Vehicle 59484
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
| Nov-59 | New to | 81D (Reading) | |
| Apr-66 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 14/12/92 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWXX | |
| 07/12/93 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWRX | |
| Apr-95 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 30/04/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | As delivered to - November 1959 | ||||||
| RDG300 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at 81D - Aug-60 | |||||
| 450 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S319, non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 11/07/69 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 14/02/72 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington2 | ||||||
| 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading3 | ||||||
| L450 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area4 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 28/01/1978 - Reading Station4 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station4 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted circa 04/19825 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 23/10/1983 - Branch Line Society Double Dragon Railtour | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 31/03/1984 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Coed Ely Coupling Railtour L400+L415+55021 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 21/06/19865 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 26/08/19865 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 13/09/1986 - at Old Oak Common6 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51319 | Noted 21/04/87 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 12/09/19875 | |||||
| 53820 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 30/10/87 | ||||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted circa 04/19885 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted circa 04/19895 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 14/04/92 - on 07:55 Paddington - Reading7 | ||||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWRX | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Noted 27th August 1993 | |||||
| L400 | 51332 | 59484 | 51374 | Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWXX |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
7: David Bellamy
Images:
10th December 1959
An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/144 showing Pressed Steel suburban TCL 59484, presumably at Swindon Works, on 10/12/59. British Railways.
10th December 1959
An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/145 showing Pressed Steel suburban TCL 59484, presumably at Swindon Works, on 10/12/59. British Railways.
10th December 1959
An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/146 showing the interior of Pressed Steel suburban TCL 59484 on 10/12/59, showing the first class saloon looking from centre to rear. British Railways.
10th December 1959
Set number: 506
An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/147 showing the interior of Pressed Steel suburban TCL 59484 on 10/12/59, showing the first class saloon looking from rear to centre. British Railways.
10th December 1959
An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR/148 showing the interior of Pressed Steel suburban TCL 59484 on 10/12/59, showing the toilet area. British Railways.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa November 1959
A brand new Pressed Steel triple suburban set. Closest is DMBS W51332, the other two are presumably W59484 and W51374, they were delivered to Reading in November 1959. Pressed Steel.
Date: 3rd December 1959
An official image (Swindon Works negative 5T/42 showing a Pressed Steel suburban triple set formed 51374 + 59484 + 51332, presumably at Swindon Works, on 3/12/59. British Railways.
Date: 12th November 1977
Set number: L400
Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) speeds by at Migham on 12 November 1977. Banbury (General) is showing on the destination blind. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 14th May 1979
Set number: L400
When the 3R Tadpole DEMUs were withdrawn, the intended substitutes were Class 101 Metro-Cammell dmmus. In the event, only a couple of these put in an appearance and the Class 119 Gloucester Cross-country sets took over. However, in the first few weeks after the supposed changeover, a mixture of WR and Southern units appeared. Here, L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) in white livery arrives at Edenbridge on 14 May 1979 with up train. Tony Watson.
Date: 11th December 1979
Set number: L400
Class 117 set L400 with 51374 leading (and presumably with 59484 and 51332) is stabled at Maidenhead on 11th December 1979. Ian Buck.
Date: 1st August 1981
Set number: L400
Pressed Steel Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51332 + 59484 + 51374) at Langley on August 1, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 5th September 1981
Set number: L400
On a hot and hazy late Summer afternoon, a three-car Pressed Steel Class 117 Suburban DMU, with Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS) W51332 leading, was toiling up the 1 in 37 gradient of the Lickey Incline at Vigo, with a Birmingham bound service on September 5th 1981. The set was finished in the 'refurbished' white with blue stripe livery, and the other two vehicles are presumably 59484 + 51374. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: unknown
Set number: L400
Class 117 DMU set L400 (51374 and presumably 59484 + 51332) at Hereford (Barrs Court), date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: unknown
Set number: L400
Class 117 DMU set L400 (51332 and presumably 59484 + 51374) leaving Hereford station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: January 1983
Set number: L400
Class 117 DMU set L400 seen near Iver in January 1983. Closest is DMS 51374, the centre car is presumably 59484. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 22nd October 1983
Set number: L400
Set L400 (51374, 59484 and 51332) on the BLS Double Dragon railtour arriving at Maerdy, 22/10/83. PJ Evans.
Date: 29th January 1984
Set number: L400
L400 (51332 / 59484 / 51374) seen at Southall on the 29th January 1984, working the 09:42 Reading - Paddington. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 31st March 1984
A view from the Monmouthshire Railway Society "Coed Ely Coupling" railtour on 31 March 1984 at Swansea Docks. Taken onboard 59484 looking towards 51374, 51393 + 59503 + 51351 and 55021. Robert Thomas.
Date: unknown
Set number: L400
Class 117 DMU set L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) heads away from West Drayton on 25 March 1989. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa 1987
Set number: L400
Class 117 set L400 in London Paddington station with a Reading service circa 1987. DMS 51374 is closest, presumably with 59484 + 51332. Ian Docwra.
Date: 11th February 1987
Set number: L400
Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) at Paddington on 11th February 1987. Ian Buck.
Date: 30th October 1987
A Class 116 / 117 hybrid set at Slough on 30/10/87, formed of Class 116 DMBS 53820 and Class 117 TC and DMS 59484 / 51374. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 30th April 1988
Set number: L400
Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) at Maidenhead on 30 April 1988. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 5th November 1988
Set number: L400
Class 117 L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) at Oxford on 5th November 1988. Ian Buck.
Date: 18th May 1989
Set number: L400
Class 117 set L400 (51374 and presumably 59484 + 51332) at Didcot on May 18, 1989. Michael Mensing.
Date: 1st September 1989
Set number: L400
With 51332 & 51374 at either end (and presumably 59484 in the middle) L400 is at Oxford awaiting departure with the 15:26 to Paddington on the 1st September 1989. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 1990
Set number: L400
Pressed Steel class 117 unit L400 (presumably 51374 + 59484 + 51332) seen leaving Slough on a summer's evening in 1990. Bob Belcher.
Date: unknown
Set number: L400
Class 117 DMU L400 standing at Oxford with 51332 at the front (and presumably 59484 + 51374). Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.
Date: 8th February 1991
Set number: L400
A six-car DMU formation departs from Maidenhead on 8 February 1991 formed of Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51332 + 59484 + 51374), a two-car Class 101, and Class 121 55025. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 8th February 1991
Set number: L125
A six-car DMU formation departs from Maidenhead on 8 February 1991 formed of (furthest to closest) Class 117 set L400 (presumably 51332 + 59484 + 51374), a two-car Class 101, and Class 121 55025. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 27th March 1991
Set number: L400
Class 117 L400 car 51374 displays it’s 118 type domed roof indicator box. Reading, 27/3/91, presumably with 59484 + 51332. Mac Winfield.
Date: 17th October 1993
Set number: L400
Class 117 DMU set L400, presumed 51374 + 59484 + 51332, at Betchworth with the 09.20 Reading to Gatwick on 17 October 1993. Rob Paterson.