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Vehicle 59509


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

Jul-60 New to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
28/02/76 Transferred to LA (Laira)
16/05/82 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
10/01/88 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
09/07/93 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) RAHA
Sep-99 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket)

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 30/01/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51357 59509 51399 As delivered to WR - July 1960
SHL311 51359 59509 51399 Listed at SHL - circa Dec-60
460 51357 59509 51399 Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S311, non-gangwayed set
50083 59509 51399 Noted 24/12/701
51313 59509 51328 Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak2
51313 59509 51328 Noted 03/11/73 - BR Farewell to the Lambourn Valley Railway Special Newbury to Welford Park and return 51328-59509-51313 + 51353-59505-51395 + 51320-59472-51305
L479 51313 59509 51328 Formation change - RG - circa Oct-75 - 59509 from disbanded L460.
P470 51313 59509 51328 Listed at LA - 01/05/1976
P470 51313 59509 51328 Noted 22/10/1977 - Exeter Exmouth area3
P470 51313 59509 51328 Listed at LA - 31st December 1977
P470 51313 59509 51328 Listed at LA - 03/03/80
P470 51313 59509 51328 Noted 28/07/80 - on 13:43 St Erth to St Ives3
P470 51313 59509 51328 Noted 12/10/1980 - R.P.P.R. The Mayflower Railtour P470+P480
P433 51371 59509 51413 Noted circa 05/19824
B433 51371 59509 51413 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B433 51371 59509 51413 Noted circa 08/19834
B433 51371 59509 51413 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B433 51371 59509 51413 Noted 16/01/19864
B433 51371 59509 51413 Noted 06/05/19864
B433 51371 59509 51413 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
B433 51371 59509 51413 Noted 29/04/87 - on 17:30 Coryton to Barry Island3
B433 51371 59509 51413 Listed at BR - Aug-87
B433 51371 59509 51413 Noted 26/09/87 - at Norwich strengthening T212 & TS603 on a Birmingham NS – Norwich service2
51371 59509 51413 Transfer to TS - 10/01/88 - from BR
T308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T308 51371 59509 51413 Noted circa 03/19894
T308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
51371 59509 51413 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot5
T308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at TS - mid May-90
117308 51371 59509 51413 Noted circa 06/19914
117308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at TS - Jul-91
117308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at TS - Aug-91
117308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at TS - Dec-91
51371 59509 51413 Noted 15/04/92 - on 06:30 Cambridge - Birmingham New Street6
117308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
117308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
117308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at TS - November 1992
117308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
117308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at HA - November 1993
117308 51371 59509 51413 Noted circa 07/19964
117308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at HA - 02/12/96
117308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at HA - 01/01/98
117308 51371 59509 51413 Listed at HA - 23/11/98

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Jeremy Goodyear
6: David Bellamy

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: April 1978

Set number: P470

Class 118/117 hybrid set P470 (51328 + 59509 + 51313) at Paignton in April 1978. Ian Charles.

DMU

Date: August 1978

Set number: P470

Class 118/117 hybrid Laira DMU set P470 (51313 59509 51328) at Paignton August 1978. Ian Charles.

DMU

Date: 28th July 1979

Set number: P470

A hybrid Class 118/117 three-car Suburban DMU formed of cars W51313 (BRCW 118), W59509 (Pressed Steel 117) & W51328 (BRCW 118) was stood at Exeter Central with a service from Exmouth to Exeter St Davids on July 28th 1979. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 28th July 1979

Set number: P470

On a hazy and warm Summer afternoon, a Class 118/117 hybrid three-car Suburban DMU formed of cars W51328, W59509 & W51313 was stood in the single track terminus at Exmouth with a service to Exeter St Davids on July 28th 1979. The station at the East Devon seaside resort once had four platform faces and was a busy place on Summer Saturdays in the past, including through services to and from London Waterloo. The Southern Railway upgraded the station in 1924, and one of the disused island platforms with its substantial canopy was just visible to the left of the DMU. This has now been swept away, and a road that was constructed in 1981 now runs alongside the station. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 30th July 1980

Set number: P470

Leaning into the curve alongside the Hayle Estuary, Class 118 Driving Motor Second W51328 (and presumably 59509 + 51313) had arrived at Lelant Saltings with the branch service from St Ives on July 30th 1980. The single platform station at Lelant Saltings, on the St Erth to St Ives line was opened in 1978 as a 'Park & Ride' facility for the town of St Ives. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 30th July 1980

Set number: P470

With a threatening sky, Class 118 three-car set P470 (51328 and presumably 59509 + 51313) has arrived at the picturesque Cornish resort of St Ives with the branch service from St Erth on July 30th 1980. The original station site is in the background, now a large car park and a far cry from the days when St Ives had a small loco depot for the branch engine, and the line had through trains to and from London Paddington on Summer Saturdays. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 12th October 1980

Set number: P470

The RPPR "The Mayflower" railtour at Plymouth Cattewater on 12 October 1980. The Six Bells Junction website lists the vehicles as P470 (51313 + 59509 + 51328) and P480 (51312 + 51327). Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 12th October 1980

Set number: P470

The RPPR Mayflower railtour at Marsh Mill Curve on 12 October 1980. It was formed of Class 118 sets P470 (51313 + 59509 + 51328) and P480 (51312 + 51327). Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: June 1983

Set number: B433

Class 117 DMU set B433 (presumably 51413 + 59509 + 51371) departs from Westbury in June 1983. George Woods.

DMU

Date: June 1983

Set number: B433

Class 117 DMU set B433 (presumably 51371 + 59509 + 51413) and an Inter-City 125 in Bristol Temple Meads station in June 1983. George Woods.

DMU

Date: June 1983

Set number: B433

Class 117 DMU set B433 (presumably 51413 + 59509 + 51371) in Bristol Temple Meads station in June 1983. George Woods.

DMU

Date: 12th August 1983

Set number: B433

Class 117 set B433 (51371/59509/51413) at Weymouth Quay on 12 August 1983. David Mant.

DMU

Date: 24th June 1984

Set number: B433

Pressed Steel class 117 diesel set B433 (presumably 51413 + 59509 + 51371) is seen at Weymouth Quay on 24 June 1984. It formed part of a 6-car set bound, I imagine, for Bristol. The London boat train is formed of an "Oxted" Mark 1 8-set. WR dmus appear to have worked on the tramway in 1983 and 1984. Taken from the "Earl William" as she approaches the Dorset port from Jersey. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: 24th June 1984

Set number: B433

Pressed Steel class 117 diesel set B433 (presumably 51413 + 59509 + 51371) is seen at Weymouth Quay on 24 June 1984. It formed part of a 6-car set bound, I imagine, for Bristol. The London boat train is formed of an "Oxted" Mark 1 8-set and the ferry sits on the left. WR dmus appear to have worked on the tramway in 1983 and 1984. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: January 1985

Set number: B433

Class 117 DMU set B433 (presumably 51371 59509 51413) arrives in Hereford with a train from Worcester, (probably originating in Oxford), January 1985. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: 25th August 1985

Set number: P470

Class 118 DMU set P470 (51328 and presumably 59509 + 51313) in Paignton station on 25 August 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 24th February 1986

Set number: B433

Class 117 DMU set B433 (presumably 51371 + 59509 + 51413) stabled inside Crewe carriage shed, 24th February 1986. Paul James.

DMU

Date: circa 1987

Set number: B433

Class 117 set B433 (51413 and presumably 59509 + 51371) and Reading circa 1987. On the right is a Class 119. Walter Burt.

DMU

Date: 2nd July 1988

Set number: T308

A Pressed Steel built Class 117 3-Car Suburban Unit, T308 with Driving Motor Second 51413 leading (presumably with 59509 + 51371), was stood at Lostock Hall with the Sunday Preston to Carlisle 'DalesRail' service on July 2nd 1988. Running via Blackburn and Clitheroe, this service ran along the Ribble Valley line prior to regular passenger services being reinstated in 1991. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 2nd July 1988

Set number: T308

A Tyseley allocated Pressed Steel built Class 117 3-car Suburban DMU formed of cars 51413, 59509 and 51371, was passing under Watkin Lane bridge as it arrived at Lostock Hall with a Preston to Carlisle 'Dalesrail' service on July 2nd 1988. Complete with its Tyseley TS308 board in the offside cab window, the set was on temporary loan to Newton Heath during the period when the class 142 Pacer fleet was in a state of flux due to ongoing reliability issues, and before new class 150/2 Sprinters had arrived in sufficent quantities. This particular set was the last Class 117 to remain in operation on the national network, and following withdrawal in 1996, the driving cars were eventually converted as water jetting vehicles for use with Chiltern Railways and returned to BR green livery. They were finally withdrawn in 2015, and both cars have survived into preservation. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1989

Set number: T308

Class 117 3-car DMU set T308 51371 + 59509 + 51413 (DMBS + TCL + DMS) leads another 3-car back into Lichfield Trent Valley after shunting out on 15-3-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1989

Set number: T308

Class 117 3-car DMU set T308 51371 + 59509 + 51413 (DMBS + TCL + DMS) leads another 3-car back into Lichfield Trent Valley after shunting out on 15-3-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 21st April 1990

Set number: T308

Class 117 DMU set T308 (51413 and presumably 59509 + 51371 sits in Cardiff Central station with the 13:10 to Birmingham New Street on 21 April 1990. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: circa August 1990

Set number: T308

Tyseley allocated three car class 117 DMU T308 (cars 51413, 59509 and 51371) seen entering Worcester Shrub Hill past a colourful collection of semaphore signals in the summer of 1990. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: circa August 1990

Set number: T308

Tyseley allocated three car class 117 DMU T308 (cars 51413, 59509 and 51371) seen entering Worcester Shrub Hill past a colourful collection of semaphore signals in the summer of 1990. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: 29th November 1990

Set number: T308

An added bonus for the photographer visiting Cosford was the presence of conveniently placed semaphore signals. It was a shame that the majority of the GWR-style lower quadrants had been replaced by the time I was going here but they were still better than the modern alternative. On 29 November 1990 class 117 DMU T308 (51371 + 59509 + 51413) was pictured about to stop with a Chester to Wolverhampton service. Neither of the loops here were much used at this time and I was never fortunate enough to take pictures with the appropriate signals in the "off" position. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 29th August 1991

Set number: 117308

Class 117 set 117308 (51413 + 59509 + 51371) arrives at Hereford with a terminating service from Birmingham on 29 August 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 29th August 1991

Set number: 117308

117308 (51413 + 59509 + 51371) departs from Hereford with a Birmingham service on 29 August 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 29th August 1991

Set number: 117308

117308 (51413 + 59509 + 51371) in Hereford station with a Birmingham service on 29 August 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 29th August 1991

Set number: 308

Class 117 set 117308 in Regional Railways livery passing through Cradley Heath station on 29th August 1991. Set consisting of 51371, 51413, 59509. 51371 probably at the front. Andrew Slack.

DMU

Date: 27th June 1992

Set number: 117308

117308 (51413 + 59509 + 51371) is the front set on the 09:39 Scarborough - Skegness service seen at Doncaster on 27 June 1992. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 27th June 1992

Set number: 107308

51413 (and presumably 59509 + 51371) on June 27, 1992. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 4th September 1992

Set number: 117308

117308 (presumably 51371 + 59509 + 51413) heads away from Water Orton on 4 September 1992. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 11th July 1993

Set number: 117308

117308 with 51371 at the front (presumably with 59509 + 51413) on the 18:50 ex Birmingham New Street at Longbridge on July 11, 1993. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 11th September 1993

Set number: 117308

117308 (51371+59509+51413) on the 15:50 New St to Redditch, taken from T354 M51853 on the 14:45 Longbridge to New St at Barnt Green. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: 11th September 1993

Set number: 117308

117308 (51371+59509+51413) at New St on the 11:20 to Longbridge. Kevin Dowd.

DMU

Date: circa October 1996

Set number: 117308

Pressed Steel Class 117 DMU set 117308 (51413 + 59509 + 51371) seen at Cowdenbeath, probably on a Fife Circle service. The slide process date is October 1996. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1997

Set number: 117308

117308 (presumably 51413 + 59509 + 51371) with the 16:15 Edinburgh Waverley - Cowdenbeath service on 26/9/97. Stuart Mackay.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1997

Set number: 117308

117308 (presumably 51371 + 59509 + 51413) travelling ECS towards Edinburgh at Dunfermline Townhill after working the 16:15 Edinburgh Waverley - Cowdenbeath on September 26, 1997. Stuart Mackay.

DMU

Date: 1990s

Set number: 117308

117308 (presumably 51371 + 59509 + 51413) in Edinburgh Waverley sometime during the 1990s. Waddo Rail.

DMU

Date: 29th April 1999

Set number: 117308

Two class 117 units one of which is 117308 (presumably 51371 + 59509 + 51413) berthed at Haymarket depot on 29th April 1999. Ian Buck.