BR 51405 Class 117 DMU Driving Motor Second Built 1959

BR 51405 Class 117 DMU Driving Motor Second Built 1959

Present Location Boness
County Location Falkirk
Designed For BR
Built By Pressed Steel
Diagram Number 535
Lot Number 30548
Type DMS
First Number 51405
Present Number W51405
Livery BR multiple unit green livery
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies Yes
Additional Notes Formerly set L721 in NSE, then Angel Trains. Stored MoD Shoeburyness: to Mid Hants by 2002. In operation with 51363 and 59511 (qv). Repainted into lined dark green. All three to Gloucs Warks 10/11 to maintain service on section isolated by landslip - have stayed there since the two sections of the line were reunited. 03/18: bodywork repair and repaint in progress. 08/19: refurbishment completed (see main photo). 02/20: rejoined 3-car set (see above) to start operations in 03/20. 11/24: sold by Cotswold Diesel Railcar Ltd to Scottish Railway Preservation Society and then moved to Boness.
Owner Scottish Railway Preservation Society
External Structural Condition Very Good
Internal Structural Condition Very Good
Underframe Condition Very Good
External Condition Very Good
Internal Finish Very Good
Degree of External Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Internal Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of Underframe/Running Gear Originality As built/last Passenger rebuild (BR or before)
Degree of External Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Very Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Several
Importance No Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Secure Open
Operational Yes
Date Inspected 15/05/2005
Inspected By Kevin Stroud
Date of Image 01/08/2019
Photo Taken By Rod Wells
At Risk No
Scrapped No
Record Last Updated 26/05/2026

Steve West 13/04/2017: earlier view

     








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