Vehicle 59488
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
| Feb-60 | New to | WR Stock | |
| 12/03/60 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| Jul-66 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 18/09/92 | Transferred to | OO (Old Oak Common) NWRX | |
| 20/10/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
| 22/10/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 21/05/1979 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | As delivered to 81D - February 1960 | ||||||
| RDG303 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at 81D - circa Dec-60 | |||||
| 452 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S322, non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 15/06/69 - at Tyseley1 | ||||||
| 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 452 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 30/05/1970 - 470+452+418 51320-59472-59538-51305 + 51336-59488-51378 + 51406-59516-51364 BR mystery excursion Paddington to Hastings | |||||
| 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 11/08/70 - at Royal Oak2 | ||||||
| 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 29/01/72 - on Tyseley depot1 | ||||||
| L452 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 26/10/1977 - Oxford Station3 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 06/05/78 - at Reading on a Paddington service4 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station3 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 19/05/79 - at Swindon Works open day4 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 16/02/1980 - At London Paddington P2 05503 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 26/10/1980 - at Oxford 4 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 24/01/1981 - Farewell to Staines West Branch special train L403+L422+L423 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at RG - 01/03/81 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at RG - 28/11/81 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted circa 04/19825 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 20/04/1983 - on Reading depot 4 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 23/07/83 - at Newbury Racecourse2 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted circa 11/19855 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 16/01/19865 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted circa 09/19865 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted circa 08/19875 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 12/09/19875 | |||||
| L704 | 53477 | 59488 | 51408 | Noted 02/10/87 | |||||
| 403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted circa 05/19885 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted 11/06/1988 - RCTS Chinnor Railtour | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted circa 07/19915 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWRX pool | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Noted circa 08/19925 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L403 | 51336 | 59488 | 51378 | Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Martin Lumley
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: May 1970
Set number: 452
Non-gangwayed Class 117 set 452 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336) entering Wooburn Green station in May 1970. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: May 1970
Set number: 452
Class 117 set 452 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336) in Wooburn Green station in May 1970. It has High Wycombe on the destination blind. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: May 1970
Set number: 452
Class 117 set 452 (presumably 51336 + 59488 + 51378) heads away from Wooburn Green with a Bourne End to High Wycombe service in May 1970. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: May 1970
Set number: 452
Class 117 set 452 (presumably 51336 + 59488 + 51378) entering Loudwater station in May 1970. The set number being above 450 shows that this a non-gangwayed set. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 14th May 1974
Set number: L452
Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU set L452, W51336 and presumably W59488 + W51378, sits in Reading depot on 14 May 1974. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa January 1979
Set number: L403
In fading light Class 117 DMU set L403, presumably 51336 + 59488 + 51378, approaches Guildford station. The slide process date was January 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1st March 1979
Set number: L403
Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU set L403 (presumably 51336 + 59488 + 51378) seen heading away from Iver on 1 March 1979. George Woods.
Date: 14th April 1980
Set number: L585
DMUs on Reading depot on 14 April 1980. Left to right is Class 117 L403 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336), Class 119 L585 (presumably 51075 + 59434 + 51103), Class 117 L416 (presumably 51395 in view) and another suburban vehicle in refurbished livery. Brian Daniels.
Date: unknown
Set number: L403
Class 117 DMU set L403 (51336 and presumably 59488 + 51378) swirls the snow as it passes at speed at Waltham St.Lawrence, Milley Bridge, on a sunny winter day - date unknown. Glyn Weigh.
Date: September 1982
Set number: L403
Class 117 DMU set L403 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336) departing from Paddington in September 1982. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: September 1982
Set number: L403
Class 117 DMU set L403 (51336 and presumably 59488 + 51378) departing Paddington in September 1982. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 19th February 1983
Set number: L403
Class 117 set L403, W51336 (nearest) + W59488 + W51378, heads away from Slough towards Maidenhead, Saturday 19th February 1983 Iain Reid.
Date: June 1983
Set number: L403
Class 117 set L403 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336) in Newbury station, June 1983. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: June 1983
Set number: L403
Class 117 L403 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336) heads east at Crofton on June 1983. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 14th April 1987
Set number: L280
L280 (54280) + L403 (51336 + 59488 + 51378), in that order, seen at Oxford on the 14th April 1987. S Gaskell.
Date: 20th September 1987
Set number: L704
A hybrid Class 104 and 117 DMU at Didcot on 20 September 1987. 53477 leads, the other two are presumably 59488 and 51408. Andrew Malloy.
Date: 1st October 1987
Set number: L704
Blue / grey Class 104 53477 is running with NSE liveried Class 117 vehicles (presumably 59488 + 51408) when seen at West Drayton on the 1st October 1987. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 2nd October 1987
Set number: L704
A mixed up set containing Class 104 DMBS 53477 and Class 117 vehicles 59488 + 51408 enters Paddington on the 2nd October 1987. Malcolm Clements.
Date: late 1987
Set number: L403
Class 117 DMU set L403 (presumably 51336 + 59488 + 51378) in the Marlow platform of Maidenhead station sometime in late 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa 1988
Set number: 403
Class 117 DMU set L403 (Presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336) heads away from the camera at South Moreton towards Didcot on down relief, circa 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: February 1988
Set number: L403
Class 117 DMU set L403 (presumably 51336 + 59488 + 51378) waits to depart a rainy Twyford in February 1988. Andrew Walker.
Date: 5th August 1988
Set number: 403
NSE liveried Pressed Steel Class 117, set 403 with 51378 leading (and presumably 59488 + 51336). Seen on the Down Relief line, arriving in Platform 3 Ealing Broadway with a Paddington to Reading service. Part of station improvements taking place at the time, the very fresh and clean platform block paving and concrete edging on Platform 4 is very noticeable in the foreground. Alistair Fyffe.
Date: 8th April 1989
Set number: L403
RG allocated Class 117 DMU set L403 formed of vehicles 51336+59488+51378 brake for the station stop at Taplow with the 1110 stopping service from Reading to Paddington on 8th April 1989. It is sobering to think that this set, and many other RG sets, had been doing the same routes day in day out and in the same formation, since they were delivered new in 1959/60 - virtually 30 yrs when this picture was taken. Most were destined to last another 3 or 4 years before they were replaced by 'Turbo's'... ! Nigel Mack.
Date: 14th December 1991
Set number: L403
Class 117 DMU set L403 (presumably (51378 + 59488 + 51336) stabled alongside 37 185 at Didcot on the cold frosty morning of 14 December 1991. Roger Geach.
Date: 17th March 1993
Set number: L403
Class 117 set L403 (51378 + 59488 + 51336) seen passing Tonbridge West Yard working 2O58 the 10:53 from Reigate, 17th March 1993. Waddo Rail Archive.