Vehicle 59511
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) | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 18/09/92 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX | - as L421 |
| 20/10/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | - as L421 |
| 22/10/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | - as L421 |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 10/04/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | As delivered to SHL - July 1960 | ||||||
| SHL312 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at SHL - circa Dec-60 | |||||
| 461 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S312, non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 19/07/69 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington2 | ||||||
| 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading3 | ||||||
| L461 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 12/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street4 | ||||||
| L461 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 06/12/75 - on 2A70 1118 Paddington-Didcot | |||||
| L461 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 31/01/76 - on 2A28 1348 Paddington-Reading with 55028 + L469 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 08/09/76 - at Reading1 | ||||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area5 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 21st May 1977 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 11/11/1977 - Oxford Station5 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station5 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station5 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 28/08/1979 - At Slough P6BAY 17325 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 05/04/19826 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 28/09/19856 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 19/10/19856 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 11/02/19866 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51400 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Old Oak Common7 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 26/08/19866 | |||||
| 51341 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 13/09/19866 | ||||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted 01/08/19876 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Noted circa 04/19886 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L421 | 51359 | 59511 | 51401 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th October 1979
Set number: L421
Class 117 DMU set L421 (presumably 51359 + 59511 + 51401) departing Paddington with a Slough service on 15 October 1979. Brian Daniels.
Date: 21st May 1983
Set number: L421
Class 117 set L421 with DMBS W51359 (nearest) tailing TC W59511 & DMS W51401 as they depart Paddington, Saturday 21st May 1983 Iain Reid.
Date: 7th October 1985
Set number: L421
Class 117 DMU set L421 (51359 and presumably 59511 + 51401) is seen leaving Melksham on what was recorded as the 16:40 Gloucester - Swindon - Warminster service on 7 October 1985. Michael Mensing.
Date: 7th October 1985
Set number: L421
Class 117 DMU set L421 (presumably 51401 + 59511 + 51359) is seen leaving Melksham on what was recorded as the 16:40 Gloucester - Swindon - Warminster service on 7 October 1985. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1986
Set number: L421
Class 117 set L421 (presumably 51359 + 59511 + 51401) arrives into Marlow station in 1986. John Law.
Date: 1986
Set number: L421
The Marlow branch DMU (presumably 51359 + 59511 + 51401) reverses at Bourne End in 1986. John Law.
Date: 16th September 1986
Set number: L421
Class 117 set L421 (presumably 51359 + 59511 + 51401) shelters in the remains of an old steam shed at Worcester before its next duty on the Cotswold line on 16/9/1986. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 10th February 1987
54289 leads 51401 + 59511 + 51359 into Paddington on the 10th February 1987. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 30th October 1987
Set number: L124
55024 is standing in for a Class 117 power car, working with 59511 and 51401 when seen departing from Slough on the 30th October 1987. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 1st April 1989
Set number: L421
Class 117 set L421 (presumably 51401 + 59511 + 51359) at Twyford on 1 April 1989. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 16th April 1989
Set number: L421
A six-car Class 117 DMU formation formed of L421 (51401 and presumably 59511 + 51359) and L401 (presumably 51333 + 59485 + 51375) in Southall station on 16 April 1989. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 16th April 1989
Set number: L401
A six-car Class 117 DMU formation formed of L401 ((presumably 51375 + 59485 + 51333) and L401 (presumably 51359 + 59511 + 51401) heads away from Southall station on 16 April 1989 as 47 334 approaches light engine. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 3rd June 1989
Set number: L421
Class 117 set L421 (presumably 51359 + 59511 + 51401) at Didcot on 3 June 1989. Nigel Menzies.
Date: circa summer 1989
Set number: L421
Class 117 DMU set L421 (presumably 51359 + 59511 + 51401) in Bicester Town station circa summer 1989. Brian Ward.
Date: 2nd September 1989
Set number: L421
Class 117 L421 (51401 + 59511 + 51359) at West Ealing working a Reading to Paddington service on 2-9-89. Ian Cuthbertson Collection.
Date: 28th September 1989
Set number: L421
51401 leads Class 117 set L421 (presumably with 59511 + 51359) in what looks like a shunting move at Newbury on September 28, 1989. John Carter.
Date: 19th April 1990
Set number: L421
WR cl.117 set L421 is seen stabled in the West London Line platforms, on the north side of Clapham Junction, on 19/4/90. 51359 is nearest the camera with 59511 and 51401 behind. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 2nd November 1990
Set number: L421
Class 117 set L421 with DMS 51401 at the front (presumably with 59511 + 51359) is seen departing West Drayton with a service towards Paddington on 02.11.1990. When the centre car was removed it gained the set number L703. Andy Cole.
Date: circa 1991
Set number: L421
Class 117 set L421 (presumably 51401 + 59511 + 51359) at Southall circa 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 28th August 1991
Set number: L421
Two Class 117 sets at Redhill on August 28th, 1991. On the left is L406 (51341 + 59493 + 51383) and on the right L421 (51401 (is it carrying a number?) + 59511 + 51359). Rex Holt.
Date: 24th September 1991
Set number: L421
Class 117 DMU set L421 (51401 + 59511 + 51359) in Reading station on 24 September 1991. Keith Miller.