One of my photographic regrets is not having made more of an effort to photograph the former Western Region Class 117 units after they had moved away from their former home region. In the case of the ones that went to Scotland, that was partly excusable by the distance involved! Unfortunately therefore this is the only picture that I have of a ScotRail operated 117. On 27 April 1998, 117311 (51352, 59500 & 51376) approaches Greenhill Lower Junction with an empty stock working. The lead vehicle (51352) is a replacement for the then recently withdrawn 51334, hence the hastily painted last figure of the set number. The original 117311 was the former WR set B436, with the new DMBS coming from former set B450.