Class 117. Western region set L422 based at Reading with the Driving Motor Second leading on the down main approaching Southall on a Saturday morning in June 1972.
According to the Ian Allan headcode booklet of 1968, 2A52 indicates an ordinary class 2 passenger train that starts and stops somewhere between Paddington & West Drayton; however the destination screen reads Oxford. Set L422 formation is listed as 51402 DMS, 59512 TCL & 51360 MDBS.
Photo by Michael Taylor, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (mtaylor6@home.com)
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