Vehicle 59508
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
| Jul-60 | New to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Jul-66 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 22/04/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
| 27/04/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NRWX |
Modifications
circa Jul-66 - Gangway(s) fitted
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 23/03/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | As delivered to 81C - July 1960 | ||||||
| SHL310 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at SHL - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| RDG339 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at RDG - circa Jul-66 | |||||
| 414 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R339, gangwayed set | |||||
| 414 | 51356 | 59543 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted circa May-68 | ||||
| 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted 11/07/69 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted 10/11/1973 - BR Western Region London Branchlines Railtour 51320-59472-51305 + 51356-59508-51398 + 51365-59517-59538-51407 | ||||||
| L414 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted 11/09/76 - in London Paddington2 | ||||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted 11/11/1977 - Oxford Station3 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted 06/05/1978 - Oxford Station3 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted circa 02/19864 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted 05/04/19864 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted 21/06/19864 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Slough5 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted circa 09/19864 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted 11/06/19884 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted circa 11/19894 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted circa 10/19904 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted 17/01/92 - on 12:10 Reading - Paddington6 | ||||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Noted 20/04/92 - at Slough displaying 'Maidenhead' on the rear destination blind, possibly the 07.22 ex Paddington. 7 | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||
| L419 | 51356 | 59508 | 51398 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| Spare | 59508 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: David Bellamy
7: Dave Warby
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1971
Set number: L414
L414 (presumably 51356 + 59508 + 51398) is caught at Hinksey South in 1971. Adrian Vaughan.
Date: 10th November 1973
Set number: L464
On November 10, 1973, the Western Region ran a ten-car DMU 'London Branch Lines Tour' from Paddington. It comprised a 4-car 117 set L464 with a 101 centre car (51407 + 59538 + 59517 + 51365), 3-car 117 (51398 + 59508 + 51356) and a 3-car Class 118 (51305 + 59472 + 51320). W51407 is seen at the front during the stop at Morris Cowley. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 13th May 1974
Set number: L414
Pressed Steel Class 117 set L414 (presumably 51398 + 59508 + 51356) at Maidenhead on the 13th May 74, in the days when tail lamps were used on DMU's. 54A South Dock.
Date: December 1975
Set number: L419
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.L419 (presumably 51356 + 59508 + 51398) coupled to another set both in Rail Blue livery all-yellow front ends arriving at Paddington on a service from Reading, 12/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 1st March 1979
Set number: L419
Heading away from Iver on 1 March 1979 is refurbished Pressed Steel DMU set L419, presumably formed of 51356 + 59508 + 51398. George Woods.
Date: 9th August 1979
Set number: L419
L419 51356-59508-51398 London Paddington 09.08.1979 DR Walter Baumann.
Date: 1st August 1981
Set number: L419
With 'cut' buffers on the DMBS, Class 117 set L419 (presumably 51356 + 59508 + 51398) arrives into Langley station on August 1, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: unknown
Set number: L419
Class 117 DMU set L419 (51356 + 59508 + 51398) thought to be about a mile west of Twyford with Sonning Golf Club in the background, date unknown. Glyn Weigh.
Date: unknown
Set number: L414
Class 117 DMU set L414 (presumably 51398 + 59508 + 51356) at Maidenhead. Date unknown, possibly circa early 1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 25th June 1983
Set number: L419
W51356 is the DMBS in L419 when seen at Oxford on 25/6/83, presumably with 59508 + 51398. Ian McDonald.
Date: 31st July 1983
Set number: L419
Class 117 DMBS W51356 leads W59508 & W51398 (set L419) as they approach Reading's country end bay platform completing a stopping service from Oxford, Sunday 31st July 1983 Iain Reid.
Date: 14th September 1983
Set number: L419
Appleford station, photographed on 14 September 1983. A Class 117 DMU (set L419 with cars 51356/59508/51398) is calling with a stopping Oxford-Paddington service. Note the GWR "pagodas" on each platform. Lewis Bevan.
Date: November 1983
Set number: L419
Class 117 DMU set L419 (presumably 51356 + 59508 + 51398) awaits departure time at Hereford with a service for Worcester. November 1983. John Crooks.
Date: 19th July 1984
Set number: L419
Class 117 Pressed Steel 3-car DMU L419 (presumably 51356 + 59508 + 51398) at Hereford with an early evening service for Paddington on 19-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: circa May 1985
Set number: L419
Class 117 set L419 (presumably 51356 + 59508 + 51398) at Southall circa May 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: March 1989
Set number: L419
Class 117 set L419 (presumably 51398 + 59508 + 51356) passes Southall circa March 1989. It carries the NSE flash under the centre cab window, and NSE markings on the centre car. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa August 1989
Set number: L419
Class 117 DMU set L419 departs from Southall circa August 1989. W51356 leads, presumably with 59508 + 51398. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa 1991
Set number: L419
Pressed Steel Class 117 unit L419 heading west through West Ealing station circa 1991. The Class 117 Pressed Steel units had a monopoly of local services out of Paddington for 30 years, from 1959 to 1989. By the time this photo was taken, they were about to be finally replaced by new generation Class 165 Thames Turbo sprinters. A smart looking NSE liveried 3-car unit L419, made up of 51398, 59508 & 51356 is seen passing through the newly refurbished West Ealing station, about 7 miles out of Paddington. Chris McKee.
Date: 20th April 1992
Set number: L419
Class 117 DMU set L419 (51398 + 59508 + 51356) departs from Slough on 20 April 1992 thought to be on the 07:22 Paddington - Maidenhead. Dave Warby.