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Vehicle 51339


Class 117

Builder: Pressed Steel
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30546
Diagram: 534

Allocations

Apr-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
2w/e 10/04/76 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
16/05/82 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
06/07/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
06/04/94 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) RAHV
Nov-99 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) HAXX
Nov-99 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) - but kept as standby
Mar-00 Sector Change to HQ (Headquarters) SAXH

Modifications

circa Nov-72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 07/10/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


SHL302 51339 59492 51382 Listed at - Aug-60 - perhaps SHL303?
453 51339 59492 51382 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S302, non-gangwayed set
51339 59492 51382 Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1
L453 51339 59492 51382 Noted 31/01/76 - on 2A70 1118 Paddington-Didcot with L413
C452 51339 59446 51382 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C452 51339 59446 51382 Noted 07/08/1976 - On 13:28 Cardiff Central to Rhymney with set C3002
C452 51339 59446 51382 Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central3
C452 51339 59446 51382 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C452 51339 59446 51382 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
B438 51339 59492 51382 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B438 51339 59492 51382 Noted 03/02/83 - on 2M73 1845 Cardiff-Birmingham New Street
B438 51339 59492 51382 Noted circa 10/19834
B438 51339 59492 51382 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B438 51339 59492 51382 Noted 13/03/19864
B438 51339 59492 51382 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
B438 51339 59492 51382 Noted 21/06/1986 - at West Drayton5
51339 59492 51382 Transfer to TS - 06/07/87 - from BR
T313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T313 51339 59492 51382 Noted 09/07/88 - at Norwich6
T313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
51339 59492 51382 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot7
T313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T313 51339 59492 51382 Noted circa 09/19904
T313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - Aug-91
51339 59492 51144 Noted circa 09/19914
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - Dec-91
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
117313 51339 59492 51382 Noted circa 09/19924
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - November 1992
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
117313 51339 59492 51382 Noted 19/06/93 - at Norwich6
117213 51339 51382 Noted circa 08/19934
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at TS - November 1993
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at HA - 02/12/96
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at HA - 01/01/98
117313 51339 59492 51382 Listed at HA - 23/11/98
117313 51339 51382 Listed at HA - Nov-99

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Gerald Brown
7: Jeremy Goodyear

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Treherbert

2nd May 1979

Set number: C452

Refurbished Class 116 DMU set C452 (W51339 + 59446 + 51382) at Treherbert on 2 May 1979. Alistair Ness.

Class 117 DMU at Llanwern

circa mid-1980s

Set number: B438

A Class 117 DMU at Llanwern (Newport). It looks like it could be set B438 and so presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382. Noted as taken in 1984, the slide process date was April 1986 - so circa mid-1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Salisbury

2nd August 1986

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU set B438 (51339 and presumably 59492 + 51382) leads the 12:56 SO Weymouth-Bristol Temple Meads service into Salisbury on 2 August 1986. Robert Thomas.

Class 117 DMU at Gloucester

13th June 1987

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU set No. B438 (Nos. 51339, 59492 and 51382) arrives at Gloucester working the 14:13 service to Taunton on 13 June 1987. Brian Creasey.

Class 117 DMU at Stourbridge Junction

5th September 1990

Set number: T313

Right to left: 51339, 156 440 and 55033 at Stourbidge Junction on September 5, 1990. John Carter.

Class 117 DMU at Haymarket depot

1994

Set number: 117213

Haymarket depot DMU sidings in 1994. There are three Pressed Steel sets (including 117213 - presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382 - and 117301 - presumably 51353 + 59505 + 51395) all idling. There are at least two Regional Railways liveried Met-Camm centre cars to their right - probably left behind from the three-car sets that moved to Corkerhill as two-cars. To their right are Strathclyde liveried 107s. S Saunders.

Class 117 DMU at Haymarket

25th April 1994

Set number: 117213

In the fading light of the 25th April 1994, 117213 (51339 + 59492 + 51382) are seen leaving Haymarket station with the 17:03 Edinburgh - Thornton. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 117 DMU at Edinburgh Waverly

12th August 1994

Set number: 117313

117 313 (presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382) in Edinburgh Waverley on 12/8/94. John Reddyhoff.

Class 117 DMU at Haymarkey depot

10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 inside the repair shed at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, prior to working an evening rush-hour Fife Circle service on 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.

Inside a Class 117 DMU

10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Driving cab of Driving Motor Brake Second car 51339 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.

Inside a Class 117 DMU

10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Interior view of Driving Motor Brake Second car 51339 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.

Inside a Class 117 DMU

10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Guard's compartment in Driving Motor Brake Second car 51339 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.

Inside a Class 117 DMU

10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Gangway connection between Driving Motor Brake Second 51339 and Trailer Lavatory Composite 59492 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.

Class 117 DMU at Haymarket depot

12th June 1999

Set number: 117313

Unit 117 313 shunting in the DMU sidings at Haymarket on 12/6/99. Another couple of these units are visible in the backgound. Within five months these units, Haymarket's last first generation DMU's, would be withdrawn. In the following decade, a large new servicing building for Sprinters would be built on the site of the sidings. Leonard Rogers.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 2nd May 1979

Set number: C452

Refurbished Class 116 DMU set C452 (W51382 + 59446 + 51339) at Treherbert on 2 May 1979. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: C452

Class 117 DMU set C452 (51382 and presumably 59446 + 51339) at Cardiff Central. Date unknown - this would be between painting into blue/grey after having white/blue stripe livery and moving to Bristol in May 1982. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 18th July 1983

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU set B438 (51382 and presumably 59492 + 51339) approaching Highbridge with the 14:10 Bristol - Taunton service on 18 July 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 14th October 1983

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU set B438 (51382 and presumably 59492 + 51339) approaches Monument Lane at 12:09 with the 10:28 Hereford-Birmingham New Street service on Friday 14 October 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 20th July 1984

Set number: B438

B438 (presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382) and C803 with the 14:05 Canton depot - Swansea ECS on Porthkerry Bank, 20 July 1984. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 23rd June 1985

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU, set B438 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) approaches Wellington AHB with a down service. At this time there was a Shrewsbury-Cardiff service that ran in the early afternoon that was a DMU, and this is most probably that train. 23rd June 1985. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: mid-1985

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU set B438 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) arrives into Frome station in mid-1985. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 25th January 1986

Set number: B438

With the winter light casting long shadows Class 117 DMU set B438 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) arrives into Bristol Temple Meads with a service from Salisbury on 25 January 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 28th May 1986

Set number: B438

A well filled Class 117 3-Car DMU with 51382 trailing and presumably with 59492 + 51339, departs from Starcross with the 17.20 Exeter St Davids to Paignton stopping service on May 28th 1986. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: August 1986

Set number: B438

Class 117 DMU set B438 - 51382 + 59492 + 51339 - plus another unit, in platform 1 at Weymouth in August 1986. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 10th August 1986

Set number: B464

The 15:25 Weymouth - Taunton service is a nine-car formation with Class 118 B464 (W51321 + W59473 + W51306) at the front followed by Class 117s W51370 + W59522 + W51412 / W51339 + W59492 + W51382. Seen at Yeovil PM on August 10th, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: July 1988

Set number: T313

Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.T313 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) in Birmingham New Street with another set in July 1988. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 30th August 1989

Set number: T313

Class 117 Set T313 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) and Set T342 with a Llandudno - Birmingham New Steet aervice arrived at Prestatyn (at 15XX) on Wednesday 30th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 6th September 1990

Set number: T313

Class 117 set T313 (51382 closest, presumably with 59492 + 51339) at Redditch on September 6, 1990. John Carter.

DMU

Date: circa 1993

Set number: 117313

Another class 117, this one formed of 3 coaches (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339), is pictured here climbing from the Birmingham Snow Hill LIne towards St Andrews Junction and Birmingham New Street. The train is running ECS from Tyseley depot to New Street where, according to the destination panel, it would make the long run to Skegness. Circa 1993. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: circa early 1990s

Set number: 117313

Pressed Steel DMU set 117313 (51382 + 59492 + 51339) departs from Five Ways station with a Lichfield City service, date unknown - circa early 1990s. Glyn Weigh.

DMU

Date: 8th May 1994

Set number: 117213

117213 (presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339) heading north at Moy on 08/05/94 5Z60 1125 Perth - Inverness for NRN fitment at Inverness TMD. Roddy MacPhee.

DMU

Date: June 1994

Set number: 117313

A pair of three-car Class 117 DMUs in Regional Railways livery stands in the bay at the north end of Edinburgh Waverley station in June 1994. Closest is set 117313 presumably 51382 + 59492 + 51339. Andrew Walker.

DMU

Date: 17th July 1996

Set number: 117313

Leaving Edinburgh Waverley with car 51382 leading is set 117 313 (presumably with 59492 + 51339) on 17th July 1996. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Gangway connection between Trailer Lavatory Composite 59492 and Driving Motor Brake Second 51339 of class 117 3-car suburban DMU No. 117313 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.

DMU

Date: 10th February 1999

Set number: 117313

Class 117 3-car suburban DMUs Nos. 117313 (51382 + 59492 + 51339) and 117306 (51411) stand outside the shunters' bothy at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, prior to working evening rush-hour Fife Circle services on 10th February, 1999. 117306 has arrived from the east end of the repair shed which can be see in the right background. Michael Laing.