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Vehicle 51353


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: 30546
Diagram: 534

Allocations

Jun-60 New to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
10/05/87 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
04/10/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
09/07/93 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) RAHA
Nov-99 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) HAXX
Nov-99 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) - but kept as standby
Mar-00 Sector Change to HQ (Headquarters) SAXH

Modifications

circa May-65 - Gangway(s) fitted
p/e 11/03/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 18/03/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51353 59505 51395 As delivered to WR - June 1960
RDG311 51353 59505 51395 Listed at RDG - Aug-60
RDG311 51353 59505 51395 Noted circa May-65
51353 59505 59528 51395 Noted 09/03/1968 - R.C.T.S. West London Junction Railtour
412 51353 59505 51395 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R311, gangwayed set
51353 59505 51395 Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1
51353 59505 51395 Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak2
51353 59505 51395 Noted 04/1971 - at Solihull3
51353 59505 51395 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington1
51353 59505 51395 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading4
51353 59538 59505 51395 Noted 21/02/741
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 21/08/74 - on 1800 Basingstoke-Reading
L412 51353 59505 51395 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2
L416 51353 59505 51395 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 01/06/1977 - Oxford Station5
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 14/10/1977 - Oxford Station5
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 12/11/1977 - Oxford Station5
L416 51353 59505 51395 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 14/01/1978 - At Oxford Station5
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station5
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 21/07/1979 - R.C.T.S. / S.E.G. Marchwood Volunteer No.2 Railtour
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 04/02/1980 - At Didcot5
L416 51353 59505 51395 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 11/07/1981 - BLS Morris Man Railtour
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 25/07/1981 - RCTS/Southern Electric Group Wilts & Somerset Railtour
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted circa 04/19826
L416 51353 59505 51395 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 08/10/1983 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Coed Bach Connection railtour with L406 (51383/59493/51341)
51353 59505 51395 Noted 03/11/1983 - BR Farewell to the Lambourn Valley Railway Special 51328-59509-51313 + 51353-59505-51395 + 51320-59472-51305
L416 51353 59505 51395 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted circa 03/19856
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 20/11/19856
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 05/04/1986 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Risca Cuckoo Railtour C306+C577+L416
L416 51353 59505 51395 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 13/09/19866
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 22/12/1986 - at Paddington7
L416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 24/02/1987 - at Paddington - as 6 car set with L4097
C416 51353 59505 53864 Listed at CF - Jun-87 - 53864 temporarily in place of 51395 after suffering fire damage.
C416 51353 59505 51395 Listed at CF - Aug-87
C416 51353 59505 51395 Noted 01/08/19876
T301 51353 59505 51395 Noted circa 10/19876
51353 59505 51395 Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from CF
T301 51353 59505 51395 Noted circa 01/19886
T301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T301 51353 59505 51395 Noted 13/08/88 - at Norwich2
T301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T301 51353 59590 51395 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T301 51353 59505 51395 Noted circa 12/19906
T301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at TS - Dec-91
51353 59505 51395 Noted 15/04/92 - on 15:58 Longbridge - Lichfield TV8
51353 59505 51395 Noted 21/05/92 - on 06:33 Leicester - Coventry8
117301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
51353 59505 51395 Noted 15/08/92 - on 07:30 Nottingham - Llandudno8
117301 51353 59505 51395 Noted circa 09/19926
117301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
117301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at TS - November 1992
117301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
117301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at HA - November 1993
117301 51353 59505 51395 Noted circa 03/19956
51353 59505 51395 Noted 18/05/95 - on 2G09 17:57 Edinburgh - Glenrothes8
117301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at HA - 02/12/96
117301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at HA - 01/01/98
117301 51353 59505 51395 Listed at HA - 23/11/98
117301 51353 51395 Listed at HA - Nov-99

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Jeremy Goodyear
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
8: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 117 DMU at London Waterloo

21st July 1979

Set number: L416

Class 117 set L416 (W51353 + W59505 + W51395) in London Waterloo station with the RCTS/SEG Marchwood Volunteer No.2 railtour on July 21, 1979. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 117 DMU at Bedenham Siding

21st July 1979

Set number: L416

On 21 July 1979 the RCTS and Southern Electric Group "Marchwood Volunteer No. 2" railtour is seen at Bedenham Siding. Set L416 was formed 51353 + 59505 + 51395 all in "blue band" livery. This set, built by Pressed Steel in 1960, ended its life in Scotland in the 1990s. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 117 DMU at Swindon Works

13th September 1979

Set number: L416

The DMBS from L416 (presumably 51353) is seen freshly painted in Swindon Works on the 13th September 1979. The other vehicles on the right include 51313. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Fisker Swindon

11th July 1981

Set number: L416

Class 117 DMU set L416 (51353 + 59505 + 51395) with the Branch Line Society Morris Man tour on 11 July 1981. The location is noted as Fisker Swindon (on the Highworth Branch) - the British Leyland, Pressed Steel Siding. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Oakdale Colliery

19th February 1983

Set number: L416

Class 117 DMU set L416 (51353 + 59505 + 51395) with the BLS Blue Dragon railtour alongside the Collier's Arms at Oakdale Colliery on 19 February 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Oakdale

19th February 1983

Set number: L416

Class 117 DMU set L416 (51353 + 59505 + 51395) with the BLS Blue Dragon railtour at Oakdale on 19 February 1983. Alistair Ness.

Class 117 DMU at Nantyfllon

19th February 1983

Set number: L416

Class 117 DMU set L416 (51353 visible) with the BLS Blue Dragon railtour at Nantyfllon near Maesteg on 19 February 1983. Alistair Ness.

Class 117 DMU at Nantyfllon

19th February 1983

Set number: L416

The BLS Blue Dragon railtour at Nantyfllon near Maesteg on 19 February 1983. It is formed of Class 117 DMU set L416 (51353 + 59505 + 51395). Alistair Ness.

Class 117 DMU at Coed Ely

19th February 1983

Set number: L416

The BLS Blue Dragon railtour Coed Ely on 19 February 1983. It is formed of Class 117 DMU set L416 (51353 + 59505 + 51395). Alistair Ness.

Class 117 DMU at Coed Ely

19th February 1983

Set number: L416

The BLS Blue Dragon railtour Coed Ely on 19 February 1983. It is formed of Class 117 DMU set L416, presumably 51353 + 59505 + 51395. Alistair Ness.

Class 117 DMU at London Paddington

August 1984

Set number: L416

Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.L416 - presumably 51353 + 59505 + 51395 - in Rail Blue & Grey with all-yellow front ends leaving Paddington on a service to Reading, 08/84. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 117 DMU at Newport Dock Street

5th April 1986

Set number: L416

The Risca Cuckoo railtour at Newport Dock Street, 5th April 1986. Set L416 is closest, 51353 + 59505 + 51395. Shayne Lewis.

Class 117 DMU at Twyford

30th May 1986

Set number: L416

Class 117 Set L416 (presumably 51353 + 59505 + 51395) on a 11XX Reading - Paddington departing Twyford on Friday 30th May 1986. Colin Brooks.

Class 117 DMU at Cardiff Central station

18th July 1987

Set number: L416

51353 of set L416 is seen at Cardiff having arrived with the 10:50 ex-Hereford, 18/7/87. PJ Evans.

Class 117 DMU at Swansea Loop East

5th September 1987

Set number: C416

Two three-car suburban DMUs with Class 117 set C416 (51353 and presumably 59505 + 51395) at the front at Swansea Loop East with the 10:56 Swansea-Pembroke Dock/Milford Haven on 5 September 1987. Note the "L" under the "C" in the set number, it had been transferred to Cardiff from Reading in May. Robert Thomas.

Class 117 DMU at Cardiff Central

9th September 1987

Set number: C416

Class 117 set C416 in Cardiff Central station on September 9th, 1987. DMBS W51353 is closest, presumably with W59505 and W51395. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 117 DMU at Llandrindod Wells

Unknown date

Set number: T301

T301 (51353) + another set on a Galerail special at Llandrindod Wells during Victorian Festival week in the 1980s. David Rowe.

Class 117 DMU at Llandrindod Wells

Unknown date

Set number: T301

T301 (51353) + another set on a Galerail special at Llandrindod Wells during Victorian Festival week in the 1980s. David Rowe.

Class 117 DMU at Inverness

2nd April 1994

Set number: 117301

Class 117 DMU set 117301 (presumably 51353 + 59505 + 51395) at Inverness on 02/04/94. The Haymarket based class 117 units visited Inverness TMD for NRN radio fitment. Roddy MacPhee.

Class 117 DMU at North Queensferry

29th April 1999

Set number: 117301

With the Forth Bridge in the background set 117301 with car 51353 trailing (presumably with 59505 + 51395) leaves North Queensferry on 29th April 1999. Ian Buck.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 12th November 1977

Set number: L416

Refurbished Pressed Steel Class 117 set L416 (presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353) at Newbury on November 12, 1977. It carries Hungerford on the destination blind. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 21st July 1979

Set number: L416

On 21 July 1979, the RCTS/Southern Electric Group "Marchwood Volunteer No 2" rail tour, formed of class 117 Pressed Steel suburban coaches 51395+59505+51353 is seen at the "Model Room" platform at Marchwood, Hampshire. The DMU was built in 1960. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 21st July 1979

Set number: L416

On 21 July 1979 the RCTS and Southern Electric Group "Marchwood Volunteer No. 2" railtour is seen at Bedenham Siding. Set L416 was formed 51395 + 59505 + 51353 all in "blue band" livery. This set, built by Pressed Steel in 1960, ended its life in Scotland in the 1990s. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 1st December 1979

Set number: L416

Class 117 DMU set L416 (presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353) at Reading depot on 1 December 1979. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 25th July 1981

Set number: L416

The RCTS and Southern Electric Group (SEG) jointly organised the "Wilts & Somerset" railtour on July 25th 1981. The three-car Paddington suburban set (L416, 51353 + 59505 + 51395) ran from Paddington to half a dozen freight lines. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: circa August 1981

Set number: L416

Class 117 DMU set L416 (W51395 and presumably W59505 and W51353) with Reading on the destination blind passes Southall depot on its approach to Southall station. DMUs on the shed includes 117s, a 119 and a 121. The slide process date is August 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 31st December 1981

Set number: L416

Class 117 set L416 led by W51395 (presumably with 59505 + 51353) arrives with a service from Slough into London Paddington on 31/12/81. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 19th February 1983

Set number: L416

The BLS Blue Dragon railtour on the Bridgend Ford Branch, 19 February 1983. It is formed of Class 117 DMU set L416, presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 19th February 1983

Set number: L416

The BLS Blue Dragon railtour at Coed Ely, 19 February 1983. It is formed of Class 117 DMU set L416, 51395 and presumably 59505 + 51353. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 19th February 1983

Set number: L416

Class 117 DMU set L416 (51395 and presumably 59505 + 51353) with the BLS Blue Dragon railtour at Oakdale on 19 February 1983. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: August 1984

Set number: L416

Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.L416 (presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353) Rail Blue & Grey livery with all-yellow front ends nearing Paddington on a service from Reading, 08/84. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: T301

T301 (51395 and presumably 59505 + 51353) leads this formation into Llandrindod on a Galerail special in the late 1980s during the Llandrindod Wells Victorian Week. David Rowe.

DMU

Date: 17th September 1988

Set number: T420

At Nottingham on September 17th, 1988, T420 (53092 + 59607 + 59032 + 51892) and T301 (51353 + 59505 + 51395) form the 08:00 Nuneaton - Skegness service. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 17th September 1988

Set number: T301

Class 117 T301 (51395 + 59505 + 51353) at East Ville, possibly with an ECS ex-Skegness. It looks like it was taken from a Class 114 set. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 25th April 1992

Set number: 117301

Pressed Steel DMU set 117301 (51395 + 59505 + 51353) at Hereford on 25 April 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 25th April 1992

Set number: 117301

Pressed Steel DMU set 117301 (51395 + 59505 + 51353) at Hereford on 25 April 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 31st August 1992

Set number: 117301

117301 (presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353) at Derby with the 12:18 Nottingham-Crewe service on 31 August 1992. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 1994

Set number: 117213

Haymarket depot DMU sidings in 1994. There are three Pressed Steel sets (including 117213 - presumably 51339 + 59492 + 51382 - and 117301 - presumably 51353 + 59505 + 51395) all idling. There are at least two Regional Railways liveried Met-Camm centre cars to their right - probably left behind from the three-car sets that moved to Corkerhill as two-cars. To their right are Strathclyde liveried 107s. S Saunders.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1997

Set number: 117301

117301 (presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353) on the 16:47 Edinburgh Waverley - Cowdenbeath service at Dunfermline Townhill on 26/9/97. Stuart Mackay.

DMU

Date: 29th April 1999

Set number: 117301

At Cowdenbeath 117 set 301 (presumably 51395 + 59505 + 51353) is on a Fife Circle train on 29th April 1999. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 29th April 1999

Set number: 117301

Class 117 car 51395 leading set 117301 (presumably with 59505 + 51353) enters North Queensferry on 29th April 1999. Ian Buck.