Vehicle 59517
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
| Aug-60 | New to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 11/03/86 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 09/07/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 17/09/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 20/09/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 30/03/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | As delivered to Southall - August 1960 | ||||||
| SHL110 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at Southall - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| SHL316 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at Southall - circa Dec-60 | |||||
| 464 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S316, non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak2 | ||||||
| L464 | 51365 | 59517 | 59538 | 51407 | Noted 10/11/1973 - BR Western Region London Branchlines Railtour 51320-59472-51305 + 51356-59508-51398 + 51365-59517-59538-51407 | ||||
| 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 22/03/76 - in Paddington1 | ||||||
| L427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51401 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area3 | |||||
| L427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 14/06/1977 - Oxford Station3 | |||||
| L427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 19/01/1980 - At London Paddington3 | |||||
| L427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted circa 04/19824 | |||||
| B427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at BR - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| B427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 21/03/1983 - Gloucester4 | |||||
| B427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted circa 10/19844 | |||||
| B427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted circa 03/19854 | |||||
| 427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Transfer to RG - 11/03/86 - from BR | |||||
| L427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 22/03/1986 - BR Wiltshire Wanderer Railtour | |||||
| 427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted circa 04/19864 | |||||
| L427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Reading5 | |||||
| L427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Old Oak Common5 | |||||
| 51365 | 59517 | 55024 | Noted 21/06/19864 | ||||||
| 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 23rd July 1986 | ||||||
| 427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 31/01/19874 | |||||
| L427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 25/02/1987 - at Old Oak Common5 | |||||
| C427 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted circa 07/19874 | |||||
| 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Transfer to TS - 09/07/87 - from CF | ||||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted circa 09/19874 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted circa 05/19884 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 20/08/88 - at Norwich2 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted circa 12/19884 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted circa 05/19894 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 15/10/1989 - Institute of Mining Engineers The North Yorkshire Railtour T027+T309+T304 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot6 | ||||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted circa 05/19914 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted circa 08/19914 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 14/09/91 - on 07:46 Stansted Airport - Birmingham New Street7 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | |||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | |||||
| 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Noted 24/11/92 - on 19:45 Lichfield TV - Redditch7 | ||||||
| T304 | 51365 | 59517 | 51407 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Jeremy Goodyear
7: David Bellamy
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1967
Two Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car suburban dmu's Nos.W51413 (117/1), W59517 (176), W51407 (117/2) and W51370 (117/2), W59522 (176), W51413 (117/1) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends leaving Paddington on an Oxford service, 07/67. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 10th November 1973
Set number: L464
On November 10, 1973, the Western Region ran a ten-car DMU 'London Branch Lines Tour' from Paddington. It comprised a 4-car 117 set L464 with a 101 centre car (51407 + 59538 + 59517 + 51365), 3-car 117 (51398 + 59508 + 51356) and a 3-car Class 118 (51305 + 59472 + 51320). W51407 is seen at the front during the stop at Morris Cowley. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: unknown
Set number: L427
Refurbished Class 117 DMU set L427 (presumably 51365 + 59517 + 51407) at Reading in the late 1970s. John Law.
Date: 29th September 1979
Set number: L427
Class 117 DMU set L427 (presumably 51407 + 59517 + 51365) alongside 31 249 + 31 314 at Oxford on 29 September 1979. Brian Daniels.
Date: 9th April 1983
Set number: B427
Class 117 DMU set B427 (W51365 and presumably 59517 + 51407) is seen at Hereford with a southbound passenger service on 9 April 1983. Robert Thomas.
Date: circa 1985
Set number: B427
Class 117 B427 (51407 leading, presumably with 59517 + 51365) at Southall circa 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 6th July 1985
Set number: B427
Class 117 B427 (51407, 59517 + 51365) were pictured at Droitwich Spa with a Hereford to Birmingham New Street train on 6 July 1985. In all honesty I took this shot largely because of the presence of some loaded wagons in the siding alongside the up loop; the first and indeed only time I saw anything on either line. Peter Tandy.
Date: 10th July 1985
Set number: B427
Class 117 DMU set B427 (51407 leading, presumably with 59517 + 51365) enters Ledbury Station with a Hereford bound service, 10th July 1985. Paul James.
Date: 22nd March 1986
Set number: 427
Class 117 DMU set L427 (51365+59517+51407) is seen in the long closed Dinton station during a photo stop on the BR 'Wiltshire Wanderer' railtour organised by Basingstoke Area Manager, Gerald Daniels on 22/03/86, a short day tour making the most of the late winter daylight. Dinton station had closed on the 7th March 1966 and rationalisation of the former L&SWR mainline in 1967 from Salisbury to Exeter saw much of the route singled including here. The DMU is thus actually standing on the freight only line (the former up mainline) which was retained for just under two miles to serve RAF Chilmark in the west and RAF Baverstock and Royal Navy Dinton in the east. The military stores traffic to these three locations kept this section open until the late 1980's but this is believed to be the last tour onto the branch and it has all now closed. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: 22nd March 1986
Set number: 427
The "Wiltshire Wanderer" railtour at Andover on 22 March 1986, formed of Class 117 set 427 (51407 + 59517 + 51365). Robert Thomas.
Date: 22nd March 1986
Set number: 427
Class 117 DMU set 427 (51365 + 59517 + 51407) departs from Andover with one of the two trips of the BR "Wiltshire Wanderer" railtour on 22 March 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 22nd March 1986
Set number: 427
Class 117 DMU set 427 (51407 + 59517 + 51365) in Dinton station (which closed in 1966) during a photo stop on the BR 'Wiltshire Wanderer' railtour on 22 March 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 21st February 1987
Set number: 427
W51407 (presumably with 59517 + 51365) and W55022 at Ealing Broadway on the 21st February 1987. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 21st February 1987
Set number: 427
W51407 at the front of set 427 (presumably with 59517 + 51365) arriving into Ealing Broadway station on February 21, 1987. In the distance is 55022. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 10th April 1989
Set number: T304
Class 117 set T304 (51365 and presumably 59517 + 51407) seen at Birmingham Moor Street on 10 April 1989. David Mant.
Date: 26th October 1990
Set number: T304
Class 117 set T304 (51365 + 59517 + 51407, still with W prefixes) in Nottingham Midland station on 26th October 1990. David Page.
Date: 14th September 1991
Set number: T304
Class 117 DMU set T304 (51365 + 59517 + 51407) at Stansted Airport standing in for a Sprinter on the 07:46 Stansted Airport to Birmingham New Street service on 14/09/91. David Bellamy.
Date: 6th July 1993
The interior of cl.115 DMBS no. 51860. It is leading set T412, which, on this day, was composed of 51860/59751/59517/53116, forming the 16.50 B'ham New St - Longbridge on 6/7/93. The train is seen between Selly Oak and Bournville and is about to pass the late-running 13.04 Plymouth - Leeds HST led by 43086. Leonard Rogers.