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Vehicle 51397


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: 30548
Diagram: 535

Allocations

Jun-60 New to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
16/03/92 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWXX
14/12/92 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWRX
03/12/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) NWRX
07/12/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) NWRX

Modifications

circa 1970 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 18/08/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51355 59507 51397 As delivered to 81D - June 1960
RDG313 51355 59507 51397 Listed at 81D - circa Oct-60
413 51355 59507 51397 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R313, gangwayed set
51355 59507 51397 Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1
51355 59507 51397 Noted 06/03/1971 - at Birmingham New Street2
51355 59507 51397 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington3
51355 59507 51397 Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading3
L413 51355 59507 51397 Noted 31/01/76 - on 2A70 1118 Paddington-Didcot with L453
L418 51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L418 51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L418 51355 59507 51397 Noted 29/01/1980 - At Oxford Station4
L418 51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L418 51355 59507 51397 Noted circa 04/19825
L418 51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L418 51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L418 51355 59507 51397 Noted circa 09/19855
L418 51355 59507 51397 Noted 26/10/1985 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Sharpness Shunter Railtour L418+L579
L418 51355 59507 51397 Noted circa 04/19865
L418 51355 59507 51397 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
51355 59507 51397 Noted 27/07/87 - on 12:03 Paddington - Maidenhead6
L418 51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L418 51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L418 51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L418 51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
L418 51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L418 51355 59507 51397 Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
55025 59507 51397 Noted circa 11/19925
Spare 51397 Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWRX

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Windsor &amp; Eton Central

15th June 1980

Set number: L418

L418 (W51397 + W59507 + W51355) at Windsor Central on 15/6/80. Robert Frise.

Class 117 DMU at Langley and Iver

June 1984

Set number: L418

A Class 117 DMU seen at Langley and Iver in June 1984. It appears to be set L418 with 51397 leading. Andrew Malloy.

Class 117 DMU at Slough

2nd July 1984

Set number: L418

Class 117 DMS W51397 leads 3 car set L418 (presumably with 59507 + 51355) at Slough forming the 10:52 Reading to Paddington service on 2nd July 1984. Bruce Galloway.

Class 117 DMU at Southall

1985

Set number: L418

L418 (presumably 51397 + 59507 + 51355) appears to be ex-works when seen at Southall in early 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Sharpness

26th October 1985

Set number: L418

51397 on The Sharpness Shunter railtour at Sharpness, 26/10/85. Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Gloucester Docks

26th October 1985

Set number: L418

The 'Sharpness Shunter' railtour seen in Gloucester Docks on the 26th October 1985, the closest set being L418 (51397 + 59507 + 51355). Chris Lings.

Class 117 DMU at Oxford

27th May 1986

Set number: L418

Class 117 DMU set L418 (presumably 51397 + 59507 + 51355) departs from Oxford with a Didcot service on 27 May 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Worcester Foregate Street

11th June 1986

Set number: L418

Class 117 Pressed Steel 3-car DMU set L418 (51397 + 59507 + 51355) with an Up service at Worcester Foregate Street on 11-6-86. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 117 DMU at Southall

October 1987

Set number: 418

NSE liveried Class 117 set 418 at Southall in October 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Southall

10th May 1989

Set number: L418

Network South East liveried Pressed Steel Class 117; Set L418 with 51397 leading (and presumably 59507 + 51355), approaching Southall station on the Up Relief line with a service for Paddington. Since the Heathrow electrification work took place this view is completely impossible with a large signal gantry erected very close to the road bridge where this was taken from. 10tn May 1988. Alistair Fyffe.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th December 1981

Set number: L418

Class 117 DMU set L418 (presumably 51355 + 59507 + 51397) at Oxford on 12 December 1981. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: April 1983

Set number: L418

L418 (presumably 51355 + 59507 + 51397) runs into Hayes and Harlington station in April 1983 with a Reading service. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: April 1985

Set number: L418

Class 117 set L418 (51355 presumably with 59507 + 51397) leaves Southall in April 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: April 1985

Set number: L418

A London based Class 117 DMU, set L418 (presumably 51355 + 59507 + 51397), on the last lap into Hereford from Shelwick Junction, with a service from Birmingham. August 1985. John Crooks.