Vehicle 59504
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
| Jun-60 | New to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 29/02/76 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| w/e 01/05/77 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| w/e 05/11/77 | Transferred to | CW (Cricklewood) | |
| 2w/e 11/11/78 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| w/e 30/12/78 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 11/12/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) RFXX |
Notes
p/e 26/11/77 - 59504 reclassified as Class 190
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 29/12/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51352 | 59504 | 51394 | As delivered to Reading - June 1960 | ||||||
| RDG310 | 51352 | 59504 | 51394 | Listed at Reading - Aug-60 | |||||
| 411 | 51352 | 59504 | 51394 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R310, gangwayed set | |||||
| 51352 | 59504 | 51394 | Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51352 | 59504 | 51394 | Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak2 | ||||||
| 51352 | 59504 | 51394 | 56289 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington3 | |||||
| 51352 | 59504 | 51394 | Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak2 | ||||||
| 50083 | 59504 | 51394 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading3 | ||||||
| L411 | 51352 | 59504 | 51394 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2 | |||||
| 50851 | 59504 | 50904 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 50851 | 59504 | 50904 | Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central2 | ||||||
| C331 | 50851 | 59504 | 50904 | Noted 07/09/76 - in Bristol Temple Meads2 | |||||
| 50075 | 59504 | 50893 | Noted 05/04/78 - on 05.45 Kettering – St. Pancras (116/117 hybrid)4 | ||||||
| P319 | 50868 | 59504 | 50918 | Listed at LA - 03/03/80 | |||||
| P319 | 50868 | 59504 | 50918 | Listed at LA - 01/03/81 | |||||
| B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at BR - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted circa 11/19855 | |||||
| B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 15/03/19865 | |||||
| B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 08/05/19865 | |||||
| B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 01/05/87 - on 09:05 Cardiff Central to Weston Super Mare | |||||
| B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 05/05/87 - at Newport Down Platform 2 at 14:35 | |||||
| B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at BR - Aug-87 | |||||
| 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from BR | ||||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted circa 01/19885 | |||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 30/07/88 - at Norwich2 | ||||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted circa 12/19885 | |||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 22/10/1989 - The Institution of Mining Engineers South Midland Railtour T222+T303+T312 | |||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot3 | ||||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted circa 12/19905 | |||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted circa 03/19915 | |||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 15/04/92 - on 10:23 Redditch - Lichfield TV6 | ||||||
| T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
| 117312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | |||||
| 117312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - November 1992 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: David Bellamy
Images:
10th April 1993
A picture of a condemned 59504, seen outside Doncaster Works on the morning of 10/4/93. To its left is the end of 59526. Leonard Rogers.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 3rd May 1975
Set number: L411
During the era of DEMU operation, WR dmus occasionally appeared on Reading-Tonbridge trips that were worked by Reading crews. It was quite common for one to appear on a Bank Holiday, as here at Edenbridge on 3rd May 1975 with L411 (presumably 51394 + 59504 + 51352). Note the use of the relevant SR two-character headcode. The DMMUs struggled to keep the DEMU schedule and when they replaced the Tadpole units the timings had to be extended. Tony Watson.
Date: 3rd February 1979
Set number: P319
Class 116 set P319 with W50918 at the front, presumably with 59504 + 50868, is seen in Dawlish station on February 3rd, 1979. It had been a Cardiff set two months before, and was refurbished in November 1978. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: July 1979
Set number: P319
Two Class 116 sets at Torquay with a service bound for Exeter in July 1979. Closest is set P319 (and presumably DMBS 50868 + 59504 + 50918). John Jarvis.
Date: 13th July 1979
Set number: P319
P319 is seen arriving at Honiton, led by 50868 presumably with 59504 + 50918, with the evening Axminster to Exeter St. Davids. 13th July 1979. Neil Cannon.
Date: 1981
Set number: P319
Set P319 is a Class 116 with a 117 centre car (presumably 50918 + 59504 + 50868) seen at Exeter in 1981. Michael Mensing.
Date: 19th March 1981
Set number: P319
Class 116 set P319 (W50868 closest, presumably with 59504 + 50918) on the 4.50pm Plymouth - Penzance service arriving into St. Budeaux on March 19, 1981. Michael Mensing.
Date: 3rd July 1981
Set number: P319
Class 116 set P319, presumably 50918 + 59504 + 50868) is seen at Calstock on the Gunnislake branch, 3/7/81. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 10th August 1982
Set number: B437
Class 117 DMU set B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) in Bath station on 10 August 1982. Tony Watson.
Date: 7th October 1983
Set number: B437
B437 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) in Kemble station on October 7, 1983, with the 12:45 Cheltenham Spa - Swindon service. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 31st October 1983
Set number: B437
Swindon works on 31st October 1983 with Class 117 51380 + 59504 + 51338 on a stopping service from Bristol, 56 049 heading a block oil train and withdrawn Southern Region 2-HAP 6123 for disposal. Gordon Edgar.
Date: June 1984
Set number: B437
DMBS 51338 heads set B437 (presumably with 59504 + 51380) at Cheltenham in June 1984. A Class 25 loco can be seen in the background. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 1985
Set number: B437
Class 117 set B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) at Hereford in 1985. John Law.
Date: 29th March 1986
Set number: B437
A Bristol Class 117 DMU, set B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380), heads past Pontrilas Signal Boxes Up Outer Home signal, with a northbound passenger service on 29th March 1986. John Crooks.
Date: July 1986
Set number: B437
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) approaching Haresfield on a Gloucester - Weston-super-Mare service in July 1986. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 26th August 1987
Set number: B437
B437 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) passes Didcot on 26th August 1987. Ian McDonald.
Date: unknown
Set number: T312
Class 117 set T312 seen in Derby station with DMBS 51338 closest, presumably with 59504 + 51380. Undated. Ian Francis.
Date: 19th June 1988
Set number: T312
Class 117 T312 Class 117 DMU T312 (51338 + 59504 + 51380) was working a Birmingham Moor Street to Stratford-upon-Avon service on 19 June 1988 when I photographed it shortly after leaving Wilmcote station. This set wasn't at Tyseley for much longer after this date because class 150 Sprinters were beginning to appear in the West Midlands and "proper" DMUs were starting to be transferred elsewhere for their final year or two. Peter Tandy.
Date: 28th January 1989
Set number: T312
A recent exile at the time from the West Midlands caused by the arrival of newer class 156 Sprinter DMU's (hence no destination blind) is ex Tyseley set T312 comprising vehicles 51380+59504+51338. The train is seen passing Abercynon South station on January 28, 1989 while working the 12.00 Cardiff Central to Aberdare. It will shortly call at Abercynon North station which opened on 03.10.1988 and was built when the Aberdare branch was reopened to passenger traffic. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 23rd May 1989
Set number: T312
A three-car suburban DMU (Class 117 set T312, presumably 51380+59504+51338) speeds through Attenborough en route to Nottingham on Tuesday 23rd May 1989. Andrew Walker.
Date: 18th May 1990
Set number: T312
T312 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) enters Worcester on the 18th May 1990 working a Hereford service. Mike Cooper.
Date: 18th May 1990
Set number: T312
T312 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) departing from Worcester on the 18th May 1990 with a Hereford service. Mike Cooper.