A railtour organised by the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society on the 11th October 1980 called the The Quainton and Bicester Rail Tour. The formation comprised Class 117 3-car set No. L401 (DMS 51375, TC 59485 and DMBS 51333). The tour used the following route:

• London Paddington
• Ealing Broadway
• Neasden Junction
• High Wycombe
• Princes Risborough
• Aylesbury
• Quainton Road
• Calvert
• Bicester London Road
• Bicester MoD Sidings
• Bicester London Road
• Islip
• Oxford
• Bicester London Road
• Bletchley Flyover
• Bedford St Johns Junction
• Bedford (Midland)
• Luton
• St Albans
• Hendon
• Neasden Junction
• London Paddington

References:
Paddington to Quainton - Quainton News No. 42 - Autumn / Winter 1980 / 81