Vehicle 59514
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 | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 03/10/82 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| p/e 30/03/91 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX | |
| 02/07/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
| 07/07/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 21/03/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | As delivered to 81D - July 1960 | ||||||
| RDG316 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at Reading - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 417 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R316, gangwayed set | |||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington2 | ||||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2 | ||||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area3 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 01/06/1977 - Oxford Station3 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station3 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 28/08/1979 - At Cholsey3 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 08/05/81 - on 16.59 Paddington – Reading4 | ||||||
| B424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 10/09/82 - at Clink Road | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 04/03/19865 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 05/04/19865 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Old Oak Common6 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 12/07/1986 - Hertfordshire Railtours and Southern Electric Group The Fen Tiger L412+L424 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 13/09/1986 - at Old Oak Common6 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 24/01/19875 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 07/02/1987 - at Paddington6 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 23/05/87 - at Norwich strengthening 53885 + 59625 + 59643 + 51892 (TS823) on a Birmingham N St - Norwich service7 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| 424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted circa 09/19875 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Noted 03/08/89 - on 13:00 Paddington - Reading8 | ||||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 55029 | Noted 09/11/91 - 19:15 Paddington - Reading | |||||
| 55028 | 59514 | 55030 | Noted 14/04/92 - on 07:39 Slough - Paddington9 | ||||||
| 55027 | 59514 | 55031 | Listed at - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | ||||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at OO - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L424 | 51362 | 59514 | 51404 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: Gerald Brown
8: Martin Baumann
9: David Bellamy
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 16th July 1976
Set number: L424
Class 117 DMU set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) seen at the Cholsey and Moulsford stop of a Paddington service, likely from Oxford, on 16 July 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: unknown
Set number: L424
Class 117 DMU set L424 (W51362 and presumably 59514 + 51404) at London Paddington, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: 28th April 1982
Set number: L424
Class 117 DMU set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) with an Oxford service at Heyford on 28-4-82. Brian Daniels.
Date: 10th September 1982
Set number: B424
Class 117 set B424 (51404 + 59514 + 51362) passes HST set 253 007 at Clink Road, 10/9/82. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 11th August 1984
Set number: L424
Class 117 dmus were the backbone of local services out of London Paddington for many years following construction by Pressed Steel in Linwood, Scotland in 1959-61. This three-coach train (presumably 51362 and presumably 59514 + 51404) is passing the prefabricated delight of Slough signal box on August 11, 1984. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 14th April 1985
Set number: L424
Six-car Class 117 at Twyford West on 14 April 1985. W51404 (presumably with 59514 + 51362) leads a brace of class 117 DMUs across from the relief lines to the down main with the 10.42 Paddington - Oxford. Robert28194.
Date: 1986
Set number: L424
Class 117 set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) departing from London Paddington in 1986. Walter Burt.
Date: 12th July 1986
Set number: L425
Wisbech on the 12th of July 1986. Class 117 DMU sets L424 (51404 + 59514 + 51362) and L412 (presumably 51347 + 59499 + 51389) are on the Fen Tiger Railtour run jointly by Hertfordshire Railtours and the South Electric Group. The tour set out from Reading and travelled via Victoria, Kensington, the North London Line, Stratford, Finsbury Park and Peterborough. It went on to Kings Lynn and then back via Cambridge, Stratford, the North London line and Victoria. The KDH Archive.
Date: 12th July 1986
Set number: L424
The Fen Tiger railtour seen at South Lynn, 12/7/86, L424 51404 + 59514 + 51362 closest. Chris Lings.
Date: 12th July 1986
Set number: L412
Class 117 DMU sets L412 (51389 + 59499 + 51347) and L424 (51362 + 59514 + 51404) approaching Whitemoor, heading for Wisbech with 1Z25 `Fen Tiger` charter from Reading to London Victoria (via Wisbech, Kings Lynn Dock, and Middleton Towers) on 12 July 1986. Phil Bevan.
Date: 12th July 1986
Set number: L424
Class 117 DMU sets L424 (51404 + 59514 + 51362) & L412 are seen on the quayside in Kings Lynn Bentinck Dock on July 12, 1986. They were working the Hertfordshire Railtours 'Fen Tiger' railtour. It visited such delights as Wisbech, Middleton Towers, South Lynn Sidings, the Grain Terminal on the Kings Lynn Harbour branch and of course Kings Lynn Docks as seen here. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: 424
Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU set 424 (51362 and presumably + 59514 + 51404) approaching Southall station circa 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 6th August 1989
Set number: L424
Network Southeast Class 117 set No. L424 (51404, 59514 and 51362) stands at Gospel Oak working the 12:19 service to Barking. Brian Creasey.
Date: 19th September 1989
Set number: L424
At Acton on 19 September 1989 class 117 L424 (51362 + 59514 + 51404) passes with a Paddington to Reading local service. This wasn't the nicest place to stand with 4 very busy lanes of traffic behind the camera and probably isn't somewhere I'd go in 2023 given the OHLE catenary and less than riveting traction using the lines. Peter Tandy.
Date: 4th October 1990
Set number: L424
Class 117 set L424 (presumably 51404 + 59514 + 51362) is working with a two-car Class 101 set when seen at Paddington on the 4th October 1990. Rex Holt.
Date: 9th November 1991
Set number: L129
55029 as a 117 power car stand-in, working with 59514 + 51362 (L424). Seen after arriving at Reading on the 19:15 from Paddington, 9/11/91. Gazza Prescott.