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Class 117 DMU set L412 (51347 and presumably 59499 + 51389) arriving into London Paddington. Circa late 1970s - it was refurbished in October 1978. Paul Redmond.
Class 117 DMU set L412 (51347 and presumably 59499 + 51389) at Reading. Circa late 1970s - it was refurbished in October 1978. Paul Redmond.
A refurbished 117 (L431 presumably 51369 + 59521 + 51411) sets off from Ealing Broadway. Undated. Adrian Vaughan.
Class 117 set L402 (presumably 51335 + 59487 + 51377) is seen in Paddington. Undated. Adrian Vaughan.
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.
Class 117 DMU set L428 (presumably 51366 + 59518 + 51408) and Class 33 (possibly 037) at Reading in July 1978. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Class 117 Pressed Steel-built set L404, presumably 51379 + 59489 + 51337, on an Oxford to London Paddington service approaching Goring & Streatley on 17 July 1978. 33 012 comes round the corner with a van train, quite possibly on a Oxford to Redhill train. Jeremy Chapter.
On a railtour around London area branchlines (RPPR The Merry-Go-Round Railtour) 51337 on the front of class 117 set L404 (with 59489 + 51379) has arrived at Staines West on 30th July 1978. The blue vehicle is bubble 55020. Ian Buck.
A tour was arranged on this day taking class 117 sets L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) and L405 (51340 + 59491 + 51381) around all of the many branches that then existed in the London Division of the Western Region. Here the tour is seen at Brentford Town on 30th July 1978. The tour was organised by RPPR, a popular railtour company at the time. Ian Buck.
At the long gone Reading Goods the railtour on this day paused for a while with 51377 of L402 leading (with 59487 + 51335). 30th July 1978. Ian Buck.
At Reading Goods again on 30th July 1978 L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) pauses in the rain. Ian Buck.
The London branches railtour made it to its final extremity, the branch to Morris Cowley, which is the only branch visited that is still open today. L402 with 51377 leading (59487 + 51335 behind). Ian Buck.
At Wallingford on 30th July 1978 L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) and 55020 and L405 traversed the line that has now become the Cholesey and Wallingford Railway. Ian Buck.
L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335) and 55020 and L405 (51340 + 59491 + 51381) have now made it to Abingdon on the RPPR Merry-go-Round railtour on 30th July 1978. Ian Buck.
The freight branch to the Didcot Trading Centre was opened with high hopes but eventually came to nothing. L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335), 55020 and L405 (51340 + 59491 + 51381) cleaned the rust from the rails on 30th July 1978. Ian Buck.
The RPPR Merry-go-Round railtour on 30th July 1978 at Abingdon. It was formed of two 117s with a 121 between: L402 (51377 + 59487 + 51335), 55020, and L405 (51340 + 59491 + 51381). Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 117 DMU set L415 (51393 and presumably 59503 + 51351) at Oxford, circa late 1970s (refurbished in September 1978). Paul Redmond.
Class 117 DMU set L412 (51389 and presumably 59499 + 51347) in London Paddington. Circa late 1970s - it was refurbished in October 1978. Paul Redmond.
Class 117 DMU set L409 (presumably 51344 + 59496 + 51386) seen at Lower Basildon sometime in 1979. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A refurbished Class 117 DMU with a Class 121 DMBS and DTS on the rear (one each of all the five different DMU vehicle types that were built by Pressed Steel!) at Moreton, Didcot, in January 1979. Doug Nicholls.