Vehicle 59476
Class 118
Builder: BRC&W
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30544
Diagram: 601
Allocations
| May-60 | New to | 83D (Laira) | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| Sep-64 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| by mid-Oct-65 | Transferred to | 84A (Laira) | |
| Oct-66 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| w/e 06/03/76 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 12/04/87 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | As delivered to Laira - May 1960 | ||||||
| LA307 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Listed at Laira - Aug-60 | |||||
| 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Transfer to 81D - Oct-66 | ||||||
| 471 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R327, non-gangwayed set | |||||
| 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | 56283 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1 | |||||
| 55020 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington1 | ||||||
| 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2 | ||||||
| 51305 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2 | ||||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 02/03/74 - on 17:10 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| L471 | 51309 | 59476 | 59543 | 51324 | Noted 04/05/1974 - BR Western Region Outer Circle Railtour (L471 + L403 + L406) | ||||
| 51309 | 59543 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 06/05/74 - (51309 presumed)1 | |||||
| L471 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3 | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Listed at BR - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 25/06/76 - on 2B93 2305 Bristol TM-Swindon | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 09/09/76 - on 2305 Bristol TM-Swindon with B803 | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 15/09/76 - on 2B46 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 01/01/77 - on 2C38 1630 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff with C310 | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 28/03/77 - on 2C10 0652 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff with C559 | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 13/05/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B800 | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Listed at BR - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 08/04/1978 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Tintern Thunderbolt Railtour 51324-59476-51309 + 50721-59275-50668 B467+C507 | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 08/12/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 29/12/78 - on 2133 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 25/01/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads working 1202 to Cardiff Central4 | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Listed at BR - 03/03/80 | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 23/10/1980 - At Cardiff Central having worked from Bristol Temple Meads at 13174 | |||||
| B467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 03/01/1981 - At Hereford Stabling Point 08334 | |||||
| P467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Listed at LA - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| P467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted circa 07/19835 | |||||
| P467 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Listed at LA - 01/01/85 | |||||
| 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Transfer to TS - 11/05/86 - from LA | ||||||
| TS630 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 01/06/1986 - Coalville Depot open day shuttles to and from Leicester | ||||||
| TS630 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 07/06/19865 | |||||
| TS630 | 51309 | 59476 | 51324 | Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street6 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: December 1975
Set number: L471
Class 118 DMU set L471 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) arriving into Paddington in December 1975. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 7th July 1979
Set number: B467
Class 118 DMU set B479 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) at Yeovil Pen Mill on 7th July 1979. 54A South Dock.
Date: 25th August 1979
Set number: B467
BRC&W Class 118 suburban DMU set B467 (presumably 51324 + 59476 + 51309) at Salisbury on August 25, 1979. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: circa 1981
Set number: B467
Class 118 DMU set B467 (presumably 51309/59476/51324) arriving at Bristol Temple Meads, thought to be circa 1981. K F Tomes Duckwailk.
Date: 22nd August 1981
Set number: B467
Class 118 set B467 (presumably 51324 + 59476 + 51309) at Limpley Stoke on 22 August 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 9th June 1982
Set number: B467
Class 118 set B467 unit with W51324 at the front (presumably with 59476 + 51309) heads away from St Blazey Middleway crossing with a Par to Newquay service on 9/6/82. Stephen Burdett.
Date: March 1984
Set number: P467
Birmingham RCW dmu no P467 (presumably 51324 + 59476 + 51309) accelerates away from Cowley Bridge Junction with the 16.13 Exeter - Barnstaple in March 1984. Robert28194.
Date: May 1984
Set number: P467
Class 118 DMU set P467, presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324, at Exeter St Davids, May 1984 Robert28194.
Date: 29th January 1985
Set number: P467
Class 118 DMU set P467 (51309 + 59476 + 51324) arriving at Exeter St Davids on a damp 29 January 1985. Keith Miller.
Date: 29th January 1985
Set number: P467
Class 118 DMU set P467 - 51324, 59476 and 51309 - at Exeter St Davids on 29 January 1985. Keith Miller.
Date: 13th April 1985
Set number: P467
Token exchange at Topsham as Class 118 DMU set P467 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) arrives into the station on 13 April 1985, seen from another DMU. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 30th May 1986
Set number: TS630
Class 118 DMU set TS630 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) departs Cardiff with a Leicester - Swansea service on 30 May 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.