Vehicle 59521
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
| Sep-60 | New to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 18/10/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/07/93 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) RAHA | |
| Sep-99 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) | |
| Sep-99 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 23/06/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | As delivered to Reading - September 1960 | ||||||
| RDG319 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at Reading - circa Dec-60 | |||||
| 421 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R319, gangwayed set | |||||
| 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2 | ||||||
| L421 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 13/12/73 - at Royal Oak3 | |||||
| 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading2 | ||||||
| L421 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3 | |||||
| L421 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 31/01/76 - on 2A26 1322 Paddington-Slough | |||||
| L431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 15/10/1977 - At Oxford Station4 | |||||
| L431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 11/11/1977 - Oxford Station4 | |||||
| L431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 28/08/1979 - At Maidenhead 17194 | |||||
| L431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 12/01/1980 - Hertfordshire RailTours The Oxfordshire Trundler L405+L431 | |||||
| L431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 27/06/81 - at Newbury Racecourse3 | ||||||
| L431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted circa 04/19825 | |||||
| B431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 20/06/82 - at Weymouth3 | |||||
| B431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at BR - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| B431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted circa 10/19835 | |||||
| B431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 20/11/19855 | |||||
| B431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| B431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 05/03/19875 | |||||
| B431 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at BR - Aug-87 | |||||
| 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Transfer to TS - 18/10/87 - from BR | ||||||
| T306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Formation change - TS - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 51411 replaced 53873 (to spare) | |||||
| T306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 26/03/1988 - BLS Usk and Severn Rambler Railtour | |||||
| T306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 27/08/88 - at Norwich3 | |||||
| T306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted circa 12/19885 | |||||
| T306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 27th March 1989 | |||||
| T306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| T306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted circa 12/19905 | |||||
| 117306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
| 117306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
| 117306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 24/06/92 - on 2K21 17:12 Coventry - Stoke6 | ||||||
| 117306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
| 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 01/09/92 - on 20:02 Nottingham - Birmingham New Street6 | ||||||
| 117306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted circa 09/19925 | |||||
| 117306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | |||||
| 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 30/10/92 - on 19:15 Litchfield - Redditch6 | ||||||
| 117306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | |||||
| 117306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | |||||
| 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Noted 10/12/92 - on 16:50 Longbridge - Birmingham New Street6 | ||||||
| 117306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at HA - November 1993 | |||||
| 117306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at HA - 02/12/96 | |||||
| 117306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at HA - 01/01/98 | |||||
| 117306 | 51369 | 59521 | 51411 | Listed at HA - 23/11/98 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: David Bellamy
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1st September 1968
Set number: 421
Set 421 (presumably 51369 + 59521 + 51411) has a Met-Camm centre car in it as it passes through Worthing (Central) station on Sunday September 1st, 1968. This was a ten-car formation working a circular mystery tour from Paddington on the bank holiday weekend. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 12th April 1971
Set number: 421
Class 117 set 421 (presumably 51369 + 59521 + 51411) in pre-marker light days as a 4-car set including Class 101 trailer W59528. At Wylye, 12th April 1971. David Mant.
Date: unknown
Set number: L431
Oops! Class 117 set L431 (presumably 51369 + 59521 + 51411) off the rails at Southall depot. Undated. Richard Himson.
Date: unknown
Set number: L431
A refurbished 117 (L431 presumably 51369 + 59521 + 51411) sets off from Ealing Broadway. Undated. Adrian Vaughan.
Date: 2nd January 1979
Set number: L431
Class 117 DMU set L431 (presumably 51369 + 59521 + 51411) arrives at Paddington on 2 January 1979. Brian Daniels.
Date: 8th January 1979
Set number: L431
Class 117 DMU set L431 (W51411 and presumably 59521 + 51369) at West Ealing on 8 January 1979. Brian Daniels.
Date: 4th August 1981
Set number: L431
A six car DMU made up of Cl117 vehicles in sets L431 (presumably 51369 59521 51411) and L401 (presumably 51333 59485 51375) run into Maidenhead with a Reading bound service, 4th August 1981. Paul James.
Date: 5th September 1981
Set number: L431
Class 117 Set L431 (51411 + 59521 + 51369) arrives into Ledbury station on Saturday 05 September 1981. Ian 10B.
Date: unknown
Set number: L431
Class 117 DMU set L431 (51411 and presumably 59521 + 51369) at Gloucester, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: unknown
Set number: L431
Class 117 DMU set L431 (51369 and presumably 59521 + 51411) at Reading, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: unknown
Set number: L431
Class 117 DMU set L431 (51369 and presumably 59521 + 51411) at Reading, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: 17th February 1983
Set number: B431
Class 117 DMU set B431 (presumably 51411 + 59521 + 51369) in Bristol Temple Meads station on 17 February 1983. Chris Thorp.
Date: unknown
Set number: B431
Class 117 DMU set B431 (presumably 51411 + 59521 + 51369) seen at Cardiff, east of Central station near Long Dyke Junction, looking east. Date unknown, it was a Bristol set 1982 to 1987. Paul Redmond.
Date: 29th April 1985
Set number: B431
Class 117 Set B431 (presumably 51411 + 59521 + 51369) on a 12:xx Birmingham - Hereford service approaches Great Malvern on Monday 29th April 1985. Colin Brooks.
Date: 19th July 1985
Set number: B431
I arrived at Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday 19 July 1985 to catch the 08.12 train to Leamington Spa to find an unusual replacement for the usual single unit or pair of single units in the form of class 117 set B431 comprising 51411, 59521 and 51369. I assumed that this had been pinched by Tyseley to cover a shortage of their own sets after it had arrived at Birmingham New Street during the previous day. I sat in the first class compartment to take full advantage of the thicker padding and better backrests of the seats... Peter Tandy.
Date: 19th July 1985
Set number: B431
Class 117 set B431 (51369 + 59521 + 51411) worked trains between Leamington Spa at Stratford-upon-Avon on 19 July 1985. The procedure at the time was for trains arriving into platform 3 at Stratford-upon-Avon from the north to leave the station on the up line and then use the crossover just around the corner to reverse and come back either into platform 2 for Birmingham services or to run through the station before reversing again to gain bay platform 1 for Stratford. This picture shows B431 having completed the first reversal as it ran past the flower beds on platform 2. Peter Tandy.
Date: 9th November 1985
Set number: B431
51369-59521-51411 B431 Bristol Temple Meads 09.11.1985 Martin Baumann.
Date: 26th March 1988
Set number: T306
The BLS Usk & Severn Rambler railtour on the Uskmouth Branch, 26/3/88, formed of set T306 (51369 + 59521 + 51411). Chris Lings.
Date: 26th March 1988
Set number: T306
Set T306 (51369 + 59521 + 51411) with the 'Usk and Severn Rambler' railtour at Sudbrook on the 26th March 1988. Chris Lings.
Date: 26th March 1988
Set number: T306
T306 (51411 + 59521 + 51369) with the 'Usk and Severn Rambler' railtour at Westerleigh, 26/3/88. Chris Lings.
Date: 26th March 1988
Set number: T306
T306 (51411 + 59521 + 51369) seen on the Avonmouth branch while working the BLS 'Usk and Severn Rambler' railtour, 26/3/88. Chris Lings.
Date: 18th June 1988
Set number: T306
51411, 59521, 51369, (T306) and 51410, 59520 and 51368 (T305) with the 10.20 SO Yarmouth to Birmingham near Ely West Junction on June 18, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.
Date: 1989
Set number: T306
Tyseley allocated class 117 set T306 comprising vehicles 51369, 59521 and 51411 seen arriving at Droitwich in 1989 with a service from Birmingham to Hereford. Bob Belcher.
Date: 15th April 1989
Set number: T306
A pair of Tyseley allocated Class 117 Suburban three-car DMU's, with Driving Motor Second (DMS) M51411 leading (presumably with 59521 + 51369), were passing signal PN491 as they were approaching Bamber Bridge with the Sunday only Blackpool North to Carlisle 'Dalesrail' service on April 15th 1989. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: September 1991
Set number: 117306
Freshly repainted Pressed Steel DMU set 117 306 (presumably 51411 + 59521 + 51369) arriving into Sheffield station in September 1991. George Woods.
Date: September 1991
Set number: 117306
Freshly repainted Pressed Steel DMU set 117 306 (presumably 51369 + 59521 + 51411) arriving into Sheffield station in September 1991. George Woods.
Date: 9th October 1991
Set number: 117306
51411 at Birmingham New Street on 9/10/91, presumably 59521 behind. Sparegang.
Date: 10th April 1992
Set number: 117306
I don't have many pictures of Regional Railway liveried first generation DMUs and this Class 117 (it appears to be 117306 51369 + 59521 + 51411) is one of the few. The location is the roadbridge a short way to west of Cosford station on 10 April 1992 almost alongside the RAF Museum. This type of units was a bit thin on the ground around here by this time with class 150 Sprinters forming most of the West Midlands fleet. Peter Tandy.
Date: 6th February 1993
Set number: 117306
At Hereford 117306 (51369 + 59521 + 51411) "runs around" (changes platform?) after working 14:03 service from Birmingham on 6 February 1993. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 3rd June 1993
Set number: 117306
The Regional Railways colour scheme didn't look quite so good in bad weather conditions as in sunshine but any 1st generation unit was a rarity on the Derby To Birmingham line in 1993 so this shot of 117306 formed of 51369 + 59521 + 51411 at Lea Marston on 3 June 1993 was well worth a frame. This was an empty stock working which I assume was on its way from Derby to Tyseley. Peter Tandy.
Date: 7th July 1993
Set number: T317
A six-car rake, with 51329 bringing up the rear, leaves New St at 16.25 on 7/7/93, forming an empty stock working, probably bound for Longbridge. This should have been the 16.15 to Longbridge but the train was cancelled "due to staffing difficulties". The train was formed of sets 117 306 (51369/59521/51411) and T317 (51314/59481/51329) and had been seen earlier in the afternoon in Tyseley carriage sidings. T317 was soon to be disbanded but, at this stage, still retained its as-delivered formation, some 33 years after it was put into service. It was also the only complete class 118 still in service. 117 306 would be officially transferred to Haymarket, for its last six years of life, two days later. These were the last days of DMU's on the Cross-City Line - there would be no more scheduled DMU workings after September, although they continued to appear for several months as substitutes for failed class 323's. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 7th July 1993
Set number: 117306
A view of Tyseley carriage sidings at around 12.30 on 7/7/93. Visible from left to right are : 977752 (ex-51306 - part of former Sandite unit T007), 977842 (ex-55032 - part of the then-current T007), 117 306 (51369/59521/51411) and T317 (51314/59481/51329). T317 was soon to be disbanded but, at this stage, still retained its as-delivered formation, some 33 years after it was put into service. It was also the only complete class 118 still in service. 117 306 would be officially transferred to Haymarket, to see out its last six years of life on the likes of Fife peakhour workings, just two days later. Leonard Rogers.
Date: circa 1994
Set number: 117306
Haymarket depot DMU sidings circa 1994 contains 117306 (presumably 51411 + 59521 + 51369) and 117314 (presumably 51352 + 59489 + 51394), amongst others. S Saunders.
Date: unknown
Set number: 117306
117306 (51369 + 59521 + 51411) arrives into Dalmeny station on 14 May 1996 presumably with a Fife Circle service from Edinburgh Waverley. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 5th August 1995
Set number: 117306
Pressed Steel DMU set 117306 (51369 + 59521 + 51411) stabled in Haymarket depot on August 5th, 1995. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 17th July 1996
Set number: 117306
Set 117306 (51411 + 59521 + 51369) at Edinburgh Waverley for the evening rush hour on 17th July 1996. Ian Buck.
Date: 10th February 1999
Set number: 117306
117306 (51369 + 59521 + 51411) waits in Haymarket depot before heading into Edinburgh Waverley to form an evening rush-hour Fife Circle service. Taken from the driving cab of DMS 51382 in 117313 as it emerges from the carriage-washing plant and proceeds towards the signal on the outgoing road, prior to also working an Fife Circle service on 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.
Date: 10th February 1999
Set number: 117313
Class 117 3-car suburban DMUs Nos. 117313 (51382) and 117306 (51411 + 59521 + 51369) stand outside the shunters' bothy at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh, prior to working evening rush-hour Fife Circle services on 10th February, 1999. Michael Laing.