BR 51351 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Brake Second built 1959

BR 51351 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Brake Second built 1959

BR 51351 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Brake Second built 1959
BR 51351 Class 117 DMU: Driving Motor Brake Second built 1959

 

Present Location Pontypool Blaenavon
County Location Torfaen
Designed For BR
Built by Pressed Steel
Diagram number 534
Lot number 30546
Type DMBS
First Number 51351
Later Numbers W51351
Present Number 51351
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Wheel Arrangement 4-w bogies
Original Underframe Yes
Original Bogies/Wheelsets Yes
Additional Notes 1959? Class 117 DMU. P 04/1994, at Chinnor until 1997, then for Stratford & Broadway Railway; at Long Marston. Purchased privately and to Pontypool & Blaenavon Autumn 2001. With 51397 (qv) enjoyed successful test run by 02/08; both repainted into "shiny green". Both stored serviceable but reported unlikely to be used during 2011. By 09/15: stored sheeted (see main photo) and still so at 09/19 (see second additional photo below).
External Structural Condition Fair
Internal Structural Condition Fair
Underframe Condition Satisfactory
External Finish Poor but Substantially Complete
Internal Finish Fair
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 Good
Rarity Several
Historical Importance Some Interest
Storage Secure Open
Operating No
Survey Date 12/11/1999
Surveyor David Wigley
Photo Date 05/09/2015
Photo by David West
At Risk No
Date Record Last Updated 18/10/2019

Byron Chamberlain 01/06/2004 Earlier view
Byron Chamberlain 01/06/2004 Earlier view

Stephen Godber 15/09/2019
Stephen Godber 15/09/2019


 

 

















 

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