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Vehicle 51403

Class 117

BR Diagram 535

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: 30548
Diagram: 535

Allocations

Jul-60 New to WR Stock
circa early Sep-60 Transferred to 81C (Southall)
Apr-66 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
Apr-82 Withdrawn from RG (Reading)

Modifications

p/e 12/08/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 23/02/1979 released in white/blue stripe livery

51403 was involved in the following incidents:

5/11/74 - Cropredy

Derailment involving Class 117

Info from Peter Mullen

The 6:54 Leamington Spa to Oxford derailed at Cropredy, after a length of rail had fractured under a preceding freight train. More Details.

18th December 1981 - Twyford

Collision involving Class 117

Class 117 set L423 led by 51403 on the 23:13 Henley - Twyfordran through the buffers at Twyford after a brake failure. It demolished the bufferstops at the end of the bay platform and landed partly in the station approach on top of a parked car. The scene was attended to the next day by the Old Oak Common breakdown train which rerailed the unit. 51403 would be withdrawn.

Disposal

Scrapped by BR, Reading Depot

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51361 59513 51403 As delivered to 81C - July 1960
SHL314 51361 59513 51403 Listed at Southall - circa Oct-60
416 51361 59513 51403 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R335, gangwayed set
L416 51361 59543 59513 51403 Noted 30/09/1973 - 51370-59522-51412 + 51341-59493-51383 + 51361-59453-59513-51403 (L466-L454-L416) BR Merrymaker excursion Oxford to Brighton
51361 59513 51403 Noted 27/10/73 - at Reading1
51361 59513 59543 51403 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2
51361 59513 51403 Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading2
51361 59513 51403 Noted 22/03/76 - in Paddington3
L423 51361 59513 51403 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L423 51361 59513 51403 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L423 51361 59513 51403 Noted 30/04/78 - at Reading1
L423 51361 59513 51403 Noted 05/06/1978 - Oxford Station4
L423 51361 59513 51403 Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station4
L423 51361 59513 51403 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L423 51361 59513 51403 Noted 02/09/1980 - at Tilehurst 1
L423 51361 59513 51403 Noted 24/01/1981 - Farewell to Staines West Branch special train L403+L422+L423
L423 51361 59513 51403 Listed at RG - 01/03/81
L423 51361 59513 51403 Listed at RG - 28/11/81
L423 51361 59513 51403 Noted 20/04/1983 - on Reading depot 1
L423 51361 59513 51403 Noted 22/03/1986 - in Old Oak Common CS 1

Formation Sources
1: Martin Lumley
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Shayne Lewis

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Moreton-in-Marsh

7th July 1978

Set number: L423

Class 117 DMU set L423 (presumably 51403 + 59513 + 51361) arriving at Moreton-in-Marsh on 7 July 1978. Michael Mensing.

Class 117 DMU at Oxford

21st March 1979

Set number: L423

Class 117 DMU set L423 (presumably 51403 + 59513 + 51361) at Oxford with a service for Banbury on 21 March 1979. Brian Daniels.

Class 117 DMU at Reading depot

circa February 1980

Set number: L423

Class 117 DMU set L423 (W51403 and presumably W59513 + W51361) on Reading depot. The slide process date was February 1980. A Class 119 is on the right. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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