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Class 117 Pressed Steel 3-car DMUs


Numbering

Vehicles Qty Type Original TOPS Weight Seating* Diagram* Lot Design Code*
51332-73 (42) DMBS 117/2 36 tons 65s/65s 534 / 850 30546 - / DQ220
51374-415 (42) DMS 117/1 36 tons 91s/89s 535 / 852 30548 DP202 / DP221
59484-522 (39) TCL 176 30 tons 24f+50s/22f+48s 601 / 851 30547 - / DT305
          *original/after gangway added

51332 was named 'Marston Vale' at Bedford Midland station on 17/11/96 and 51358 'Leslie Crabbe' at Bletchley station on 20/2/97.

Worksplates

Worksplates were carried on the vehicle solebars to identify the builder and lot number. Many of the worksplate images on the website are from the collections of Simeon Gaskell, John Horne and Tony Spencer.

Lot 30546 worksplate Lot 30547 worksplate Lot 30548 worksplate

Driving Instructions

Many earlier DMU types had a booklet from the 33003 series issued specifically for them, none have been found for these vehicles.

This March 1961 editon covered all Blue Square vehicles - BR 33003-92. A companion to this was a "Preparation and Disposal" booklet BR 33003/211.

In 1968 the booklets were replaced by a three part set for Blue Square vehicles Mechanical Transmission):
BR 33003/247 1 - General Data And Equipment
BR 33003/248 2 - Driving Instructions Including Standard Preparation and Disposal Duties
BR 33003/249 3 - Fault Finding Data and Charts

In the early seventies the 33003 series was replaced by the more generic 33056 series of drivers manuals, no longer specific to any coupling code.