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Set B473


These formations have been noted:

51316 59483 51331 Noted 25/06/82 - at Weymouth1
51316 59483 51331 Noted circa 08/19822
51316 59483 51331 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
51316 59483 51331 Noted 04/03/83 - on 2M73 1845 Cardiff-Birmingham New Street
51316 59483 51331 Noted circa 04/1983 - plain blue livery2
51316 59483 51331 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
51316 59483 51331 Noted circa 03/19852
51316 59483 51331 Noted 01/05/19862
51316 59483 51331 Listed at BR - Summer 1986
51316 59483 51331 Noted circa 01/19872
51316 59483 51331 Noted 30/04/87 - on 19:35 Swansea to Bristol Temple Meads
51316 59483 51331 Listed at BR - Aug-87
Disbanded circa 10/87

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn

Class 118 DMU at Swindon (Junction)

Unknown date

Class 118 DMU set B473 (51316 and presumably 59483 + 51331) at Swindon (Junction), date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 118 DMU at Worcester Foregate Street

early 1980s

Class 118 DMU set P473 (51331 and presumably 59483 + 51316) with a Cross-Country set in the rear in Worcester Foregate Street station. Date unknown, it became a Bristol set in late 1980 and was painted into Blue/Grey in late 1983. Paul Redmond.

Class 118 DMU at Hawkeridge

12th May 1981

Class 118 51316 heads set B473 (presumably with 59483 + 51331) when seen at Hawkeridge on the 12th May 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Frome

14th May 1981

Class 118 set B473 (presumably 51316 + 59483 + 51331) at Frome on 14 May 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Warminster

30th May 1981

Class 118 set B473 (presumably 51331 + 59483 + 51316) seen at Warminster on 30 May 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Maiden Newton

13th October 1981

BRCW Class 118 set B473 (presumably W51316 + W59483 + W51331) on the 13:00 Weymouth - Westbury at Maiden Newton 13/10/81. Sparegang.

Class 118 DMU at Coalpit Heath

circa 1986

Bristol allocated Class 118 DMU set B473 (presumably 51331 + 59483 + 51316) leads a two-car Class 108 and another suburban set at Coalpit Heath circa 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Westbury

1986

Westbury, 1986, Class 118 DMU set B473 (presumably 51331 + 59483 + 51316) departs in a smokescreen of exhaust fumes. Nigel Curtis.

Class 118 DMU at Chepstow

21st February 1986

Class 118 DMU set B473 (presumably 51331 + 59483 + 51316) terminates at Chepstow with the 15:15 from Cardiff Central on 21 February 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Dorchester

16th April 1986

Class 118 DMU set B473 (presumably 51316 + 59483 + 51331) at Dorchester on 16 April 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Stapleton Road

March 1987

Class 118 B473 (presumably 51331 + 59483 + 51316) approaching Stapleton Road from the North in March 1987. Chris Walker.

Class 118 DMU at Merthyr Tydfil

1st May 1987

Class 118 set 51316 + 59483 + 51331 at Merthyr Tydfil on 01/05/87. Roddy MacPhee.


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