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Vehicle 59515


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)
Jul-66 Transferred to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
16/05/82 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
15/05/83 Transferred to RG (Reading)
circa Jun-84 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
28/04/85 Transferred to RG (Reading)
p/e 30/03/91 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
16/03/92 Transferred to RG (Reading) NWRX
14/12/92 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWXX
07/12/93 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWRX
Apr-95 Withdrawn from RG (Reading)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 09/03/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51363 59515 51405 As delivered to Reading - July 1960
RDG315 51363 59515 51405 Listed at Reading - circa Oct-60
463 51363 59515 51405 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S323, non-gangwayed set
51363 59515 51405 Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1
51363 59515 51405 56283 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington2
51363 59515 51405 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington2
51363 59515 51405 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2
L463 51363 59515 51405 Noted 05/08/1975 - at Solihull3
L425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L429 51363 59515 51405 Noted 29/10/1977 - London Paddington4
L429 51363 59515 51405 Noted 11/11/1977 - Oxford Station4
L425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L425 51363 59515 51405 Noted circa 04/19825
B425 51363 59515 51405 Noted 23/10/1982 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Rod Mill Rattler Railtour B425+B434
B425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
51363 59515 51405 Transfer to RG - 15/05/83
425 51363 59515 51405 Transfer to BR - circa Jun-84 - from RG
B425 51363 59515 51405 Noted circa 01/19855
B425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
425 51363 59515 51405 Transfer to RG - 28/04/85 - from BR
L425 51363 59515 51405 Noted 05/04/19865
51363 59515 51405 Noted 06/04/86 - on 18.10 Oxford - Reading6
L425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L425 51363 59515 51405 Noted 21/04/87 - at Royal Oak7
L425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L425 51363 59515 51405 Noted circa 11/19875
51363 59515 51405 Noted 21/11/87 - on 12:03 Paddington - Maidenhead8
L425 51363 59515 51405 Noted 04/04/88 - at Royal Oak7
L425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
51363 59515 51405 Noted 03/08/89 - on 13:35 Reading - Paddington8
L425 51363 59515 51405 Noted 18/03/90 - in Paddington9
L425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L425 51363 59515 51405 Noted circa 03/19915
51363 59515 51405 Noted 21/04/91 - on London Paddington - Reading service
L425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at OO - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
L425 51363 59515 51405 Noted circa 08/19935
L425 51363 59515 51405 Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWXX

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Phil Shatford
7: Gerald Brown
8: Martin Baumann
9: Aaron Calder

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Swindon Works

15th April 1964

An image from the Swindon Works Accident series. This is Pressed Steel TC 59515, which has sustained some side swipe damage. Negative 5AA 1563, taken 15/4/64. Taken the same day as the damage to 51390, which would be from a different set, did the two vehicles hit one another? British Railways.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: September 1968

Set number: 463

Pressed Steel triple set 463 (presumably 51405 + 59515 + 51363) is seen in Leamington Spa station in September 1968 with a Didcot service. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L425

Class 117 DMU set L425 (51405 and presumably 59515 + 51363) arriving into Reading, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L425

Class 117 DMU set L425 (51363 and presumably 59515 + 51405) at Gloucester (Central) - date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 25th September 1982

Set number: B425

B425 (51405 + 59515 + 51363) at Stapleton Road on the 25th September 1982. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 23rd October 1982

The Monmouthshire Railway Society Rod Mill Rattler railtour at Splott Junction on 23 October 1982. It was formed of two Class 117 DMU sets, B425 (51363 + 59515 + 51405) and B434 (51372 + 59490 + 51414). Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: April 1983

Set number: B425

Set B425 (presumably 51405 + 59515 + 51363) and B430 have the company of 50 013 in Gloucester station in April 1983. Mike Cooper.

DMU

Date: 24th March 1984

Set number: L425

Class 117 Pressed Steel 3-car DMU set L425 51405 + 59515 + 51363) approaching Coombe Junction Halt with the 15-26 to Liskeard on 24-3-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 24th March 1984

Set number: L425

Class 117 Pressed Steel 3-car DMU set L425 (51363 + 59515 + 51405) arrived at Liskeard from Looe, 24-3-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 24th March 1984

Set number: L425

Class 117 Pressed Steel 3-car DMU set L425 (51405 + 59515 + 51363) arrived at Liskeard from Looe, 24-3-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 24th March 1984

Set number: L425

Class 117 DMU 51405 + 59515 + 51363 at Liskeard on the Looe service, 24-3-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 31st May 1985

Set number: L425

Class 117 DMU set L425 - 51405, 59515 and 51363, passing Didcot on 31 May 1985. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 17th July 1985

Set number: L425

Class 117 set L425, W51405 (nearest) + W59515 + W51363, heads away from Reading for Paddington. Wednesday 17th July 1985. Iain Reid.

DMU

Date: 13th September 1986

Set number: L425

On a rainy evening Class 117 Set L425 (presumably 51363 + 59515 + 51405) on a East Croydon - Slough additional is seen at Kensington Olympia (at 19XX) on Saturday 13th September 1986. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L425

Class 117 DMU set L425 (presumably 51405 + 59515 + 51363) arriving into Southall station, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1st October 1987

Set number: L425

Class 117 set L425 (51405 + 59515 + 51363) is about to enter West Drayton station when seen on October 1, 1987. Malcolm Clements.

DMU

Date: 14th May 1988

Set number: L425

Class 117 DMU L425 (51363 and presumably 59515 + 51405) at Tilehurst Station on 14-5-88. Ian Cuthbertson Collection.

DMU

Date: 1989

Set number: L425

Class 117 set L425 (presumably 51363 + 59515 + 51405) at Ruscombe on the Great Western Main Line in 1989, looking south west from Milley Lane bridge. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: early 1990s

Set number: L425

Class 117 unit L425 (presumably 51363 + 59515 + 51405) is seen in the rain at Reading Station early 1990s. Ian Cuthbertson.

DMU

Date: 24th October 1993

Set number: L425

Class 117 DMU set L425, presumed 51363/59515/51405, at Hackhurst Lane Farm Crossing with the 07.20 Reading to Gatwick on 24 October 1993. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 24th October 1993

Set number: L425

Class 117 DMU set L425, presumed 51405/59515/51363, at White Road Lane, Boxhill, with the 10.15 Gatwick to Reading service on 24 October 1993. Rob Paterson.