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Vehicle 59495

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

Apr-60	New to	WR Stock
21/05/60	Transferred to	81D (Reading)
May 1973	Depot code change	RG
13/01/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) NWRX
22/01/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) NWRX
24/02/93	Reinstated	TS (Tyseley) RDTS
02/08/93	Transferred to	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
09/08/93	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 17/11/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51343	59495	51385		As delivered to Reading - April 1960
RDG306	51343	59495	51385		Listed at Reading - Aug-60
406	51343	59495	51385		Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R306, gangwayed set
	51343	59495	51385		Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington¹
	51343	59495	51385		Noted 02/10/1971 - at Birmingham New Street²
	51343	59495	51385		Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington²
	51343	59538	59495	51385	Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington¹
	51343	59495	51385		Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading²
	51343	59495	51385		Noted 20/04/74 - at Reading³
L406	51343	59495	51385		Noted 04/05/1974 - BR Western Region Outer Circle Railtour (L471+L403+L406)
L406	50083	59495	51385		Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak, set number L360 on 50083⁴
	51343	59495	51385		Noted 14/02/76 - on 13:15 Hereford - Oxford⁵
L408	51343	59495	51385		Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 25/07/76 - at Reading³
	55031	59495	51385		Noted 08/09/76 - in Paddington⁴
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area⁶
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 26/05/1977 - Oxford Station⁶
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 07/10/1977 - Oxford to Didcot area⁶
L408	51343	59495	51385		Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 15/10/78 - in Swindon Works³
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 17/02/1980 - At Didcot Station P5 0942⁶
L408	51343	59495	51385		Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 23/08/1980 - on Reading depot ³
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 26/10/1980 - on Reading depot ³
L408	51343	59495	51385		Listed at RG - 01/03/81
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 06/06/1981 - at Newbury ³
L408	51343	59495	51385		Listed at RG - 28/11/81
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted circa 04/1982⁷
L408	51343	59495	51385		Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 09/11/1984 - at Twyford ³
L408	51343	59495	51385		Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L408	51343	59495	51385		Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 21/06/1986⁷
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 21/06/1986 - at West Drayton⁸
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 21/06/1986 - at Slough⁸
	51343	59495	51385		Noted 04/06/87 - on 14:34 Paddington - Reading⁹
L408	51343	59495	51385		Listed at RG - Aug-87
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted circa 10/1987⁷
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 16/04/1988⁷
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 21/09/1988 - Maidenhead with 11.10 Reading-Paddington¹⁰
	51343	59495	51385		Noted 05/03/89 - on 07.18 Paddington - Bicester North via High Wycombe, 09.05 Bicester North – Paddington via High Wycombe, 11.18 Paddington – High Wycombe and 13.40 High Wycombe - Paddington⁵
L408	51343	59495	51385		Listed at - 15/05/89
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 28/05/1990 - Slough - Bank Holiday 09.46 to Paddington¹⁰
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted circa 10/1990⁷
L408	51343	59495	51385		Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L408	51343	59495	51385		Noted 16/02/1991 - At London Paddington. ¹¹
L730	53455	59495	51571		Listed at RG - 12/08/92
L429	55029	59495	51409		Listed at OO - November 1992 - Sector NWRX
T410	51859	59495	59032	53124	Noted circa 06/1993⁷

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Martin Lumley
4: Gerald Brown
5: Phil Shatford
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Robert Chilton
9: Martin Baumann
10: Alan N Walker
11: Dave Warby

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

Set number: L408

A Refurbished Pressed Steel built Class 117 set at Southall, date unknown. The DMBS is W51343, which spent its whole career allocated to Reading depot. Behind is presumably 59495. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 12th July 1980

Set number: L408

Class 117 DMU set L408 (presumably 51343 + 59495 + 51385) at Slough on 12 July 1980. Brian Daniels.

Date: 4th August 1981

Set number: L408

As L408 (presumably 51385 59495 51343) departs Maidenhead an unidentified HST approaches heading for London Paddington. 4th August 1981. Paul James.

Date: 4th August 1981

Set number: L408

Class 117 DMU L408 (presumably 51343 59495 51385) approaches Maidenhead station, 4th August 1981. Paul James.

Date: 23rd February 1983

Set number: L408

Class 117 DMU set L408 (presumably 51385 + 59495 + 51343) at Didcot North Junction on 23 February 1983. Brian Daniels.

Date: 28th April 1984

Set number: L408

Class 117 DMU L408 (presumably 51385 + 59495 + 51343) is seen from a Cross Country train in Reading station as its Class 47 locomotive (seen in the distance) runs round. The date is 28th April 1984. Bob Belcher.

Date: July 1985

Set number: L408

Class 117 DMU set L408 (W51385 and presumably W59495 + W51343) looking very clean when seen with an Oxford - Reading local at Lower Basildon, Thames Valley, in July 1985. Roger Geach.

Date: circa January 1990

Set number: L408

Class 117 DMU set L408 (51343 and presumably 59495 + 51385) approaches Southall circa January 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 5th May 1990

Set number: L408

L408 (presumably 51385 + 59495 + 51343) with a second Class 117 DMU arrives at Taplow on 5 May 1990. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 17th December 1990

Set number: L408

Class 117 DMU set L408 - presumably 51385 + 59495 + 51343 - in Iver station with the 13.15 Paddington - Reading service on 17 December 1990. Dave Warby.

Date: circa late 1992

Set number: L129

55029 is a Class 117 power car stand in, working with 59495 + 51409, on the 12:48 Slough - Paddington at Hayes & Harlington. Undated, circa late 1992. Gazza Prescott.

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