51413 Class 117 Driving Motor Second

Home Railway	North Somerset Railway	Location History	Private Site: MOD Long Marston Jun 15-May 19
Current Location	Eastleigh Works		Eastleigh Works May 19-Present
Current Status	Stored
Current Livery	BR Green (Half Yellow Panel)
TRA Designation	5
Partner Vehicle(s)	51371
Owner	DPR Carriage Group
Website	northsomsersetrailway.com
Record Last Updated	1 October 2022
Preservation Modifications None, although the vehicle had spent time on the mainline as a water jetting car, so had been previously heavily modified from original condition for this purpose.
Preservation Information 51413 was part of the last Class 117 set operational on the mainline, out lasting other vehicles by some ten years due to its continued use on the national network as a water jetting train for Chiltern Railways. The vehicle was very heavily modified for this purpose and was preserved in June 2015 after finally being dispensed with nearly 60 years after the vehicle was first built! The water jetting train was a three car unit but the middle coach was sold to a separate organisation. With no operational site, the North Somerset Railway planned to initially restore 51413 at the MOD site at Long Marston, with their other stock which includes a Class 121. By 2018 it was reported that 51413 was in storage whilst restoration work was progressing on partner 51371. In May 2019 the vehicle was moved by rail to Eastleigh Works with the intention to restore it to mainline status in order to operate charter trains, nevertheless 51413 remained in store whilst 51371 was the priority.
Future Plans To rebuild the interior and restore the vehicle as a passenger vehicle once more, mainline registered.

	51413 stored at Eastleigh Works, 26/4/21. Carl Watson

	51413 stored at Eastleigh Works, 3/7/19. Carl Watson

	51413 shortly after arrival at Eastleigh Works, 14/5/19. Carl Watson

	51413 arriving at Eastleigh Works, 8/5/19. Carl Watson

	51413 stored at Long Marston, 15/2/18. Michael Hughes