British Rail Class 117

Car without engine 30.5 t

The Class 117 British Railways was a series of a total of 123 railcars. The railcars were made ​​by Pressed Steel from 1959 to 1961.

History

The vehicles were mostly stationed in Southall, Cardiff and Plymouth. In the 1980s, some vehicles were restationed to Birmingham or Scotland; They were restored for it. Later in the 1980s were stationed in Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Birmingham vehicles to Provincial Services, Regional Railways later transferred, while stationed in Southall vehicles were transferred to Network Southeast.

The early 1990s they were replaced on the lines from London Paddington by series 165 ' Network Turbo' railcar. They drove in Western England until there by class 150 - and 153- series railcars were replaced. It was made to replace them in Cornwall by 142 series "Skipper / Pacer " railcar an attempt, but these railcars were not suitable for these routes, so they had there a very high wear, these railcars were restationed at the North of England. Ultimately, the 117er were there by 150 series - replaces and 153- series railcars that were free in other areas.

For many years she toured the Birmingham Cross -City Line, along with the series 115, 116, 118 and 121, but all were asked to 1995 out of service.

2000 117er were replaced by class 150 railcar at Silverlink, so that the last vehicles of this series were retired.

It was even discovered that some trainsets had different engines from the Leyland 680er series. For example, it was said that a unit had a Leyland 680/1 (150 hp ) and a Leyland 680-1595 (180 hp).

Gallery

The non-motorized means of a unit.

The inside of a in the mid-1980s renovated first - class compartment, with Network -Southeast carpet.

The inside of a in the mid-1980s renovated second-class compartment, with Network -Southeast carpet.

References

• The Railcar Assocation
• Motive Power Recognition: 3 DMUs. Colin J. Marsden
• British Railway Pictorial: First Generation DMUs. Kevin Robertson
• British Rail Fleet Survey 8: Diesel Multiple Units -The First Generation. Brian Haresnape
• A Pictorial Record of British Railways Diesel Multiple Units. Brian Golding