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Vehicle 59500


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

May-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
2w/e 10/04/76 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
2w/e 12/03/77 Transferred to RG (Reading)
May-81 Transferred to LA (Laira)
16/05/82 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
04/10/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
06/04/94 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) RAHV - as 117311
Sep-99 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters)
Sep-99 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters)

Notes

24th January 1997 - Seen in RR ScotRail livery

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 18/11/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51348 59500 51390 As delivered to Southall - May 1960
SHL307 51348 59500 51390 Listed at Southall - Aug-60
456 51348 59500 51390 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S307, non-gangwayed set
51348 59500 51390 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading1
51348 59528 59500 51390 Noted 21/08/742
L456 51348 59500 51390 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3
L456 51348 59500 51390 Noted 23/08/75 - in Birmingham New Street3
51348 59500 51390 Noted 22/03/76 - in Paddington2
C301 51136 59500 51149 Noted 07/08/1976 - on 08:58 Cardiff Queen Street to Treherbert with C3314
51136 59500 51149 Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot3
L440 50083 59500 51399 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L440 50083 59500 51399 Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station5
L440 50083 59500 51399 Noted 11/02/1980 - At Oxford5
L440 50083 59500 51399 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
440 50083 59500 51399 Transfer to LA - May-81
B436 51334 59500 51376 Noted 20/06/82 - at Weymouth3
B436 51334 59500 51376 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B436 51334 59500 51376 Noted 03/03/83 - on 2M73 1845 Cardiff-Birmingham New Street
B436 51334 59500 51376 Noted 30/07/83 - at Norwich3
B436 51334 59500 51376 Noted circa 12/19836
B436 51334 59500 51376 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B436 51334 59500 51376 Noted circa 09/19856
B436 51334 59500 51376 Noted 30/10/19856
B436 51334 59500 51376 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
B436 51334 59500 51376 Listed at BR - Aug-87
51334 59500 51376 Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from BR
T311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T311 51334 59500 51376 Noted circa 05/19886
51334 59500 51376 Noted 16/07/88 - on 10:05 Nottingham - Derby
T311 51334 59500 51376 Noted circa 10/19886
T311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
T311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T311 51334 59500 51376 Noted 19/03/91 - in Birmingham area7
T311 51334 59500 51376 Noted 08/04/91 - at Wolverhampton7
T311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - Aug-91
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - Dec-91
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - November 1992
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at TS - November 1993
117311 51334 59500 51376 Noted 24th January 1997
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at HA - 02/12/96
117311 51334 59500 51376 Listed at HA - 01/01/98
117311 51352 59500 51376 Listed at HA - 23/11/98

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Aaron Calder

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 4th March 1980

Set number: L440

DMU set L440 at Didcot on 3 March 1980. Leading is Class 117 DMS W51399, the other two vehicles are presumably Class 117 TCL W59500 and Class 116 DMBS W50083. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 15th December 1984

Set number: B436

An everyday scene at Worcester Shrub Hill from 15 December 1984 with set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376, and another set attached) entering the station with a train from Birmingham New Street which will reverse here before turning left towards Foregate Street and Hereford. In 2021 the gantry of semaphore signals is still extant but a class 37 would not be seen in the former shed while waiting for its next job, along with a fellow class member, as a banker on the Lickey incline. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: circa mid-1980s

Set number: B436

Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) on the rear of a nine-car suburban formation at Upwey Wishing Well looking towards Dorchester - with the train about to enter Bincombe tunnel. Date unknown, circa mid 1980s, Class 118 set B472 (presumably 51330 + 59482 + 51315) is at the far end. Mike Bunker.

DMU

Date: circa mid-1980s

Set number: B472

A nine-car suburban DMU formation with Class 118 set B472 leading (presumably 51315 + 59482 + 51330) passes through the closed Upwey Wishing Well Halt station from the Weymouth direction, date unknown. Circa mid-1980s, Class 117 set B436 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) is on the rear. Mike Bunker.

DMU

Date: January 1985

Set number: B436

Class 117 set B436 (presumably 51334 59500 51376) heads under Old School lane in Hereford with a train from Worcester in January 1985. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: mid-1985

Set number: B436

Class 117 set B436 (51334 and presumably 59500 + 51376) is seen south of Yeovil in mid-1985. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: B436

Class 117 set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) on the North Fulton works train. Undated. Tom Clift.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1986

Set number: B436

Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) at Severn Beach on a very wet 7th April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: 18th July 1986

Set number: B436

Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) passing Port Talbot box on the 17:20 Cardiff - Swansea, 18 July 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 20th September 1986

Set number: B436

On its way to Weymouth on 20th September 1986 class 117 set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) is seen at Westbury. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 14th March 1987

Set number: B436

Class 117 DMU set B436 (51334 + 59500 + 51376) arriving at Weymouth on 14-3-87. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 11th June 1989

Set number: T311

Class 117 DMU set T311 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) heads towards Coalville for the 1989 Open Day and is seen here approaching Merry Lees in Leicestershire. The date was 11th June. Andrew Walker.

DMU

Date: 28th August 1989

Set number: T311

Class 117 Set T311 (presumably 51334 59500 51376) tails 116 set T325 with the 1710 Llandudno - Birmingham New St as they depart Llandudno Junction (at 1724) on Monday 28th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 28th August 1989

Set number: T325

Class 116 Set T325 (presumably 51142 59757 53060) and 117 Set T311 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) 2XXX 1710 Llandudno - Birmingham New St curve into Deganwy (at 1717) on Monday 28th August 1989. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 17th November 1990

Set number: T311

Tyseley's Class 117 set T311 led by 51376, with 59500 and 51334, at Stratford upon Avon on 17/Nov/1990. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 26th April 1991

Set number: T311

Class 117 DMU T311 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) were pictured arriving at Stratford-upon-Avon with an early afternoon train from Leamington Spa on 26 April 1991. The signalling arrangements had recently been changed here with a new starting signal for platform 2 and alterations to the point locking arrangements for the exit from platform 1 meaning that trains were able to depart directly from there, under the control of the tall starter, rather having to shunt to P2. Trains were still not able to arrive directly into P2, this not being possible until later signalling changes when control was shifted to the West Midlands Signalling Centre at Saltley. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: July 1991

Set number: T311

Class 117 DMU T311 formed of 51376 + 59500 + 51334 was photographed arriving at Stratford-upon-Avon with an afternoon service from Birmingham in July 1991. Most of the infrastructure in the background has gone and there isn't an equivalent shot worth the effort in 2022. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: July 1991

Set number: T311

As the sun stayed out at Stratford-upon-Avon after T311 (51334 + 59500 + 51376) had arrived from Birmingham in July 1991 I took another shot as it stood under the GWR footbridge. Class 150 Sprinters were regularly appearing here by this time and T311 wasn't showing as allocated to Tyseley later in the year. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 27th June 1992

Set number: 117311

Pressed Steel set 117 311 (51376 + 59500 + 51334) at Worksop with the 12:45 Sheffield - Lincoln on 27 June 1992. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 11th September 1993

Set number: 117311

Cross-City DMU Farewell, 11th September 1993: 117311 (51376+59500+51334) crosses over for the return service at Longbridge after arriving on the 13:20 ex-New St. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 11th September 1993

Set number: 117311

Cross-City DMU Farewell, 11th September 1993: 117311 51334+59500+51376 on the 14:15 to New St at Longbridge. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 8th May 1994

Set number: 117211

117211 at Culloden 08/05/94 5Z61 1545 Inverness - Perth. The set, returning from Inverness after having NRN radio equipment added at the depot, had recently had the centre car re-instated and would become 117311 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376). Roddy MacPhee.

DMU

Date: 12th October 1994

Set number: 117311

51334 is at the front of set number 117 311 (presumably with 59500 + 51376) in Edinburgh Waverley station on 12.10.1994. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 5th April 1995

Set number: 117311

The 17:45 Fife Inner Circle service is formed of set 117311 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) when seen at Turnhouse on August 5, 1995. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 20th April 1996

Set number: 117311

117 311 (51376 + 59500 + 51334) at Edinburgh Waverley, 20th April 1996. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1997

Set number: 117311

117311 (51376 presumably with 59500 + 51334) at Dunfermline Townhill with the 17:05 Edinburgh Waverley - Fife Circle service. Stuart Mackay.

DMU

Date: 29th April 1999

Set number: 117311

At Cowdenbeath set 117311 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51352) on a Fife Circle service on 29th April 1999. Ian Buck.