Vehicle 59512
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 | WR Stock | |
| circa early Sep-60 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| Nov-60 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| 28/06/71 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| 28/02/76 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 04/10/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 02/08/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | |
| 09/08/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 05/05/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | As delivered to 81C - July 1960 | ||||||
| SHL313 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at Southall - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 462 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at Southall - Apr-68 - was S313, non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Transfer to 82A - Jun-71 | ||||||
| 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 03/08/1971 - at Worcester Shrub Hill2 | ||||||
| 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol3 | ||||||
| 462 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport3 | |||||
| B462 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 01/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads3 | |||||
| 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Worcester3 | ||||||
| B462 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 03/09/741 | |||||
| B462 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Severn Tunnel Junction1 | |||||
| B462 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 31/12/75 - on 2C10 0654 Weston SM-Cardiff | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area4 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 02/07/77 - in Paddington5 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 07/10/1977 - Oxford to Didcot area4 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 18/10/1977 - Didcot Station4 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 09/04/78 - in Swindon Works5 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 06/05/78 - at Reading on a Paddington service5 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Slough Station4 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 28/08/1979 - At Reading P6BAY4 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 02/09/1980 - at Newbury 5 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 26/10/1980 - at Oxford 5 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 24/01/1981 - Farewell to Staines West Branch special train L403+L422+L423 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at RG - 01/03/81 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at RG - 28/11/81 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted circa 04/19826 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51399 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at RG - circa Jan-83 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 20/04/1983 - on Reading depot 5 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 09/11/1984 - at Twyford 5 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted circa 11/19856 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 22/03/1986 - in Old Oak Common CS 5 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 05/04/19866 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Taplow7 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Slough7 | |||||
| L422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 31/07/1986 - West Ealing with Paddington-Slough local8 | |||||
| 51360 | 59512 | 55029 | Noted 13/09/19866 | ||||||
| C422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
| C422 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted circa 08/19876 | |||||
| 302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted circa 10/19876 | |||||
| 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from CF | ||||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 21st February 1988 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 16/07/88 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted circa 10/19886 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 21/10/1989 - at Birmingham New Street5 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| T320 | 51138 | 59512 | 53890 | Noted circa 05/19906 | |||||
| 51138 | 59512 | 51316 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot3 | ||||||
| 51138 | 59512 | 53890 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot3 | ||||||
| T320 | 51138 | 59512 | 53890 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T415 | 51870 | 59512 | 59353 | 53921 | Noted circa 09/19906 | ||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted circa 05/19916 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted circa 08/19916 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 29/01/92 - on 15:51 Gainsborough - Lincoln9 | ||||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
| 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 24/08/92 - on 10:07 Nottingham - Skegness9 | ||||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 30/08/1992 - Bescot Depot open day shuttle | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted circa 09/19926 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at - 24/09/92 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | |||||
| T302 | 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | |||||
| 51360 | 59512 | 51402 | Noted 10/12/92 - on 16:53 Redditch - Birmingham New Street9 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Martin Lumley
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
8: Alan N Walker
9: David Bellamy
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1973
Set number: B462
Class 117 set B462 (presumably 51402 + 59512 + 51360) departs from Maiden Newton station with a Weymouth Town service sometime in 1973. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: August 1974
Set number: B462
Set B462, with DMS W51402 closest to the camera (presumably with 59512 + 51360), in Portsmouth & Southsea (High Level) station in August 1974. A Class 119 is at the far end. The image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 18th January 1975
Set number: B133
A class 117 unit (B462, presumably 51402 + 59512 + 51360) calls at Maiden Newton with a Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouth service whilst a class 121 (55033 as set B133) waits with the Bridport branch train. 18/1/1975. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 20th December 1979
Set number: L422
Class 117 DMU set L422 (presumably 51402 + 59512 + 51360) at Didcot on 20 December 1979. Brian Daniels.
Date: mid-1980s
Set number: L422
Reading DMU set L422 (comprising vehicles 51402/59512/51360) entering Sonning cutting from the Twyford direction viewed from Duffield Road bridge in the mid 1980s. Curly42.
Date: 3rd March 1986
Set number: L422
Stretching its legs on the main line as it runs past the carriage washing roads at Kensal Green is RG depot's Class 117 unit L422, formed of W51360 + W59512 + W51402. It will shortly pass the sheds of Old Oak Common whilst running ECS from Paddington to Southall depot (?) after working an up morning local service. Nigel Mack.
Date: 23rd December 1986
Set number: L422
Reading set L422 formed 51360, 59512 and 51402 leave Oxford for Didcot on 23/Dec/1986. Robert Chilton.
Date: 18th July 1987
Set number: C422
Set C422 is towed through Cardiff with 51360's closest bogie on a wheel skate. The C in the set number looks as if it's just been applied on top of the L after transfer from Reading. The other vehicles are presumably 59512 + 51402. PJ Evans.
Date: August 1987
Set number: C422
Class 117 C422 (previously L422) leaves Pontypridd for Treherbert in August '87. C422 was 51402 + 59512 + 51360. Mac Winfield.
Date: 9th September 1987
Set number: C422
Class 117 set C422 at Cardiff Central on September 9th 1987. DMS W51402 is closest, presumably with W59512 + W51360. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 23rd October 1987
Set number: 302
T302 (which was C422 a couple of months before) seen entering Birmingham's Moor St on 23/10/87 (cars 51360 + 59512 + 51402). Mac Winfield.
Date: 7th May 1988
Set number: T302
A three-car Pressed Steel Suburban DMU with Driving Motor Brake Second 51360 leading (presumably with 59512 + 51402), was passing Lostock Hall Junction with the Sunday Preston to Carlisle 'Dalesrail' service on May 7th 1988. Suburban type DMU's were never common sights around the Preston area, until several sets were transferred to Newton Heath in the latter part of the 1980's to provide cover for Class 142 Pacers that were being sidelined with various issues. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 25th June 1988
Class 117 DMU's 51372, 59490, 51414, 51402, 59512 and 51360 with the 10.20 Yarmouth to Birmingham New Street seen at Queen Adelaide on June 25, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 8th September 1988
Set number: T302
Class 117 set T302 (presumably 51360 + 59512 + 51402) at Blaenau Ffestiniog on September 8, 1988 with the 12:10 service to Llandudno. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: unknown
Set number: T302
T302 (presumably 51360 + 59512 + 51402) heads this 9-car formation on a special over Galton Bridge. Tom Clift.
Date: 5th January 1989
Set number: T302
T302 (presumably 51360 + 59512 + 51402) of Tyseley Depot arrives at Droitwich Spa Station on the 5th January 1989 working the 14.18 Birmingham New Street to Worcester Foregate Street via Bromsgrove. Dave Gommersall.
Date: 3rd May 1989
Set number: T302
By 1989 Sprinters were replacing DMUs on most services but on the 3rd May 1989 T302 (51402 and presumably 59512 + 51360) was on the 14.02 Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central via WSH and is seen leaving Abbotswood Junction at 15.10, somewhat late! Possibly due to a failed 156xxx? Dave Gommersall.
Date: 24th April 1990
Set number: T320
Class 116/117 Set T320 53890 + 59512 + 51138 on this service from Liverpool having changed ends at Sheffield and Ely now heads north of Ely towards Norwich just after ten to six in the evening on 24th April 1990. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 24th April 1990
Set number: T320
T320 53890 + 59512 + 51138 makes a very rare appearance covering for a 156 on 1L65 10:20 Liverpool Lime St to Ipswich at New Mills South Junction, 24-4-90. Kevin Dowd.
Date: 28th February 1992
Set number: T302
A sunny but hazy morning at Longbridge Station on the 28th February 1992 sees T302 (presumably 51402 + 59512 + 51360) at the rear of an unrecorded 3 car DMU leave about 09.15 on a cross city service, whilst T417 is departing on a service to Redditch. Of note are the poles and electric wires just reaching Longbridge, as the line is being electrified. Dave Gommersall.
Date: 15th July 1992
Set number: T302
All change at Lichfield City Station on the 15th July 1992 where Class 117 set T302 (presumably 51360 + 59512 + 51402) has just left with the 13.22 to Redditch. The days of its semaphores are numbered, with some being dismantled and all are soon to be replaced by colour lights. Dave Gommersall.
Date: 15th July 1992
Set number: T302
Tyseley set T302 formed of class 117s 51360 - 59512 - 51402 at Four Oaks on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.
Date: 15th July 1992
Set number: T302
51360 heading set T302 with 59512 and 51402 waits at Lichfield City on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.
Date: 15th July 1992
Set number: T302
Class 117 set T302 formed 51402 - 59512 - 51360 waits at Lichfield City on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.
Date: 15th July 1992
Set number: T302
Class 117 set T302 formed 51402 - 59512 - 51360 stabled at Birmingham New Street on 15/Jul/1992. Robert Chilton.
Date: circa August 1992
Set number: T302
The evening return of the 'Jolly Fisherman' of the variously Skegness - Nottingham / Derby / Burton-on-Trent / Leicester / Nuneaton destinations made up of 3 x 3car sets arrive at Bingham. Summer 1992, T302 is at the front (presumably 51402 + 59512 + 51360). David Page.
Date: 24th August 1992
Set number: T302
Class 117 Pressed Steel 3-car DMU 51360 + 59512 + 51402 as Tyseley set T302 stabled at Sleaford 24-8-92. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.