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Vehicle 51309

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)
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)
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21/03/88	Withdrawn from	NH (Newton Heath)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 03/11/73 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 06/09/75 - WR AWS removed

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
	51309	59476	51324		Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading²
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 02/03/74 - on 17:10 Bristol TM-Cardiff
	51309	59538	51324		Noted 07/04/1974 - at Windsor²
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
P467	51309	51324			Noted circa 11/1985⁵
	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
TS352	51309	59123	53924		Noted 30/05/87 - at Norwich³
T352	51309	59123	51324		Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS352	51309	59123	51324		Noted 24/07/1987⁵
TS352	51309	59123	51324		Noted 05/09/1987⁵
	51309	59123	51324		Transfer to HT - 25/10/87 - from TS

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Robert Chilton

Images:

December 1975

Set number: L471

Class 118 DMU set L471 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) arriving into Paddington in December 1975. Hugh Llewelyn.

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.

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.

12th August 1982

Set number: B467

A suburban DMU in Exeter station on 12 August 1982. Closest is Class 118 DMBS W51309, still carrying set number B467 despite being allocated to Laira since May. The centre car is not the regular one being a Class 116 TS. Brian Daniels.

May 1984

Set number: P467

Class 118 DMU set P467, presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324, at Exeter St Davids, May 1984 Robert28194.

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.

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.

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.

15th August 1987

Class 118/101 hybrid set nearest 51309 + 59123 + 51324 passing the banner repeater on Ely west curve with 10.38 Yarmouth to Birmingham New Street, 15.08.87. Nicholas Youngman.

3rd April 1988

Class 118 DMBS 51309 awaits its fate at Vic Berry's, Leicester, alongside Class 303 75622 on April 3, 1988. Malcolm Clements.

3rd April 1988

With all its alloy doors removed, Class 118 DMBS sits in Vic Berry's yard in Leicester on April 3, 1988. Malcolm Clements.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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: 8th March 1980

Set number: B467

Class 118 DMU set B467 (51324 and presumably 59476 + 51309) approaching Bristol Temple Meads with a local service on 8 March 1980. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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: 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: 1st June 1986

Set number: TS630

This negative was just marked Coalfields Farm. Class 118 vehicles 51324 + 59427 + 51309 were TS630 from May 1986 to October 1987. The Six Bells Junction website notes the set working from Coalville Depot open day to Mantle Lane and Coalfields Farm in 1 June 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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