Class 117 DMU images
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20th April 1985
Set: L407
Taken eight months before the line closed forever in December 1985 this 7-car DMU formation made up of two class 117 sets L407 (51342 + 59494 + 51384) + L413 and class 121 set L121 (55021) are seen at the limit of BR working around the site of Blaengarw station which closed on 9/2/1953. The train was the Monmouthshire Railway Society 'Maerdy Gras' tour on April 20, 1985. The line continued a short distance beyond here to serve Garw colliery and the once famous Ocean colliery but tracks beyond here would be considered to be mineral railway so this train came to a stand at the first set of facing points before reversing. Adrian Nicholls.
20th April 1985
Set: L413
Class 117 DMU set L413 and DMBS 51349 is seen with its cab under the road bridge at what was once Onllwyn station on the former Neath & Brecon Railway line from Neath Low Level to Brecon via the Dulais Valley. The DMU set was part of a 7-car formation operating the Monmouthshire Railway Society 'Maerdy Gras' railtour which visited several freight only lines in the area on 20/04/85. The station at Onllwyn had lost its passenger service on 15/10/62 after which the line from Neath became freight only. Adrian Nicholls.
20th April 1985
Set: L407
With passengers off the train for a photo stop and leg stretch at Onllwyn the crew change ends on the Monmouthshire Railway Society 'Maerdy Gras' railtour on 20/04/85. The train was formed of two class 117 DMU sets L423 & L407 with single car class 121 set L121 sandwiched in the middle. The inclusion of this additional power car worked well on the steeper freight lines into the Western Valleys as previous DMU tours had often struggled with adhesion issues loosing lots of time in the process. When this image was taken the closed Onllwyn station to the rear of the train was still fairly intact with an island platform but it had closed on 15/10/62 with the withdrawal of the Neath to Brecon passenger service. Adrian Nicholls.
29th April 1985
Set: B431
Class 117 Set B431 (presumably 51411 + 59521 + 51369) on a 12:xx Birmingham - Hereford service approaches Great Malvern on Monday 29th April 1985. Colin Brooks.
29th April 1985
Class 117 sets stabled at Worcester Shrub Hill on Monday April 29, 1985. Colin Brooks.
29th April 1985
Set: L423
Class 117 Set L423 (presumably 51399 + 59513 + 51361) on a Worcester Shrub Hill - Birmingham New St service arrives at Stourbridge Junction beside a Class 116 on Monday 29th April 1985. Colin Brooks.
circa May 1985
Set: L419
Class 117 set L419 (presumably 51356 + 59508 + 51398) at Southall circa May 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
May 1985
Set: 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.
May 1985
Set: 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, 05/85. Hugh Llewelyn.
May 1985
Set: B430
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car suburban dmu Set No B430 at North Somerset Jct., Bristol, on a special for the Portishead branch, 05/85. Taken from 51368 looking towards 59520 and 51410. Hugh Llewelyn.
May 1985
Set: B430
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car suburban dmu Set No B430 (later No.T305, then No.117 305) consisting of cars Nos.W51368 (Class 117/2), 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 at Bristol (Temple Meads) on a special for the Portishead branch, 05/85. Hugh Llewelyn.
May 1985
Set: 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, 05/85. Note Brunel's Clifton Suspension bridge in the background. Hugh Llewelyn.
May 1985
Set: 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.
18th May 1985
Set: B450
DMU set B450 was a Class 117 / 101 hybrid DMBS 51352 and presumably seen here with normal vehicles 59539 + 51394 at Salisbury on 18 May 1985. David Mant.
25th May 1985
A class 117 DMU at Worcester Shrub Hill on 25th May 1985. Jonathan Hazan.
25th May 1985
A class 08 shunter and class 117 DMU stabled at Worcester Shrub Hill on May 25, 1985. Jonathan Hazan.
25th May 1985
Some fine GWR lower quadrant signals at Worcester Shrub Hill station on 25th May 1985. Some DMUs in the background (including a Class 117) and a class 08 shunter too. Jonathan Hazan.
25th May 1985
Set: B432
A Class 117 DMU at Worcester Shrub Hill on 25 May 1985. It seems to be set B432, and so presumably formed 51412 + 59522 + 51370. Jonathan Hazan.
30th May 1985
Set: B439
Class 117 DMU set B439 (51348 + 59479 + 51390) passing Severn Tunnel Junction on 30 May 1985. Keith Miller.
30th May 1985
Set: B439
Class 117 DMU set B439 (51390 + 59479 + 51348) passing Severn Tunnel Junction depot on 30 May 1985. Keith Miller.