Vehicle 59520
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 | 81D (Reading) | |
| Jan-67 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| w/e 30/06/79 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| w/e 30/09/79 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 25/01/88 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/07/93 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) RELA | |
| 22/10/93 | Sector Change to | LA (Laira) RELV | |
| 24/05/94 | Transferred to | PZ (Penzance) RELV | |
| 2w/e 14/10/95 | Withdrawn |
Notes
23rd April 1988 - Seen in chocolate & cream livery
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 08/07/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | As delivered to Reading - September 1960 | ||||||
| RDG318 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at Reading - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Transfer to 81C - Jan-67 | ||||||
| 465 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S315, non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 22/10/71 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 26/10/1971 - at Paddington2 | ||||||
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 14/02/72 - at Royal Oak3 | ||||||
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Worcester2 | ||||||
| L430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 11/09/76 - in London Paddington1 | ||||||
| L430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Transfer to LA - w/e 30/06/79 | ||||||
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Transfer to RG - w/e 30/09/79 | ||||||
| L430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| B430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at BR - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| B430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted circa 08/19834 | |||||
| B430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 27/05/1985 - Special return working Bristol-Portishead | |||||
| B430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 31/05/85 | |||||
| B430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted circa 09/19854 | |||||
| B430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 15/09/1985 - Paddington to Old Oak Common open day shuttle B430+55020 | |||||
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 21/09/85 - on Swansea - Landore shuttle5 | ||||||
| B430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 28/02/19864 | |||||
| B430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| B430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Reading6 | |||||
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 01/11/86 - on 09:15 Crewe - Shrewsbury7 | ||||||
| B430 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at BR - Aug-87 | |||||
| 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Transfer to TS - 25/01/88 - from BR | ||||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Formed at TS w/e 07/02/88 | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 05/03/1988 - BLS Tame and Avon Railtour | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 23/04/19884 | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 23rd April 1988 | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 02/05/1988 - Black Eight Railtours The Brickfield Rambler | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 14/05/1988 - Bedworth Boomerang special train for the opening of Bedworth Station.4 | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 27th August 1988 - on charter from Ormskirk to York | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 01/10/1988 - T305+T325 worked special train to Stanhope, origin unclear | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 22/10/1988 - Severn Valley Railway Association Nosepoker 2 Railtour | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | ||||||
| spare | 59520 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted circa 05/19904 | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted circa 05/19914 | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
| T305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| 117305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
| 117305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | |||||
| 117305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | |||||
| 117305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | |||||
| 117305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 02/05/1993 - British Rail Worcester Rail Day Shuttles | |||||
| 117305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Listed at LA - November 1993 | |||||
| 117305 | 51368 | 59520 | 51410 | Noted 29/05/1994 - Branch Line Society The Devonport Docker Railtour |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: David Bellamy
6: Robert Chilton
7: Martin Baumann
Images:
2nd May 1988
Set number: T305
The Brickfield Rambler railtour at Quainton Road, 2/5/88 with 59520 and 51368. Robert Frise.
9th December 1989
Set number: T305
Class 117 59520 (set number T305) is seen inside the factory at Tyseley on 09.12.1989 receiving another coat of GWR chocolate and cream paint. Andy Cole.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1976
Set number: L430
Class 117 set L430 (presumably 51410 closest with 59520 + 51368) at Ealing Broadway in 1976. John Carter.
Date: 1976
Set number: L430
Class 117 set in Ealing Broadway in 1976, presumably with 51410 closest with 59520 + 51368. John Law.
Date: 24th November 1979
Set number: L430
Class 117 set L430 (presumably 51410 + 59520 + 51368) departing from Oxford on 24 November 1979. Nicholas T Smith.
Date: 23rd March 1980
Set number: L430
Class 117 set L430 (presumably 51410 + 59520 + 51368), still in all blue and sporting a tail lamp, stands at Edenbridge on 23 March 1980 deputising for the rostered Class 119 set on a Tonbridge-Reading service. Tony Watson.
Date: unknown
Set number: L430
W51368 leads Class 117 DMU set L430 (presumably with 59520 + 51410) at London Paddington with a Class 128 on the rear - date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: unknown
Set number: L430
W51368 leads Class 117 DMU set L430 (presumably with 59520 + 51410) at London Paddington. Date unknown but between being painted into blue/grey in July 1980 and transfer to Bristol in May 1982. Paul Redmond.
Date: 10th September 1982
Set number: B430
B430 (presumably 51410 + 59520 + 51368) and another set passing Clink Road on the 10th September 1982. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: October 1982
Set number: B430
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.B430 (presumably 51410 + 59520 + 51368) in Rail Blue & Grey with all-yellow front ends approaching Yatton on a Weston-super-Mare - Bristol (Temple Meads) service, 10/82 Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: October 1982
Set number: B430
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.B430 (51368 and presumably 59520 + 51410) approaching Yatton on a Weston-super-Mare - Bristol (Temple Meads) service, 10/82. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: September 1984
Set number: B430
Class 117 DMU set B430 (presumably 51368 59520 51410) heads west from Yarkhill bridge with a Didcot-Hereford service, September 1984. John Crooks.
Date: September 1984
Set number: B430
Under a gathering sky, Class 117 DMU set B430 (presumably 51410 + 59520 + 51368) at Yarkhill bridge with a service bound for Hereford from Didcot. September 1984. John Crooks.
Date: September 1984
Set number: B430
Class 117 DMU, set B430 (presumably 51368 59520 51410) is about to pass Stoke Edith SB Up Distant signal with a service from Hereford to Oxford, September 1984. The distant would disappear along with Stoke Edith and Shelwick Junction signal boxes when the line was singled a couple of months later in November of that year. John Crooks.
Date: January 1985
Set number: B430
Class 117 set B430 (presumably 51368 59520 51410) runs past a snowy yard at Hereford in January 1985. John Crooks.
Date: January 1985
Set number: B430
A quick turn round after arrival sees Class 117 DMU set B430 (presumably 51410 + 59520 + 51368) run back past a snowy yard at Hereford with a train for Worcester in January 1985. John Crooks.
Date: January 1985
Set number: B430
Bristol based Class 117 DMU, set B430 (presumably 51410 59520 51368), runs down towards the diesel depot at Hereford after arriving with a service from Worcester. Once down the depot it will reverse back into the Up Platform, Platform 3 for its return service to Worcester. January 1985. John Crooks.
Date: circa May 1985
Set number: B430
Class 117 DMU set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) freshly painted into its Chocolate & Cream livery, seen in Bristol Temple Meads circa May 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: May 1985
Set number: B430
Chocolate & Cream liveried Class 117 DMU, set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368), seen trough the trees en-route from Shelwick Junction into Hereford, with a service from Worcester. May 1985. The red signal in view is Hereford SB Up Section signal which is the Junction signal for the Worcester line at Shelwick Junction. John Crooks.
Date: May 1985
Set number: B430
In glorious sunshine, Chocolate & Cream liveried Class 117 DMU set B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410), is seen curving away from Shelwick Junction on a service from Hereford to Worcester, (possibly on to Oxford), May 1985. John Crooks.
Date: 27th May 1985
Set number: B430
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car suburban dmu Set No B430 consisting of cars Nos.W51368, W59520 & W51410 in BR (WR) chocolate & cream livery and all yellow front end specially repainted for the GWR 150th Anniversary Celebrations at Bristol (Temple Meads) on a special for the Portishead branch, 27/05/85. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 27th May 1985
Set number: B430
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car suburban dmu Set No B430 at North Somerset Jct., Bristol, on a special for the Portishead branch, 27/05/85. Taken from 51368 looking towards 59520 and 51410. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 27th May 1985
Set number: B430
On board Pressed Steel Class 117 W51368 (Class 117/2) as part of 3-car suburban dmu Set No B430 (later No.T305, then No.117 305) with W59520 (Class 176) & W51410 (Class 117/1) in BR (WR) chocolate & cream livery and all yellow front end specially repainted for the GWR 150th Anniversary Celebrations winding it's way along the Avon Gorge on a Portishead - Bristol (Temple Meads) special, 27/05/85. Note Brunel's Clifton Suspension bridge in the background. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: circa June 1985
Set number: B430
The celebrity Chocolate and Cream Class 117 DMU set B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) leaves Hereford with a service for Worcester, circa June 1985. John Crooks.
Date: 2nd June 1985
Set number: B430
To commemorate GWR 150 in 1985 a Class 117 set 51410 + 59520 + 51368 was repainted into GWR colours. Looking good on 2/6/1985 the unit is seen approaching Newlands East signal box on a Worcester Foregate Street to Hereford working. At the time allocated to Bristol it eventually moved to Tyseley. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 30th June 1985
Set number: B430
With the GWR 150 celebrations of 1985 in mind 1st generation DMU No.s W51368, W59520 and W51410 emerge from Bristol Bath Road in GWR Chocolate & Cream livery, on the 30th June 1985. Sadly BR, in their infinite wisdom, announced the closure of Swindon Works within the same year and completely marred any festivities including the planned works open day. Paul Bettany.
Date: 30th June 1985
Set number: B430
Cl 117 set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) at Bedminster, Bristol, on 30 June 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: July 1985
Set number: B430
GWR liveried Class 117 DMU set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) in July 1985. Taken just to the north of Cogload Jct with the unit on the line to Bristol. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 8th July 1985
Set number: B430
In the fading light of 8 July 1985 Class 117 DMU set B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) is seen at the Sea Mills stop of a Severn Beach - Bristol Temple Meads service. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 14th July 1985
Set number: B430
Class 117 set B430, W51410 (leading) + W59520 + W51368, heads away from Taunton returning to Bristol. A very Great Western scene with the dmu in BR-WR livery, 47628 'Sir Daniel Gooch' in GW livery waiting as back up for the GW150 special headed by 5051 'Drysllwyn Castle' and 4930 'Hagley Hall' waiting at the fine array of semaphore signals. Sunday 14th July 1985 Iain Reid.
Date: summer 1985
Set number: B430
The "Chocolate & Cream" set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) with another set on the rear approaches Hereford from Birmingham circa summer 1985. John Crooks.
Date: 3rd August 1985
Set number: B430
Chocolate and cream Class 117 DMU set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) at Exeter St Davids on 3 August 1985. On the left is the BT-liveried set Class 118 P460 with 51302 closest. Keith Miller.
Date: 7th August 1985
Set number: B430
GWR liveried B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) seen at Exeter St David's with the 11:17 to Exmouth on Wednesday 7th August 1985. Mel Holley.
Date: 8th August 1985
Set number: B430
GWR liveried Class 117 DMU no. B430, consisting of cars W51410 W59520 W51368 is seen at Exeter St Davids on 08/08/1985. DMS W51410 suffered severe fire damage in Cornwall during October 1995, and was cut up the following year. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 11th August 1985
Set number: B430
Repainted in chocolate and cream to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the GWR, Class 117 set no B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) is seen at Bristol Temple Meads on 11 August 1985. Robert28194.
Date: 1st September 1985
Set number: B430
GWR-liveried Class 117 set B430 (W51368 + W59520 + W51410) in Bristol Temple Meads on September 1st, 1985. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 15th September 1985
Set number: 120
The GWR_liveried Class 121 (55020) and 117 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) in Paddington station with an Old Oak Common open day shuttle on September 15 1995. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 15th September 1985
Set number: 120
GWR liveried 55020 and Class 117 B430 (51368 / 59520 / 51410) at an Old Oak Common open day on Sunday 15th September 1985. Richard Himson.
Date: 4th October 1985
Set number: B430
The GWR-liveried Class 117 DMU set B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) in Upwey station with a Bristol - Weymouth service on 4 October 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa 1985
Set number: B430
Class 117 DMU set B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) in GWR livery at Worcester circa late 1985. Brian Daniels.
Date: 18th January 1986
Set number: B430
Class 117 set B430 is seen arriving at New Street on 18.01.1986 in GWR Chocolate and Cream livery led by DMS 51410 with 59520 + 51368. It was based at Bristol Bath Road at the time but would eventually be transferred to Tyseley. Andy Cole.
Date: 24th April 1986
Set number: B430
At almost 12:30 on 24 April 1986 the GWR-liveried Class 117 DMU set B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) sits in platform 1 of Cardiff Central with a Hereford service. Keith Miller.
Date: May 1986
Set number: B430
The GWR-liveried Class 117 set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) in Paddington station in May 1986. Image by Tony Martens. John Law Collection.
Date: 5th May 1986
Set number: B430
To commemorate GWR 150 in 1985 class 117 B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) was repainted into chocolate and cream. Here it is at Kidderminster on a working to Birmingham New Street during a Midline festival on 5/5/86. I understand that there were problems with one of the power cars and to ensure that the unit put in an appearance a class 128 power car was added to assist with the ascent of Old Hill bank. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 7th June 1986
Set number: B430
GWR liveried Class 117 set B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) at Ashford Chart Leacon open day on June 7th, 1986. Stuart Pearce.
Date: 19th July 1986
Set number: B430
GWR-liveried Class 117 DMU set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) at Cardiff Central with the 07:35 (SO) Gloucester - Pembroke Dock service on 19 July 1986. Robert Thomas.
Date: 22nd July 1986
Set number: B430
51410+59520+51368 Westbury 22nd July 1986 Kevin Watson.
Date: 26th July 1986
Set number: B430
B430 (51410 / 59520 / 51368) in chocolate and cream livery at Swindon 26th July 1986. Tiptree Jon.
Date: 2nd August 1986
Set number: B430
GWR-liveried Class 117 set B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) leads a nine-car DMU formation at Radipole on 2 August 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 12th August 1986
Set number: B430
GWR-liveried Class 117 set B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) in Bristol Temple Meads station on August 12th, 1986 with the 11:10 departure to Severn Beach. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 12th August 1986
Set number: B430
GWR-liveried Class 117 set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) is seen in Keynsham station with the 16:30 Taunton - Westbury service on August 12th, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 13th September 1986
Set number: B430
The GWR 150 liveried class 117 DMU, set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368), at Coedmoor Bridge, between Tram Inn and Hereford, with a northbound passenger service. 13th September 1986. John Crooks.
Date: 27th September 1986
Set number: B430
Bristol Class 117 DMU set B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410), in GWR 150 livery, heads a northbound passenger service at Monmouth Cap, Monmouthshire, between Abergavenny and Pontrilas. 27th September 1986. John Crooks.
Date: 3rd January 1987
Set number: B430
Class 117 set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) in its brown and cream livery at Taunton, having arrived with 13.xx from Bristol on 3 January 1987. Unit would work back at 14.40 to Bristol. Rob Paterson.
Date: 17th January 1987
Set number: B430
GWR-liveried Class 117 set B430 (51358 + 59520 + 51410) seen at Swindon on 17 January 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 8th March 1987
Set number: B430
W51368 + 59520 + 51410 at Weymouth on March 8, 1987. John Carter.
Date: 28th March 1987
Set number: B430
The "Chocolate & cream" liveried class 117 DMU, set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368), heads south towards Bowdler Level Crossing, between Ludlow and Wooferton, with a southbound service for Cardiff. 28th March 1987. Paul James.
Date: May 1987
Set number: B430
Class 117 DMU B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) calls at Henley-in-Arden with a Birmingham Moor St - Stratford-upon-Avon service in May 1987. The DMU was painted in Chocolate and Cream livery in 1985 for the 150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway. Chris Morrison.
Date: May 1987
Set number: B430
Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU B430 seen passing under the Great Western footbridge at Henley-in-Arden with a Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham Moor Street train in May 1987. The unit, consisting of DMS 51410, TS 59520 and DMBS 51368 had been painted in chocolate and cream livery in spring 1985 to mark the 150th anniversary of the GWR Chris Morrison.
Date: 9th May 1987
This picture is dated 9 May 1987 and sbows 55994 topping the GWR-liveried Class 117 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) at Kidderminster while working a service to Birmingham New Street. It looks as if the warm and sunny weekend had brought out a large number of insects judging by the fatalities apparent on the yellow end... Peter Tandy.
Date: 16th May 1987
Set number: B430
As part of the 1985 celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway, Bristol's B430 set (51368 + 59520 + 51410) was repainted into chocolate and cream livery. It was often to be seen around Birmingham and on 16 May 1987 it was in use on the Cross City line where I photographed it at Longbridge station. Peter Tandy.
Date: 13th June 1987
Set number: B430
Class 117 DMU set No. B430 (Nos. 51368, 59520 and 51410) arrives at Swindon on 13 June 1987. Brian Creasey.
Date: 27th June 1987
Set number: B430
In the GWR 150 "Chocolate & Cream" livery, Bristol based Class 117, B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410), heads north towards Hereford at Haywood summit, between Tram Inn and Hereford. 27th June 1987. John Crooks.
Date: 25th July 1987
Set number: B430
Set B430 W51368, W59520 and W51410 nearest on a Norwich to Birmingham at Padnal on July 25th 1987. This DMU set had been reallocated from Bristol to Tyseley. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 26th September 1987
Set number: B430
Fake GWR liveried Class 117 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) is passing Newport Ebbw Jcn with a late afternoon Cardiff - Chepstow service on 26/09/1987. The DMU carries the number B430 which means it was a Bristol set. The train is passing the sad remains of Newport Ebbw Jnc diesel depot, this was a purpose built depot that catered for the numerous class 37's that were used on the South Wales coal trains but the decline of the coal industry meant that all requirements could be handled by Cardiff Canton and a few locos outstationed at Newport. Geoff Dowling.
Date: 4th October 1987
Set number: B430
51410 and 59520 from the chocolate and cream liveried Class 117 are seen at Tyseley on 4/10/87 in amongst other high density vehicles. Malcolm Clements.
Date: January 1988
Set number: B430
The GWR liveried B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) at Gloucester in January 1988. Mike Cooper.
Date: 1988
Set number: T227
A busy moment at Leamington Spa in 1988. The through platform lines are occupied by DMUs of Class 117 (heritage GWR liveried unit T305 51410 + 59520 + 51368 on the left) and Class 114 (set T227 with 53019 visible), whilst an unidentified class 58 passes through the centre road with a loaded MGR coal train destined for Didcot power station. Bob Belcher.
Date: 1988
Set number: T305
Chocolate & Cream liveried Class 117 DMU T305 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) seen leaving Leamington Spa for Birmingham Snow Hill in 1988. Bob Belcher.
Date: 1988
Set number: T305
Class 117 DMU set T305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410), painted in Great Western chocolate and cream livery seen departing from Leamington Spa for Birmingham Snow Hill in 1988. Bob Belcher.
Date: January 1988
Set number: B430
Passengers boarding GWR-liveried Class 117 set B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) in Swindon station in January 1988. Mike Cooper.
Date: January 1988
Set number: B430
GWR liveried Class 117 set B430 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) waits to depart from Swindon station in January 1988. It has 'Swindon Junction' on its destination blind. This was the station's original name, which was shortened when Swindon Town closed in 1961 (thanks to 'Mad Mac' for that info). Mike Cooper.
Date: 5th March 1988
Set number: T305
Class 117 DMU set T305 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) in the Birmingham Railway Museum at Tyseley with the Branch Line Society Tame and Avon railtour. The slide was dated 5 March 1988, the Six Bells Junction website suggests this tour ran on the 6th. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 24th April 1988
Set number: T305
Class 117 set T305 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) is seen in GWR Chocolate and Cream livery at Tyseley on 24.04.1988. This had been repainted for the GWR 150 celebrations and was based at Bristol Bath Road. It had recently been transferred to Tyseley. Andy Cole.
Date: 2nd May 1988
Set number: T305
Class 117 set T305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) in Quainton Road station while working the Brickfield Rambler railtour on 2nd May 1988. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 2nd May 1988
Set number: T305
Black Eight Railtours' Brickfield Rambler from Birmingham New St to Marylebone and Didcot via Quainton Road is seen in London Marylebone on 2/5/88. It utilised celebrity class 117 dmu T305 (51410 + 59520 + 51368). Stephen Burdett.
Date: 2nd May 1988
Set number: T305
Set T305 (51410, 59520, 51368) is seen at Quainton Road while working the Brickfield Rambler railtour on 2nd May 1988. Robert Frise.
Date: 2nd May 1988
Set number: T305
Set T305 (51368, 59520, 51410) is seen at Quainton Road while working the Brickfield Rambler railtour on 2nd May 1988. Robert Frise.
Date: 2nd May 1988
Set number: T305
Set T305 (51410, 59520, 51368) is seen at Quainton Road while working the Brickfield Rambler railtour on 2nd May 1988. Robert Frise.
Date: 6th May 1988
Set number: T305
Class 117 numbers W51410 W59520 W51368 in GWR livery departing from Birmingham Moor Street with a train for Stratford-upon-Avon on 6 May 1988. Keith Long.
Date: circa June 1988
Set number: T305
Although not readily apparent in a backlit black & white image this is the chocolate & cream class 117 unit T305 (51410 + 59520 + 51368). It was photographed shortly after leaving Hatton station in June 1988 with a local service from Birmingham Moor Street to Leamington Spa. The Stratford canal passes under the line immediately underneath the line. Peter Tandy.
Date: 5th June 1988
Set number: T305
A 1960 built 3-car class 117 Pressed Steel Suburban unit, Tyseley allocated set T305 (W51410), is our transport from Leicester to Coalville for the open day that was taking place there on the 5th June 1988. In 1985 when allocated to Bristol this set B430 (W51410, W59520, W51368) was repainted into GWR colours as part of the GWR 150 celebrations. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: 5th June 1988
Set number: T305
Class 117 DMU set T305 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) at Coalville with an open day shuttle from Leicester on 5 June 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 18th June 1988
Set number: T306
51411, 59521, 51369, (T306) and 51410, 59520 and 51368 (T305) with the 10.20 SO Yarmouth to Birmingham near Ely West Junction on June 18, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 26th June 1988
Set number: T305
Standing in Doncaster Works Yard on Sunday 26th June 1988 are 2 cars from a Class 117 3 car set T305, 51410 and 59520. AndrewHA.
Date: 28th November 1988
Set number: T305
Class 117 DMU TY set T305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) in GW livery outside Tyseley depot, 28-11-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 31st December 1988
Set number: T305
Class 117 DMU set T305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) in the bay at Hereford. Photo taken around the 31st December 1988. Paul James.
Date: 1st April 1989
Set number: T305
Class 117 DMU T305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) was repainted into a chocolate and cream livery for the GWR celebrations in 1985 and was still in those colours on 1 April 1989 when I photographed it near Soho Junction in Birmingham. Most the of the local services were operated with electric units so I assume that this one heading to Birmingham New Street had come from beyond Wolverhampton on the Shrewsbury line. Peter Tandy.
Date: 13th April 1989
Set number: T305
Class 117 DMU Set T305 (1368 + 59520 + 51410) at University, Birmingham, on 13 April 1989. David Mant.
Date: Autumn 1989
Set number: T305
There was a diesel gala at the Severn Valley Railway in the autumn of 1989 and amongst all the locomotive-hauled trains was the chocolate and cream class 117 DMU T305 (51410 + 59520 + 51368). I suspect that fewer photographs were taken of this train than any of the others but I thought it well worth recording. It had just left Bewdley and was heading towards Bridgnorth although the destination board says "Kidderminster". I can't imagine that many of the roller blinds in use at the time had either Bewdley of Bridgnorth available for use! Note the symbol on the former headcode panel showing the Bear and Ragged Staff, this being the emblem of Warwickshire. Peter Tandy.
Date: circa 1990
Set number: T305
The GWR-liveried Class 117 set T305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) at Scarborough circa 1990. John Law.
Date: unknown
Class 117 DMU set B430 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) seen during the Ashford Chart Leacon open day on 7 June 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: unknown
Set number: T305
GWR-liveried Class 117 DMU set T305 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) at Abercynon - date unknown. Glyn Weigh.
Date: 6th May 1990
Set number: N669
Class 104 unit N669, comprising cars 53454 and 53528, seen on display at the Bescot open day on 6th May 1990. On the right is 59520. Bob Belcher.
Date: 2nd July 1990
Set number: T305
A 6 car DMU, led by Tyseley's Chocolate and Cream class 117 T305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410), approaching Water Orton on 2nd July 1990. Paul James.
Date: 2nd July 1990
Set number: T305
A 6 car DMU, led by Tyseley's Chocolate and Cream class 117 T305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410), approaching Water Orton on 2nd July 1990. Paul James.
Date: 1991
Set number: T305
Tyseley's set T305 formed of the GW Chocolate & Cream liveried 51368 - 59520 - 51410 seen at Derby in 1991. Robert Chilton Collection.
Date: 13th April 1991
Set number: T305
T305 at Leamington Spa Chocolate and cream class 117 T305 (W51368 + W59520 + W51410) standing in Leamington Spa station on 13 April 1991 after arriving from Birmingham Snow Hill. At this time trains had to run to a crossover south of the station before accessing the down platform before returning to Birmingham. Peter Tandy.
Date: 20th April 1991
Set number: T305
Tyseley allocated Class 117 set no.T305 formed of DMBS W51368, TCL W59520 and DMS W51410, painted in GWR brown and cream colour scheme, leave Platform 4 at Crewe Station with a service for Nottingham Midland via Derby on the 20th April 1991. After withdrawl in the late 90's both power cars were scrapped at MC Metals, Glasgow, W51368 in April 1999 and W51410 in September of the same year while the centre trailer vehicle was preserved and can be found on the Dartmoor Railway, Devon. Bob Woolnough.
Date: 8th June 1991
Set number: T305
Class 117 DMU set T305 (51368, 59520 and 51410) at Bescot station on 8 June 1991. Keith Miller.
Date: circa summer 1991
Set number: T305
Class 117 DMU set T305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) in Warwick station, circa summer 1991. Bob Belcher.
Date: 22nd November 1991
Set number: T305
The chocolate and cream Class 117 DMU T305 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) was still working around the Birmingham area on 22 November 1991 and is seen here passing Bescot Stadium station with an ECS from the Wolverhampton direction presumably after working on the Shrewsbury line. Peter Tandy.
Date: 27th June 1992
Set number: 117305
The GWR (ish) chocolate and cream liveried class 117, by now sporting the number 117305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410, moved to Tyseley late in life to add even more colour to the Cross City service whilst the class 323s were awaited. Taken on June 27, 1992 with 51368 leading the Longbridge service at Northfield. Mike Dean.
Date: circa June 1992
Set number: 117305
Water Orton, around June 1992. Tyseley allocated chocolate & cream liveried Class 117 DMU 117305 (vehicles 51410 + 59520 + 51368) looking recently repainted coming off the line from Derby/Tamworth. It looks to be coupled to the Midline liveried Class 121 unit 55033. The now long gone Hams Hall C power station is still extant in the background, but would be demolished at the end of 1993 Bob Belcher.
Date: circa July 1992
Set number: 117305
117 305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) at Nottingham Midland circa July 1992. David Page.
Date: circa July 1992
Set number: 117305
117305 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) in Nottingham Midland station circa July 1992. David Page.
Date: 6th February 1993
Set number: 117305
Class 117 set No. 117305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) departs Coventry working the 14:35 service to Stafford on 6 February 1993. Brian Creasey.
Date: April 1993
Set number: 117305
Celebrity dmu 117305 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) in GWR colours was transferred to Tyseley in the late 1980s and saw duties over a range of routes. Here it is at Boston on a Skegness to Derby service April 1993. Stephen Burdett.
Date: April 1993
Set number: 117305
117305 (51410 + 59520 + 51368) at Skegness on a Derby working, April 1993. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 2nd May 1993
Set number: 117305
Class 37 no. 37114 "City of Worcester" arrives back at Shrub Hill with a shuttle service from Henwick on 2 May 1993. The shuttle was being run in conjunction with the Open Day being held at Worcester on that day and was topped and tailed with GWR "Castle" Class no. 5029 "Nunney Castle". 3 of the 4 vehicles making up the coaching stock of this train was chocolate and cream-liveried dmu set 117305. This set consisted of 51368/59520/51410. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 6th July 1993
Set number: 117305
Chocolate-and-cream liveried 51410 at the head of unit 117 305 (51368/59520/51410) waiting to leave New St for Wolverhampton on 6/7/93. This is what should have been the 17.56 departure for Aberystwyth : because of the incoming working running late, it was terminated at W'hampton, so passengers on 117 305 will transfer to the return working at Wolverhampton. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 4th October 1993
Set number: 117305
GWR liveried 117305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) had recently been transferred to Laira from Tyseley hence the destination blind ("Stourbridge Junction"). Seen at Liskeard on 4/10/93. Sparegang.
Date: 4th October 1993
Set number: 117305
117305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410) doesn't quite fit into the platform at Looe when seen on 4/10/93. Sparegang.
Date: 29th May 1994
Set number: 117305
The Branch Line Society's "Devonport Docker" DMU railtour traverses the Looe branch connection through Liskeard Goods Yard on May 29th 1994 operated by 117305 (51368 + 59520 + 51410). What should have been one of the highlight of the tour was withdrawn from the itinerary by BR at very short notice. The line had always been on the "banned" list because of a perceived risk of buffer locking but it did seem the BLS had at last got approval to take a passenger train over the connection between the mainline and the branch with this tour. It wasn't to be though and the line was one of two lines withdrawn from the tour route a few days before it ran. The other rather unfortunately was the Keyham Junction to Devonport Dockyard branch after which the tour was named. As the tour still had approval to visit the freight only Moorswater branch off the Looe line the DMU set is seen being run ECS between Liskeard mainline platforms and the Looe branch bay. Adrian Nicholls.