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Vehicle 59501


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 1973Depot code changeRG
18/09/92 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
13/01/93 Transferred to RG (Reading) NWRX
01/03/94 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) NWRX
04/03/94 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) NWRX

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 03/11/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51349 59501 51391 As delivered to Southall - May 1960
SHL308 51349 59501 51391 Listed at Southall - Aug-60
457 51349 59501 51391 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S308, non-gangwayed set
51349 59501 51391 Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1
51349 59501 51391 Noted 22/05/71 - at Shrewsbury1
51349 59501 51391 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington2
51349 59501 51391 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area3
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 14/05/1977 - Oxford Station3
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 01/06/1977 - Oxford Station3
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 27/10/1977 - Oxford Station3
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 26/04/78 - on 1258 Oxford-Paddington
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 19/01/1980 - At London Paddington3
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 17/02/1980 - At Oxford P1 09573
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted circa 04/19824
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 20/04/1985 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Maerdy Gras Railtour L407+ 55021 + L413
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 23/11/1985 - at Paddington5
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 20/02/19864
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Clapham Junction5
L413 51349 59501 51319 Formation change - RG - circa Aug-86 - 51319 (from C307) replaced 51391
L413 51349 59501 51319 Noted 13/09/19864
L413 51349 59501 51319 Noted 24th January 1987
L413 51349 59501 51391 Noted circa 08/19874
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
51349 59501 51391 Noted 25/09/92 - on 22:48 Slough - Paddington6
L413 51349 59501 51391 Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
55027 59501 51391 Noted 09/11/92 - on 13:12 Reading - Paddington6
Spare 59501 Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWRX

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: David Bellamy

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 6th August 1960

A Pressed Steel triple set arrives into Banbury station where it will terminate with the 4.18pm ex-Paddington on August 6th, 1960. The power cars are W51391 (closest) and W51349, the centre car is presumably 59501. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 2nd January 1980

Set number: L413

Refurbished Class 117 set L413 (presumably 51349 + 59501 + 51391) at West Drayton on January 2, 1980. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 4th August 1981

Set number: L413

Class 117 3 car set L413, presumably 51349 59501 51391), waits in platform 1 at Reading Station, 4th August 1981. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 17th February 1982

Set number: L413

Class 117 set L413 (51349 + 59501 + 51391) calls at Iver with the 11:00 Slough-Paddington service on 17 February 1982. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 29th March 1982

Set number: L413

Class 117 DMU set L413 (presumably 51391 + 59501 + 51349) arrives into Honeybourne station on 29 March 1982. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: January 1983

Set number: L413

Two Class 117 DMUs seen near Iver in January 1983. Closest is set L413 presumably formed of 51391 + 59501 + 51349. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: January 1983

Set number: L413

Passing Class 117 DMUs near Iver in January 1983. On the left is set L413 presumably formed of 51391 + 59501 + 51349. Andrew Malloy.

DMU

Date: 1980s

Set number: L413

Class 117 DMU set L413 (51349 and presumably 59501 + 51391) seen on Lickey Bank, date unknown. It was in blue/grey livery from 1981 to 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 20th April 1985

Set number: L413

The participants of 'The Maerdy Gras' railtour stream out of the train to get their photos at Blaenganu, with set L413 (51349 59501 51391) closest. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 20th April 1985

Set number: L413

'The Maerdy Gras' railtour at Aberpergwm on 20/4/85 with set L413 (51349 59501 51391) closest. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 20th April 1985

Set number: L413

Llanelli station contains 'The Maerdy Gras' railtour on 20/4/85, comprised of two Class 117s and a bubble car in the middle. Set L413 (51349 59501 51391) is closest. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: late 1986

Set number: L413

Class 118 / 117 hybrid set L413 (presumably 51319 + 59501 + 51349) at Maidenhead in late 1986. John Law.

DMU

Date: circa 1988

Set number: L413

Class 117 set L413 (51391 and presumably 59501 + 51349) alongside 155 327 at Oxford, circa mid-to-late 1988. Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: 24th February 1988

Set number: L413

Set L413 (51349 / 59501 / 51391) in NSE livery at Reading on 24 February 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: April 1988

Set number: L413

Class 117 set L413 (51349 and presumably 59501 + 51391) at Southall in April 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 11th June 1988

Set number: L413

Class 117 DMU set L413 (51391 + 59501 + 51349) seen at Didcot on 11 June 1988. Reading is on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 30th November 1989

Set number: L413

The footbridge on the down side of West Ealing station was a popular spot for railway photographers although not always the easiest place to stand on occasions due to one or two dubious characters who used it for peddling illegal substances! I spent most of a day there on 30 November 1989 and took an bagful of pictures including quite a few DMMUs on local trains. This one shows class 117 L413 (51349 + 59501 + 51391) working a Paddington to Slough service away from the station stop. Of interest in the background is the former GWR goods platform shelter now used as a partly-covered storage area. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: January 1990

Set number: L413

Ealing Broadway in January 1990, and L413 (presumably 51391 + 59501 + 51349) is on a Paddington service. John McIntyre.

DMU

Date: circa 1990

Set number: L413

L413 (presumably 51349 + 59501 + 51391) at Ealing Broadway circa 1990. Peter Brabham Collection.

DMU

Date: circa 1990

Set number: L413

DMUs out Southall, Class 117 L413 (presumably 51391 + 59501 + 51349) and Class 101 L837 (53751 + 59128 + 51437), circa late 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1991

Set number: L413

Pressed Steel Class 117 L413 in original NSE Livery and with vehicle 51349 leading (presumably with 59501 + 51391). Moving away from the recently re-modelled and refurbished West Ealing station with an early evening service for Maidenhead in 1991. Alistair Fyffe.

DMU

Date: 2nd July 1991

Set number: L413

Network Southeast Class 117 set No. L413 (51349, 59501 and 51391) stands at Hayes & Harlington working a Paddington to Slough service on 2 July 1991. Brian Creasey.