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Vehicle 51308

Class 118

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30543
Diagram: 534

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)
3w/e 03/04/71	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Jun-71	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)
29/09/85	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
11/05/86	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
25/10/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
26/02/88	Transferred to	NH (Newton Heath)
21/03/88	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)

Notes

22nd March 1988 - Condemned cars 51308, 51324, 51309, 59171, 53123, 53819, 53108, 59119, 54177, 53456, 59541, 59568, 59374, 59560, 59552 & 59524 hauled from Newton Heath to Vic Berry's yard by Class 31

Modifications

p/e 09/06/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51308	59475	51323	As delivered to Laira - May 1960
LA306	51308	59475	51323	Listed at Laira - Aug-60
LA303	51308	59475	51323	Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue with full yellow ends
	51308	59475	51323	Transfer to 82A - 3w/e 03/04/71
	51308	59475	51323	Transfer to 81D - Jun-71
RDG475	51308	59475	51323	Listed at Reading - circa Sep-71
	51308	59475	51323	Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington¹
	51308	59475	51323	Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington²
L475	51308	59475	51323	Noted 13/12/73 - at Royal Oak³
	51308	59475	51323	Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading¹
L466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 20/08/74 - on 2A45 1940 Oxford-Paddington with L410 51345 + 59497 + 51387
L475	51308	59475	51323	Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak³
B466	51308	59475	51323	Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
	51308	59475	51323	Noted 06/08/1976 - 19:52 Swansea to Cardiff Central⁴
	51308	59475	51323	Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol²
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central³
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 07/06/77 - on 2C36 1540 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff with B571
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 31/07/77 - on 2B21 1410 Cardiff-Cheltenham
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 16/08/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 15/11/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B466	51308	59475	51323	Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 11/02/78 - on 2C40 1730 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 26/02/78 - on 2C30 1940 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 02/04/78 - on 2C30 1940 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 06/05/78 - on 2C23 2225 Cardiff-Hereford
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 16/05/78 - on 2B46 1554 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 16/10/78 - on 2B28 1050 Cardiff-Weston Super Mare
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 30/10/78 - on 0632 Great Malvern-Bristol TM
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 14/12/78 - on 0743 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B466	51308	59475	51323	Noted 24/03/1979 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Gwaun Cae Gurwen Growler Railtour C501+B466
B466	51308	59475	51323	Listed at BR - 03/03/80
P466	51308	59475	51323	Listed at LA - 15/12/1982
P466	51308	59475	51323	Listed at LA - 01/01/85
466	51308	59475	51323	Transfer to CF - 29/09/85 - from LA
	51308	59475	51323	Transfer to TS - 11/05/86 - from CF
TS632	51308	59475	51323	Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS632	51308	59475	51323	Noted 06/06/1986⁵
	51308	59475	51323	Noted 15/06/86 - on a Ealing Broadway (20.08) – Aylesbury (21.10) (Via Greenford Loop and Princes Risborough) and Aylesbury (21.15) – Princes Risborough (21.30) move with 53071 + 59616 + 53880 and 53890 + 59054 + 5310⁶
TS632	51308	59475	51323	Noted 05/07/86 - at Norwich³
TS632	51308	59475	51323	Noted 05/03/1987⁵
TS351	51308	59475	51323	Noted 11/04/1987⁵
T351	51308	59475	51323	Listed at TS - Jul-87
	51308	59475	51323	Transfer to HT - 25/10/87 - from TS

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Phil Shatford

Images:

July 1981

Set number: B466

A six-car formation at Yeovil in July 1981. Closest is Class 118 set B466 (presumably 51308 + 59475 + 51323), working with a Class 120 Cross-Country unit. Mel Smith.

circa June 1983

Set number: P466

A three-car and a two-car suburban set at Dawlish Warren, slide process date was June 1983. Leading appears to be Class 118 P466, presumably 51308 + 59475 + 51323. Stuart Mackay Collection.

2nd September 1984

Set number: P466

P466 (presumably 51308 + 59475 + 51323) runs along the distinctive Dawlish seafront on 2 September 1984. Steve Davies Collection.

25th August 1985

Set number: P466

Class 118 P466, presumably 51308 + 59475 + 51323, in platform 3 of Exeter St Davids station on 25 August 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

11th April 1986

Set number: C480

This seems to be set C466, a two-car Class 118 (presumably 51308 + 51323), in Cardiff Central on 11 April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

24th April 1986

Set number: C466

Class 118 DMU set C466 (51308 + 51323) in Newport station on 24 April 1986. Keith Miller.

16th August 1986

Set number: TS632

Barnt Green station is the junction on the main Birmingham to Gloucester line where the branch to Alvechurch and Redditch, and formerly Evesham, diverges. On Saturday 16 August 1986 I was standing on the site of the old Goods Yard when a 6 car DMU came from the Birmingham direction with a New Street to Barry Island train formed of Tyseley's T632 (presumably 51308 + 59475 + 51323) and another suburban unit with a centre car from a different class; far from unusual at this time. Peter Tandy.

11th October 1987

Set number: TS351

A Class 118 DMU arrives at Cardiff Central (at 12:53) with a service form the Valleys on 11 October 1987. DMBS 51308 leads, the other two vehicles are presumably 59475 + 51323. They were allocated to Tyseley at the time as set T351, two weeks later they would be transferred to Heaton. Robert Thomas.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

Set number: L475

Class 118 set L475 makes a smoky departure from Southall. Date unknown. The centre car is 59475, the DMS on the left is 51323, the DMBS will presumably be 51308. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: unknown

Class 118 DMU set P466 (presumably 51323 + 59475 + 51308) in Exeter St Davids station on 25 August 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 2nd September 1984

Set number: P466

P466 (presumably 51323 + 59475 + 51308) runs along the distinctive Dawlish seafront on 2 September 1984. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 8th April 1986

Set number: C466

Class 118 DMU set C466 (presumably 51323 + 51308) arriving into platform 5 of Bristol Temple Meads on April 8, 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

Date: 8th June 1986

Set number: TS632

A Class 118 dmu set passes Wilmcote on 8 June 1986. I was waiting for "Jubilee" 4-6-0 no 5593, and I think most of the others on the platform were waiting to see the same train. It is Tyseley set TS632, presumably 51323 + 59475 + 51308. Lewis Bevan.

Date: 1986

Set number: TS632

Seen at Langley Green in 1986 is Tyseley's class 118 set T632 (presumably 51323 + 59475 + 51308) pictured pulling away from the stop in the station heading for Birmingham New Street with a train from Worcester. The signalman has wasted no time in returning his inner home to signal to danger. Peter Tandy.

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