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Vehicle 59518


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

Sep-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Mar-67 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
16/05/82 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
05/04/86 Transferred to RG (Reading)
p/e 30/03/91 Transferred to OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX
18/09/92 Transferred to RG (Reading) NWRX
14/12/92 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWXX
07/12/93 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWRX
08/02/94 Transferred to LA (Laira) RELV
21/03/94 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
Mar-94 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 26/01/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51366 59518 51408 As delivered to Southall - September 1960
SHL316 51366 59518 51408 Listed at Southall - circa Oct-60
SHL317 51366 59518 51408 Listed at Southall - circa Dec-60
419 51366 59518 51408 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R341, gangwayed set
51366 59518 51408 Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1
51366 59518 51408 Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak2
51366 59518 51408 Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak2
51366 59518 51408 Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak2
51366 59518 51408 Noted 01/06/74 - in Birmingham New Street
L419 51366 59518 51408 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2
L428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
51366 59518 51408 Noted 11/09/76 - in London Paddington1
L428 51366 59518 51408 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area3
L428 51366 59518 51408 Noted 26/10/1977 - Oxford Station3
L428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L428 51366 59518 51408 Noted 29/01/1980 - At Didcot Station3
L428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L428 51366 59518 51408 Noted circa 09/1981 - at Old Oak Common Open Day4
L428 51366 59518 51408 Noted circa 04/19824
B428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B428 51366 59518 51408 Noted circa 08/19834
B428 51366 59518 51408 Noted circa 03/19844
B428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
TS619 53854 59518 53907 Noted 01/02/85 - at Norwich2
428 51366 59518 51408 Transfer to RG - 05/04/86 - from BR
L428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L428 51366 59518 51408 Noted 21/06/19864
B428 51366 59518 51408 Noted circa 02/19874
51366 59518 51408 Noted 14/03/87 - on 15:27 Gatwick - Reading5
L428 51366 59518 51408 Noted 21/04/87 - at Royal Oak2
51366 59518 55020 Noted circa 07/19874
L428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L428 51366 59518 51408 Noted circa 08/19874
L428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L428 51366 59518 51408 Noted 17/06/1989 - L423+L428 Oxford to Poole and return special train
L428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L428 51366 59518 51408 Noted June 1991
L428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at OO - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at OO - 12/08/92
L428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
L428 51366 59518 51408 Noted 25th June 1993
L428 51366 59518 51408 Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWXX

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa April 1978

Set number: L420

Two Class 117 DMUs in Oxford station. On the left is set L420 (presumably 51358 + 59510 + 51400) and set L428 (presumably 51366 + 59518 + 51408) is on the right. The slide was processed in April 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: July 1978

Set number: L428

Class 117 DMU set L428 (presumably 51366 + 59518 + 51408) and Class 33 (possibly 037) at Reading in July 1978. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 1981

Set number: L428

Class 117 DMU set L428 (51408 + 59518 + 51366) at Slough in the first half of 1981. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: March 1984

Set number: B428

Class 117 DMU set B428, presumably 51408 + 59518 + 51366, arriving into Frome station in early March 1984. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 11th September 1984

Set number: B428

Class 117 set B428 (51408 + 59518 + 51366) at Chepstow with the 17:05 Cardiff - Worcester service on 11 September 1984. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 11th September 1984

Set number: B428

Class 117 set B428 (51366 + 59518 + 51408) heads away from Chepstow and is about to cross the River Wye with the 17:05 Cardiff - Worcester service on 11 September 1984. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 16th July 1986

Set number: L428

Class 117 DMU Set L428 (51408 + 59518 + 51366) approaches Torquay station with the 10.20 Exeter St David's to Paignton service on 16 July 1986. Neil Smith.

DMU

Date: circa January 1987

Set number: L428

Class 117 DMU set L428 (presumably 51408 + 59518 + 51366), date/location unknown. The slide process date is January 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 8th May 1987

Set number: L428

Class 117 DMU 51408/59518/51366 arrives at Oxford on 08/05/87 to form the 13:07 service to Didcot. Steve Jones.

DMU

Date: 22nd August 1987

Set number: L428

Class 117 DMS 51408, set number L428 (presumably with 59518 + 51366), is seen stabled at Reading in Network South East livery on 22.08.1987. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 1987

Set number: B428

B428 - 51408 + 59518 + 51366. This appears to be Oxford station, confirmation welcome. The date is either 24.10.1987 or 17.12.1987 which are the only two dates I was in Oxford but as I did not travel on B428 on either of those dates it cannot be confirmed. Martin Baumann.

DMU

Date: 1991

Set number: L428

Class 117 DMU L428 (vehicles 51366, 59518 and 51408) seen at Oxford in the spring of 1991. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: 9th September 1993

Set number: L428

Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU set L428 (51366 + 59518 + 51408) stabled in the siding at Redhill in between Reading duties on 9 September 1993. Sparegang.

DMU

Date: 17th October 1993

Set number: L428

Class 117 DMU set L428, presumed 51366 + 59518 + 51408, at Gomshall with the 10.20 Reading to Gatwick on 17 October 1993. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 17th October 1993

Set number: L428

Class 117 DMU set L428, presumed 51366 + 59518 + 51408, near Shalford Junction with the 15.20 Reading to Gatwick service on 17 October 1993. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 23rd October 1993

Set number: L428

Class 117 set L428, presumed 51408/59518/51366, at Shalford with the 14.17 Gatwick to Reading on 23 October 1993. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 24th October 1993

Set number: L428

Class 117 DMU set L428, presumed 51366/59518/51408, at Hackhurst Lane Crossing with the 10.20 Reading to Gatwick on 24 October 1993. Rob Paterson.