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Vehicle 51364


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

Aug-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Sep-64 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
16/05/82 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
05/04/86 Transferred to RG (Reading)
10/05/87 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
04/10/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
01/02/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX - as T303
01/03/94 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX - as spare

Modifications

p/e 11/03/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jul-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 14/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51364 59516 51406 As delivered to WR - August 1960
SHL315 51364 59516 51406 Listed at Southall - circa Dec-60
51364 59516 51406 Transfer to 81D - Sep-64
51364 59516 51406 Noted 17/06/1967 - Great Western Society Cholsey & Wallingford Shuttles. Formation assumed to be as listed, 51406 confirmed in set
418 51364 59516 51406 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R331, gangwayed set
418 51364 59516 51406 Noted 30/05/1970 - 470+452+418 51320-59472-59538-51305 / 51336-59488-51378 / 51406-59516-51364 BR mystery excursion Paddington to Hastings
51364 59516 51406 Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak1
L426 51364 59516 51406 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
51364 59516 51406 Noted 11/09/76 - in London Paddington2
L426 51364 59516 51406 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area3
L426 51364 59516 51406 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L426 51364 59516 51406 Noted 28/08/1979 - At Maidenhead 17033
L426 51364 59516 51406 Noted 29/01/1980 - At Oxford Station3
L426 51364 59516 51406 Noted 04/02/1980 - At Didcot3
L426 51364 59516 51406 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L426 51364 59516 51406 Noted circa 04/19824
B426 51364 59516 51406 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B426 51364 59516 51406 Noted circa 08/19834
B426 51364 59516 51406 Noted circa 06/19844
B426 51364 59516 51406 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B426 51364 59516 51406 Noted 30/10/19854
426 51364 59516 51406 Transfer to RG - 05/04/86 - from BR
L426 51364 59516 51406 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L426 51364 59282 51406 Formation change - RG - circa Aug-86 - 59282 replaced 59516
L426 51364 59282 51406 Noted 13/09/1986 - at Old Oak Common5
51364 59282 51406 Noted 07/02/87 - on 13:03 Paddington - Maidenhead6
C426 51364 59516 51406 Listed at CF - Aug-87
T303 51364 59516 51406 Noted circa 10/19874
51364 59516 51406 Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from CF
T303 51364 59516 51406 Noted circa 01/19884
T303 51364 59516 51406 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T303 51364 59516 51406 Noted 16/04/1988 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Trelewis Bog Railtour T303+T324
51364 59516 51406 Noted 01/06/88 - on 11:59 Nottingham - Coventry6
T303 51364 59516 51406 Noted circa 10/19884
T303 51364 59516 51406 Noted circa 03/19894
T303 51364 59516 51406 Noted 23/04/1989 - The Institution of Mining Engineers Notts & North Derbyshire Railtour T227+T319+T303
T303 51364 59516 51406 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T303 51364 59516 51406 Noted 22/10/1989 - The Institution of Mining Engineers South Midland Railtour T222+T303+T312
T303 51364 59516 51406 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T303 51364 59516 51406 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T303 51364 59516 51406 Noted circa 05/19914
T303 51364 59516 51406 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T303 51364 59516 51406 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T303 51364 59516 51406 Noted circa 08/19914
T303 51364 59516 51406 Listed at TS - Dec-91
T303 51364 59516 51406 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T303 51364 59516 51406 Noted 01/08/92
T303 51364 59516 51406 Noted circa 09/19924
T303 51364 59516 51406 Listed at - 24/09/92
T303 51364 59516 51406 Listed at TS - November 1992
51364 59516 51406 Noted 10/12/92 - on 18:39 Birmingham New Street - Lichfield TV7
T303 51364 59516 51406 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
T303 51364 59516 51406 Listed at HQ - November 1993 - On hire to Channel Tunnel Trackwork Group

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann
7: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Oxford

24th November 1979

Set number: L426

A refurbished Class 117 DMU set in Oxford station on 24 November 1979. W51364 is closest, it was part of set L426 then. Nicholas T Smith.

Class 117 DMU at Shucknall

January 1984

Set number: B426

Class 117 set B426 (presumably 51364 59516 51406), eastbound with a train for Birmingham New St at Shucknall between Hereford and Ledbury. January 1984. John Crooks.

Class 117 DMU at Maiden Newton

6th September 1987

Set number: C426

C426 approaches Maiden Newton with the 10:10 Bristol TM - Weymouth. Douglas Johnson.

Class 117 DMU at Wylde Green

Unknown date

Set number: T303

Class 117 DMU set T303 (presumably 51364 + 59516 + 51406) at Wylde Green, date unknown. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.

Class 117 DMU at Hereford

10th February 1990

Set number: T303

37254 waits for me in the Down Relief on empty steel train to Margam, whilst in Hereford station's Platform 3, While a DMU formation with Tyseley Class 117 set T303 (presumably 51364 + 59516 + 51406) closest waits for its time to depart for Birmingham New Street. 10th February 1990. Paul James.

Class 117 DMU at Lincoln Central

26th May 1992

Set number: T303

Class 117 DMU set T303 (presumably 51364 + 59516 + 51406) in Lincoln Central station on 26 May 1992. John Law.

Class 117 DMU at Boston

17th August 1992

Set number: T303

TS-based Class DMU set T303 (formed 51364 + 59516 + 51406) arrives at Boston on a Skegness-Nottingham working on 17 August 1992. Lewis Bevan.

Class 117 DMU at Old Oak Common depot

27th May 1995

Set number: T303

Withdrawn T303 - presumably 51364 + 51406 - at Old Oak Common on 27 May 1995. Walter Burt.

Class 117 DMU at Old Oak Common Depot

5th May 1996

Class 117 vehicle 51364 seen at Old Oak depot after withdrawal. Ian Buck.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 5th September 1981

Set number: L426

Class 117 DMU L426 (presumably 51406 + 59516 + 51364) approaching Paddington, 5th Sept 1981. Paul James.

DMU

Date: January 1984

Set number: B426

Class 117 set B426, (presumably 51406 59516 51364) eastbound with a train for Birmingham New St at Shucknall between Hereford and Ledbury. January 1984. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: 16th January 1985

Set number: L418

In rapidly deteriorating weather on 16/01/85 Class 117 Suburban DMU set L418 (presumably formed 51364 + 59516 + 51406) calls at Twyford with train 2F24 the 09.01 London Paddington to Oxford. Adrian Nicholls.

DMU

Date: 12th September 1987

Set number: C426

Class 117 set C426 (presumably formed 51364 + 59516 + 51406) at Westbury station on the 12th September 1987. Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: 28th November 1988

Set number: T303

Class 117 DMU Tyseley set T303 (51406 + 59516 + 51364) stand at Birmingham Snow Hill with the 10.22 for Dorridge on 28-11-88. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1989

Set number: T227

53019 leads 54027 as set T227 with T319 (51129, 59756, 51149) and T303 (51406, 59516, 51364) on The Institution of Mining Engineers Notts & North Derbyshire Railtour near Welbeck Colliery on a wet and overcast 23/Apr/1989. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 26th May 1992

Set number: T303

Class 117 DMU set T303 (51406 and presumably 59516 + 51364) in Lincoln Central station on 26 May 1992. John Law.

DMU

Date: 30th August 1992

Set number: T303

Set T303 is seen at Nuneaton on August 30, 1992, with Cardiff Central on the destination blind. The cab side (it should be either 51364 or 51406) has suffered some damage. Stuart Mackay Collection.