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Vehicle 59490


Class 117

Builder: Pressed Steel
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30547
Diagram: 601

Allocations

Mar-60 New to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
w/e 06/03/76 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 08/07/78 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
3w/e 23/12/78 Transferred to RG (Reading)
w/e 30/06/79 Transferred to LA (Laira)
w/e 30/09/79 Transferred to RG (Reading)
2w/e 10/05/80 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
3w/e 15/11/80 Transferred to LA (Laira)
16/05/82 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
29/02/88 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
27/11/92 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
21/01/94 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 27/02/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51338 59490 51380 As delivered to Reading - March 1960
RDG305 51338 59490 51379 Listed at Reading - circa Dec-60
403 51338 59490 51380 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R305, gangwayed set
51338 59490 51380 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington1
51338 59490 51380 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2
51338 59490 51380 Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading2
L403 51338 59490 51380 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3
C469 51311 59490 51326 Noted 09/12/77 - in Cardiff Central
C469 51311 59490 51326 Noted 19/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4
50863 59490 50916 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C469 51311 59490 51326 Noted 18/04/1978 - At Cardiff Central4
51311 59490 51326 Transfer to RG - 3w/e 23/12/78
L469 51311 59490 51326 Noted 06/02/79
51311 59490 51326 Transfer to LA - w/e 30/06/79
51311 59490 51326 Transfer to RG - w/e 30/09/79
L469 51311 59490 51326 Noted 17/02/1980 - At Oxford Station 16434
L469 51311 59490 51326 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
469 51311 59490 51326 Transfer to BR - 2w/e 10/05/80
469 51311 59490 51326 Transfer to LA - 3w/e 15/11/80
B434 51372 59490 51414 Noted 23/10/1982 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Rod Mill Rattler Railtour B425+B434
B434 51372 59490 51414 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B434 51372 59490 51414 Noted 04/02/83 - on 2M73 1845 Cardiff-Birmingham New Street
B434 51372 59490 51414 Noted circa 08/19835
B434 51372 59490 51414 Noted circa 02/19845
B434 51372 59490 51414 Noted circa 10/19845
B434 51372 59490 51414 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B434 51372 59490 51414 Noted 19/10/19855
B434 51372 59490 51414 Noted 03/12/19855
B434 51372 59490 51414 Noted 13/03/19865
B434 51372 59490 51414 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
51372 59490 51414 Noted 09/06/87
B434 51372 59490 51414 Listed at BR - Aug-87
B434 51372 59490 51414 Transfer to TS - 29/02/88 - became T309
TS309 51372 59490 51414 Transfer to TS - 29/02/88 - from BR was B434
T309 51372 59490 51414 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T309 51372 59490 51414 Noted 06/08/88 - at Norwich3
T309 51372 59490 51414 Noted circa 10/19885
T309 51372 59490 51414 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T309 51372 59490 51414 Noted 15/10/1989 - Institute of Mining Engineers The North Yorkshire Railtour T027+T309+T304
T309 51372 59490 51414 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T309 51372 59490 51414 Noted circa 05/19905
T309 51372 59490 51414 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T309 51372 59490 51414 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T309 51372 59490 51144 Noted circa 08/19915
T309 51372 59490 51414 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T309 51372 59490 Listed at TS - Dec-91
T309 51372 59490 51414 Noted circa 01/19925
51372 59490 51414 Noted 15/04/92 - on 16:04 Lichfield TV - Longbridge6
T309 51372 59490 51414 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T309 51372 59490 51414 Noted 01/08/92
T309 51372 59490 51414 Listed at - 24/09/92
T309 51372 59490 51414 Listed at TS - November 1992
51372 59490 51414 Listed at - 10/12/92 - on loan to Channel Tunnel
T309 51372 59490 51414 Listed at HQ - November 1993 - On hire to Channel Tunnel Trackwork Group

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: David Bellamy

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: B434

Class 117 DMU set B434 (presumably 51414 + 59490 + 51372) at Yatton in 1986. Taunton is on the destination blind. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 26th March 1986

Set number: B434

Class 117 DMU set B434 (presumably 51372 + 59490 + 51414) at Frome on March 26 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: 26th March 1986

Set number: B434

Class 117 DMU set B434 (presumably 51372 + 59490 + 51414) arriving into Weymouth on 26 March 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: 26th March 1986

Set number: B434

Class 117 DMU set B434 (presumably 51372 + 59490 + 51414) at Yeovil Pen Mill on March 26 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: spring 1987

A Class 117 DMU at Yeovil Pen Mill in the spring of 1987. The centre car was noted as 59490 so the DMU is presumably 51372. Another Pressed Steel set is hiding behind the signal on the right. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 25th June 1988

Class 117 DMU's 51372, 59490, 51414, 51402, 59512 and 51360 with the 10.20 Yarmouth to Birmingham New Street seen at Queen Adelaide on June 25, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 7th July 1988

Set number: T309

This bridge just to the south of Bromsgrove station was a popular spot for photography until the overhead wires went up to allow the lines to Bromsgrove station and Redditch to be electrified. The train is Tyseley's class 117 unit T309 (51372 + 59490 + 51414) approaching the station on 7 July 1988 with a Worcester to Birmingham New Street service. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 28th August 1988

Set number: T309

A Tyseley allocated Class 117 Suburban 3-Car DMU formed of cars 51372, 59490 & 51414 (T309) was stabled in Croft Street Sidings at Preston on August 28th 1988. Never a common sight in the Preston area, several of these West Midlands sets were on temporary loan to Newton Heath during this period when problems with the Class 142 fleet was causing stock shortages. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1989

Set number: T309

Class 117 3-car DMU set T309 51414 + 59490 + 51372 (DMS + TCL + DMBS) arriving into Stourbridge Junction from Kidderminster on 15-3-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 11th January 1990

Set number: T026

At Stratford-upon-Avon on 11 January 1990 platform 1 contains class 117 T309 formed of cars 51372 + 59490 + 51414 was preparing to leave for Birmingham Moor Street. The length of the exposure can be judges by the "ghosts" of passengers jostling around to join the train. Class 114 T026 (54010 visible) stood in platform 2 waiting to form an evening train to Leamington Spa. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 28th August 1990

Set number: T309

117 Set T309 (presumably 51372 + 59490 + 51414) on 0918 Holyhead - Llandudno awaits reversal at Llandudno Junction (at 1015) on Tuesday 28th August 1990. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 28th August 1990

Set number: T309

Class 117 Set T309 (presumably 51372 + 59490 + 51414) on the 0918 Holyhead - Llandudno arrives at Rhosneigr (0930) Tuesday 28th August 1990. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 15th July 1992

Set number: T309

Class 117 DMS 51414 on the rear of Tyseley's set T309 formed with 59490 and 51372 leaving Four Oaks on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.