BR 51372 Class 117 DMU Driving Motor Brake Second Built 1960

BR 51372 Class 117 DMU Driving Motor Brake Second Built 1960

Present Location Boness
County Location Falkirk
Designed For BR
Built By Pressed Steel
Diagram Number 534
Lot Number 30546
Type DMBS
First Number 51372
Present Number W51372
Livery BR Rail Blue
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies Yes
Additional Notes Class 117. This car was a member of the first DMU used to transport construction workers into the Channel Tunnel. P 1994 Chasewater. BR blue livery. Used as loco-hauled stock. To Titley Junction Station, Herefordshire, by 9/09. 07/17: to Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway - at Toddington where extent of refurbishment work needed is being assessed. 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 Good
Internal Structural Condition Good
Underframe Condition Good
External Condition Very Good
Internal Finish 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 Good
Degree of Internal Authenticity Good
Degree of Underframe Authenticity Very Good
Rarity Many
Importance No Immediate Importance/Not Applicable
Storage Secure Open
Operational Yes
Date Inspected 08/09/2006
Inspected By Evan Green-Hughes
Date of Image 11/07/2019
Photo Taken By Steve West
At Risk No
Scrapped No
Record Last Updated 26/05/2026

Robert Davidson 25/07/2017: earlier view

Robert Davidson 25/07/2017: earlier view of other side

     








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