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Set B462

These formations have been noted:

51360	59512	51402	Noted 01/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads¹
			Noted 15/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with C504 + P581
51360	59512	51402	Noted 03/09/74²
			Noted 12/01/75 - on 1O69 1140 Cardiff-Salisbury with B579
			Noted 31/01/75 - on 2B46 1620 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C506 + B574
51360	59512	51402	Noted 26/08/75 - at Severn Tunnel Junction²
51360	59512	51402	Noted 31/12/75 - on 2C10 0654 Weston SM-Cardiff
51304	59471	51319	Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
51304	59471	51319	Noted 12/05/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff
51304	59471	51319	Noted 30/07/77 - on 2C24 1540 Bristol TM-Cardiff
51304	59471	51319	Noted 01/08/77 - on 2B50 1600 Cardiff-Bristol TM
51304	59471	51319	Noted 07/10/77 - on 1A71 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C500
51304	59471	51319	Noted 22/10/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff
51304	59471	51319	Noted 08/11/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Weston Super Mare
51304	59471	51319	Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
51304	59471	51319	Noted 10/01/78 - on 2B24 0955 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C592
51304	59471	51319	Noted 11/04/78 - on 2B70 1914 Worcester SH-Cheltenham
51304	59471	51319	Noted 02/05/78 - on 2C19 1845 Cardiff-Hereford
51304	59471	51319	Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central³
51304	59471	51319	Noted 30/05/78 - on 1720 Cardiff-Bristol TM
51304	59471	51319	Noted 30/09/78 - on 1619 Bristol TM-Cardiff
51304	59471	51319	Noted 04/10/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford
51304	59477	51319	Listed at BR - 03/03/80
51304	59477	51319	Noted 15/03/1980 - M.R.S. / R.C.T.S. Caerwent Cannonball Railtour B462+B803
51304	59477	51319	Noted 04/04/81 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Roath Dock Rumbler Railtour with B471

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis

1973

Class 117 set B462 (presumably 51402 + 59512 + 51360) departs from Maiden Newton station with a Weymouth Town service sometime in 1973. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 117 DMU at Portsmouth & Southsea (High Level)

August 1974

Set B462, with DMS W51402 closest to the camera (presumably with 59512 + 51360), in Portsmouth & Southsea (High Level) station in August 1974. A Class 119 is at the far end. The image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.

27th March 1975

The 08:08 Bristol-Weymouth is seen from Witham Signal Box, where the photographer worked for a year. Set B462, 27th March 1975. Adrian Vaughan.

27th September 1978

Class 118 DMU set B462 (presumably 51319 + 59471 + 51304) departing southbound from Bristol Temple Meads on 27 September 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

1979

BRC&W Class 118 set B462 (W51319 / W59471 / W51304) at Lawrence Hill in 1979. Robert Tarling.

circa late 1970s

A suburban triple set in Cheltenham station, date unknown. The curved headcode box means it's a 118 or an early 117, the set number looks like if could be B462. From March 1976 this was formed 51304 + 59471 + 51319. W51304 being one of the 118s without marker lamps - these were fitted to it by March 1980 - so this was probably late 1970s. Phillip Malin.

15th March 1980

The "Caerwent Cannonball" railtour was organised by the Monmouthshire Railway Society and RCTS on March 15, 1980. At Blaenavon in South Wales, this end of the six-car formation is a class 118 set, set B462 containing 51304/59477/51319. At the far end is Class 101 set B803 51450 + 59546 + 51522. Jeremy Chapter.

1981

A Class 118 DMU (presumably 51319 59477 51304) on a Swindon to Cheltenham Spa service departs Stroud on a misty Winter's day in 1981. Stroud station, a typical GWR affair, has barely changed in the last 29 years. The railways have changed beyond imagination and mostly not for the better. fgrsimon.

1982

B462 (presumably 51304 59477 51319) enters Sroud station from the West over Brunel's viaduct on a Cheltenham - Swindon local service, circa 1982. fgrsimon.

17th March 1986

51330 and 51315 at Tamerton Foliot on 17 March 1986. Keith Miller.

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