well Halt station from the Weymouth direction, date unknown. Circa mid-1980s, Class 117 set B436 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) is on the rear. Mike Bunker.
Date: January 1985
Set number: B436
Class 117 set B436 (presumably 51334 59500 51376) heads under Old School lane in Hereford with a train from Worcester in January 1985. John Crooks.
Date: mid-1985
Set number: B436
Class 117 set B436 (51334 and presumably 59500 + 51376) is seen south of Yeovil in mid-1985. Michael Mensing.
Date: unknown
Set number: B436
Class 117 set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) on the North Fulton works train. Undated. Tom Clift.
Date: 7th April 1986
Set number: B436
Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) at Severn Beach on a very wet 7th April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
Date: 18th July 1986
Set number: B436
Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) passing Port Talbot box on the 17:20 Cardiff - Swansea, 18 July 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 20th September 1986
Set number: B436
On its way to Weymouth on 20th September 1986 class 117 set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) is seen at Westbury. Ian Buck.
Date: 14th March 1987
Set number: B436
Class 117 DMU set B436 (51334 + 59500 + 51376) arriving at Weymouth on 14-3-87. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Date: 11th June 1989
Set number: T311
T311 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) was a Tyseley-based 3-car Class 117 dmu photographed passing Bagworth and Ellistown on a Leicester-Coalville service as part of the arrangements for Coalville Open Day on 11 June 1989. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 11th June 1989
Set number: T311
T311 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) was a Tyseley-based 3-car Class 117 dmu photographed passing Bagworth and Ellistown on a Leicester-Coalville service as part of the arrangements for Coalville Open Day on 11 June 1989. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 11th June 1989
Set number: T311
Class 117 DMU set T311 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) heads towards Coalville for the 1989 Open Day and is seen here approaching Merry Lees in Leicestershire. The date was 11th June. Andrew Walker.
Date: 28th August 1989
Set number: T311
Class 117 Set T311 (presumably 51334 59500 51376) tails 116 set T325 with the 1710 Llandudno - Birmingham New St as they depart Llandudno Junction (at 1724) on Monday 28th August 1989. Colin Brooks.
Date: 28th August 1989
Set number: T325
Class 116 Set T325 (presumably 51142 59757 53060) and 117 Set T311 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) 2XXX 1710 Llandudno - Birmingham New St curve into Deganwy (at 1717) on Monday 28th August 1989. Colin Brooks.
Date: 28th March 1990
Set number: T311
Class 117 DMU T311 formed from 51334 + 59500 + 51376 was photographed at Bishopton, just outside Stratford-upon-Avon, on 28 March 1990. The train was a Birmingham Moor Street to Stratford-upon-Avon, later to return as the 12.26 to the West Midlands. I doubt that it would be possible to take a picture from here in 2024 with only one vehicle on the A46 road. Peter Tandy.
Date: 17th November 1990
Set number: T311
Tyseley's Class 117 set T311 led by 51376, with 59500 and 51334, at Stratford-upon-Avon on 17/Nov/1990. Robert Chilton.
Date: 26th April 1991
Set number: T311
Class 117 DMU T311 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) were pictured arriving at Stratford-upon-Avon with an early afternoon train from Leamington Spa on 26 April 1991. The signalling arrangements had recently been changed here with a new starting signal for platform 2 and alterations to the point locking arrangements for the exit from platform 1 meaning that trains were able to depart directly from there, under the control of the tall starter, rather having to shunt to P2. Trains were still not able to arrive directly into P2, this not being possible until later signalling changes when control was shifted to the West Midlands Signalling Centre at Saltley. Peter Tandy.
Date: July 1991
Set number: T311
Class 117 DMU T311 formed of 51376 + 59500 + 51334 was photographed arriving at Stratford-upon-Avon with an afternoon service from Birmingham in July 1991. Most of the infrastructure in the background has gone and there isn't an equivalent shot worth the effort in 2022. Peter Tandy.
Date: July 1991
Set number: T311
As the sun stayed out at Stratford-upon-Avon after T311 (51334 + 59500 + 51376) had arrived from Birmingham in July 1991 I took another shot as it stood under the GWR footbridge. Class 150 Sprinters were regularly appearing here by this time and T311 wasn't showing as allocated to Tyseley later in the year. Peter Tandy.
Date: 27th June 1992
Set number: 117311
Pressed Steel set 117 311 (51376 + 59500 + 51334) at Worksop with the 12:45 Sheffield - Lincoln on 27 June 1992. John Carter.
Date: 11th September 1993
Set number: 117311
Cross-City DMU Farewell, 11th September 1993: 117311 (51376+59500+51334) crosses over for the return service at Longbridge after arriving on the 13:20 ex-New St. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 11th September 1993
Set number: 117311
Cross-City DMU Farewell, 11th September 1993: 117311 51334+59500+51376 on the 14:15 to New St at Longbridge. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 8th May 1994
Set number: 117211
117211 at Culloden 08/05/94 5Z61 1545 Inverness - Perth. The set, returning from Inverness after having NRN radio equipment added at the depot, had recently had the centre car re-instated and would become 117311 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376). Roddy MacPhee.
Date: 12th October 1994
Set number: 117311
51334 is at the front of set number 117 311 (presumably with 59500 + 51376) in Edinburgh Waverley station on 12.10.1994. Andy Cole.
Date: 5th April 1995
Set number: 117311
The 17:45 Fife Inner Circle service is formed of set 117311 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) when seen at Turnhouse on August 5, 1995. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 20th April 1996
Set number: 117311
117 311 (51376 + 59500 + 51334) at Edinburgh Waverley, 20th April 1996. Robert Frise.
Date: 26th September 1997
Set number: 117311
117311 (51376 presumably with 59500 + 51334) at Dunfermline Townhill with the 17:05 Edinburgh Waverley - Fife Circle service. Stuart Mackay.
Date: 29th April 1999
Set number: 117311
At Cowdenbeath set 117311 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51352) on a Fife Circle service on 29th April 1999. Ian Buck.