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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.
Class 117 set no L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) is seen at Northolt Waste Transfer Terminal having arrived from Southall with the "Coupler" shuttle on 25 August 1985. Robert28194.
Two Class 117 sets, the closest L407 is presumably formed 51342 + 59494 + 51384, approaches Southall circa March 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 117 DMU L407 (51342+59494+51384) heading away from Southall on 23-11-88. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.
Class 117 set L407 (presumably 51342 + 59494 + 51384) in 1989, possibly between Radley and Oxford, looking south from the footbridge near Kennington Road. Walter Burt.
Class 117 set L407 (presumably 51342) on the blocks at Paddington on 22 April 1989 beside Class 50 no. 50 037 "Illustrious". Lewis Bevan.
L407 (51342 + 59494 + 51384) at Reading, 20/3/90. Sparegang.
Western Region DMU set L707 (51342+51384) makes for an unusual sight departing London Waterloo being used for driver route learning trips on May 29, 1993. Waterloo International station visible behind had been formerly opened 3 weeks earlier on 6th May 1993 the day services should have started through the Channel Tunnel. Sadly with tunnel construction delays there was to be a another 17 month wait for service to start and in the meantime Waterloo International was simply hired out for corporate events. BR EPS carried on training crews in the meantime with frequent trips from London to Folkestone using a modified EMU with cinema style seats while a hired 2-car DMU from Network SouthEast was used for drivers to learn the West London line from North Pole Depot and the mainline into London Waterloo in readiness for the launch of Eurostar in 1994. Adrian Nicholls.
W51343 was six months old when seen in Reading depot, 24th October 1960. Adrian Vaughan.
A Refurbished Pressed Steel built Class 117 set at Southall, date unknown. The DMBS is W51343, which spent its whole career allocated to Reading depot. Behind is presumably 59495. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 117 DMU set L408 (presumably 51343 + 59495 + 51385) at Slough on 12 July 1980. Brian Daniels.
Class 117 DMU L408 (presumably 51343 59495 51385) approaches Maidenhead station, 4th August 1981. Paul James.
Class 117 set L408 (W51343 closest) working as a two-car set in Bourne End station, date unknown. Glyn Weigh.
W51343 in Colchester station on Sunday 18/1/87. It had been sent from Reading to work the Sudbury branch, to where it had returned by the Tuesday when the usual Norwich was back on the branch. AndrewHA.
Class 117 unit L408 at, I think, Reading, in April 1988. Curly42.
Class 117 DMU set L408 (51343 and presumably 59495 + 51385) approaches Southall circa January 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
With 51343 closest Class 117 DMU set L408 departs from Reading with the 11:00 local to Didcot on 12 August 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Class 117 set L409 at Slough on April 2, 1977. The DMBS is W51344, the other two vehicles should be 59496 and 51386. Rex Holt.
Class 117 DMU set L409 (presumably 51344 + 59496 + 51386) seen at Lower Basildon sometime in 1979. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
London based Class 117 DMU, set L409 (presumably 51344 59496 51386), departs the diesel depot at Hereford for the station for a service to Oxford. January 1985. John Crooks.