Set L412

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These formations have been noted:

51353	59505	51395						Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1
51347	59499	51389						Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
51347	59499	51389						Noted 16/05/1977 - Oxford Station2
51347	59499	51389						Noted 27/10/1977 - Oxford Station2
51347	59499	51389						Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
51347	59499	51389						Noted 11/02/1980 - At Oxford2
51347	59499	51389						Listed at RG - 03/03/80
51347	59499	51389						Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
51347	59499	51389						Noted circa 01/19843
51347	59499	51389						Listed at RG - 01/01/85
51347	59499	51389						Noted 25/11/1985 - Hertfordshire Rail Tours The Anglian Vibrator Railtour L411+55021+L412
51347	59499	51389						Noted 05/04/19863
51347	59499	51389						Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
51347	59499	51389						Noted 12/07/1986 - Hertfordshire Railtours and Southern Electric Group The Fen Tiger L412+L424
51347	59478	51389						Formation change - circa Dec-86 - 59478 replaced fire damaged 59499
51347	59478	51389						Noted circa 01/19873
51347	59478	51389						Noted 24th January 1987
51347	59499	51389						Noted 24/01/19873
51347	59499	51389						Noted circa 08/19873
51347	59499	51389						Listed at RG - Aug-87
51347	59499	51389						Listed at RG - 15/05/89
51347	59499	51389						Listed at RG - 21/01/91
51867	59591	59446	53116					Noted 19/03/91 - in Banbury area4
51347	59499	51389						Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool
51347	59499	51389						Noted 17/06/92 - at Royal Oak1
51347	59499	51389						Listed at RG - 12/08/92
51347	59499	51389						Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Shayne Lewis
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Aaron Calder

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2nd April 1977

W51347 is at the head of Class 117 set L412 (presumably with 59499 + 51389) approaching Slough station with a Paddington service on April 2nd, 1977. Rex Holt.

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Unknown date

Class 117 DMU set L412 (51347 and presumably 59499 + 51389) at Reading. Circa late 1970s - it was refurbished in October 1978. Paul Redmond.

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Unknown date

Class 117 DMU set L412 (51347 and presumably 59499 + 51389) arriving into London Paddington. Circa late 1970s - it was refurbished in October 1978. Paul Redmond.

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Unknown date

Class 117 DMU set L412 (51389 and presumably 59499 + 51347) at Reading (General), date unknown. Paul Redmond.

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circa late 1970s

Class 117 DMU set L412 (51389 and presumably 59499 + 51347) in London Paddington. Circa late 1970s - it was refurbished in October 1978. Paul Redmond.

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14th September 1979

Class 117 DMUs at Oxford on 14 September 1979. On the left L412 (presumably 51347 + 59499 + 51389) is having mail loaded or unloaded and on the right L429 (presumably 51409 + 59519 + 51367) is arriving. Brian Daniels.

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15th January 1980

Class 117 DMU set L412 (presumably 51389 + 59499 + 51347) at Kennington with an Oxford service on 15 January 1980. Brian Daniels.

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14th April 1980

Pressed Steel set L412 (51389 + 59499 + 51347) in the original white refurbished livery leaves the dead end Platform 6 at Reading and heads towards Paddington. Note that the destination blind still reads Reading (General). Tony Watson.

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June 1980

With an oval buffer and a 'cut' buffer, W51389 leads Class 117 set L412 (presumably with 59499 + 51347) through Sonning Cutting in June 1980. Karel 1999.

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11th April 1981

W51389 leads Class 117 set L412 (presumably with 59499 + 51347) at Kings Sutton on April 11, 1981. It is displaying Banbury (General) on the destination blind. Steve Davies Collection.

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Unknown date

Class 117 set L412 (presumably 51389 + 59499 + 51347) just arrived at Reading, date unknown. Walter Burt.

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August 1984

Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.L412 (presumably W51389 + W59499 visible) in Rail Blue & Grey livery with all-yellow front ends arriving at Paddington on a service from Reading, 08/84. Hugh Llewelyn.

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23rd November 1985

Set L412, 51389/59499/51347, at head of Set L121, 55021, and Set L411, 51388/59498/51346, at Wisbech with ‘The East Anglian Vibrator’ on 23 November 1985. Rob Paterson.

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23rd November 1985

51389 at the rear of the Anglian Vibrator railtour, seen at North Elmham on the 23rd November 1985. Chris Lings.

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23rd November 1985

L412 (51389 + 59499 + 51347) at the end of The Anglian Vibrator railtour seen at Wisbech, 23/11/85. Chris Lings.

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12th July 1986

51389 (+ 59499 + 51347) at the head of the 'Fen Tiger' railtour seen at Kings Lynn on the 12th July 1986. Chris Lings.

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19th May 1987

Class 117 DMU set L412 (presumably 51347 + 59499 + 51389) in Bicester Town station on 19 May 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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17th August 1989

Class 117 set L412 (51347 and presumably 59499 + 51389) departs from Reading with the 12:08 (SO) to Bedwyn on 17 August 1989. Robert Thomas.

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circa February 1991

An unusual visitor to Tyseley in about February 1991 as class 117 L412 (51347 + 59499 + 51389) called at the station with a train either from Shirley or Stratford-upon-Avon. The unit was allocated to Reading depot at the time and as far as I can establish was never one of Tyseley's sets. The Midlands depot was well-known at the time for getting hold of "foreign" units to fill in gaps in their own increasingly unreliable trains. Peter Tandy.

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6th September 1991

NSE-liveried Class 117 set L412 (51389 and presumably 59499 + 51347) at Slough on the 15:45 London Paddington-Reading. John Carter.

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6th November 1991

Class 117 set number L412 (presumably with DMBS 51347 nearest the camera) leaves Paddington with a service for Maidenhead on 6 November, 1991. Glen Batten.

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mid-1990s

Oxford in the the mid 1990s, and a southbound unit (which the photographer thinks was L412) enters the station. John McIntyre.

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