Vehicle 51378
Class 117
Builder: Pressed Steel
Type: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30548
Diagram: 535
Images:
Date: 30th May 1982
Set number: L403
51378 beside 210 001 at Didcot on the 30th May 1982. Chris Lings.
Date: 5th August 1988
Set number: 403
NSE liveried Pressed Steel Class 117, set 403 with 51378 leading. On the Down Relief line, arriving in Platform 3 Ealing Broadway with a Paddington to Reading service. Part of station improvements taking place at the time, the very fresh and clean platform block paving and concrete edging on Platform 4 is very noticeable in the foreground. Alistair Fyffe.
Date: 4th August 1995
Set number: L708
Leaving St Erth for St Ives is 51378 on the rear of set L708 Ian Buck.
Date: 4th August 1995
Set number: L708
At Penzance after a day on the St Ives branch set L708 on 4th April 1995. Ian Buck.
Date: 14th April 1999
Set number: L708
51378 is out of service at Bletchley Depot on 14th April 1999. Ian Buck.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 19th February 1983
Set number: L403
Class 117 set L403, W51336 (nearest) + W59488 + W51378, heads away from Slough towards Maidenhead, Saturday 19th February 1983 Iain Reid.
Date: 14th April 1987
Set number: L280
L280 (54280) + L403 (51336 + 59488 + 51378), in that order, seen at Oxford on the 14th April 1987. S Gaskell.