BR 51392 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Second built 1959
 | | BR 51392 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Second built 1959 |
| Present Location | Swanage Railway | | County Location | Hampshire | | Designed For | BR | | Built by | Pressed Steel | | Diagram number | 535 | | Lot number | 30548 | | Type | DMS | | First Number | 51392 | | Later Numbers | Part of Unit 117701 | | Current Livery | BR Network South East | | Gauge | 4ft 8 1/2in | | Wheel Arrangement | 4-w bogies | | Original Bogies/Wheelsets | No | | Additional Notes | One of nine DMUs to Winfrith 2004 by Dorset CC/Swanage Railway in advance of running to Wareham. However, with need for site clearance this plus 51356 and 59492 to Weardale 3/07. By 3/10 all three to Allelys Yard, Studley, Warwickshire. Then to Swanage by 11/14. By 08/18: at Eastleigh Works for conversion to mainline running for Swanage Railway, involving: heavy repair (delayed due to corrosion found on u/f's); new engines (not yet fitted) and bogies; central door locking fitted to some doors with remaining ones locked out of use/sealed. Following overhaul of 117 set at Eastleigh, now returned to Swanage - stored (source of spares?) | | Owner | Swanage Railway | | Rarity | Several | | Storage | Secure Open | | Operating | No | | Photo Date | 08/09/2018 | | Photo by | Peter Wreford | | At Risk | No | | Date Record Last Updated | 20/03/2024 |
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