BR class 117
| BR class 117 | |
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 51402 on the Northampton & Lampton Railway
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| Number: | 123 cars (42 front railcars, 42 rear and 39 intermediate cars) |
| Manufacturer: | Pressed Steel Company |
| Year of construction (s): | 1959-1961 |
| Retirement: | until 2000 |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm |
| Length: | 19.51 m per car |
| Height: | 3.87 m |
| Width: | 2.82 m |
| Empty mass: | Motor vehicle 36.6 t; Car without engine 30.5 t |
| Top speed: | 113 km / h |
| Drive: | Diesel mechanically |
| Train control : | AWS |
The class 117 of the British Railways was a three-piece railcars series. The vehicles were manufactured by Pressed Steel from 1959 to 1961 .
history
Most of the vehicles were in service in Southall , Cardiff and Plymouth . In the 1980s, some vehicles were relocated to Birmingham and Scotland and renovated for them. Later the vehicles stationed in Scotland, Wales , Cornwall and Birmingham came to Provincial Services, later Regional Railways , while the railcars used in Southall came to Network SouthEast .
In the early 1990s, the vehicles on the London Paddington lines were replaced by class 165 multiple units (“Network Turbo”). They drove in the west of England until they were replaced by the 150 and 153 series multiple units. The attempt to replace it in Cornwall with a class 142 multiple unit (“Skipper / Pacer”) failed because the multiple unit series was unsuitable for these routes, so that it was subject to very high wear there. These railcars then came to the north of England. Ultimately, the 117s in Cornwall were replaced by Class 150 and Class 153 multiple units, which became vacant in other areas.
The 117er drove in Scotland until the turn of the century until their series-156 - and series-170 railcars ( "Turbo Star") nachfolgten.
For many years the 117s were in use on the Birmingham Cross-City Line together with the 115 , 116 , 118 and 121 series . All 117 railcars were taken out of service by 1995.
In 2000, the 117 series were replaced by the 150 series railcars at Silverlink , so all vehicles in this series were taken out of service.
gallery
A blue and gray three-piece unit at Peterborough on the Nene Valley Railway museum line .
The non-motorized middle part of a unit.
The interior of a first-class compartment renovated in the mid-1980s with Network SouthEast carpeting.
The interior of a second-class compartment renovated in the mid-1980s, with Network SouthEast carpeting.
References
- The Railcar Association
- 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
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ preserved.railcar.co.uk (English). Retrieved September 15, 2014 .