Vehicle 51314
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
| Jul-60 | New to | 83D (Laira) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 84A | |
| 3w/e 03/04/71 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| Jun-71 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 28/02/76 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 2w/e 12/12/76 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 05/04/86 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 10/11/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 09/05/94 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RDXX | |
| circa Nov-94 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) SCG | |
| 4w/e 27/05/95 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) |
Modifications
18/10/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jul-75 - WR AWS removed
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 26/04/1984 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | As delivered to Laira - July 1960 | ||||||
| LA300 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted circa Mar-68 - in plain blue with full yellow ends | |||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 27th September 1969 | ||||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 29/08/1970 - Worked 15.25 Ilfracombe to Exeter St Davids with 50854-59346-509071 | ||||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Transfer to 82A - 3w/e 03/04/71 | ||||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Transfer to 81D - Jun-71 | ||||||
| RDG476 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at Reading - circa Sep-71 | |||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington2 | ||||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 59528 | 51329 | Noted 28/03/723 | |||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak4 | ||||||
| L476 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak4 | |||||
| L460 | 51314 | 59471 | 51319 | Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot4 | |||||
| P471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at LA - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| P471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 07/09/76 - on Laira depot4 | |||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Transfer to BR - 2w/e 12/12/76 | ||||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 20/08/77 - on 2C24 1340 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 06/10/1977 - Oxford Reading area5 | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 19/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at BR - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 06/01/1978 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 15/07/78 - on 2C10 0644 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 20/07/1978 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 25/01/1980 - At Swindon Station P2Bay 10455 | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at BR - 03/03/80 | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 03/05/1980 - Hertfordshire Rail Tours The Valley Basher Railtour B468 + B471 | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 04/04/1981 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Roath Dock Rumbler Railtour B471+B462 | |||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 02/05/82 - at Bristol3 | ||||||
| P471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at LA - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| P471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at LA - 01/01/85 | |||||
| P471 | 51314 | 51329 | Noted 17th May 1985 | ||||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 14/07/85 | ||||||
| P471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted circa 11/19851 | |||||
| 471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Transfer to BR - 05/04/86 - from LA | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 10/05/19861 | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 04/07/87 - at Norwich strengthening TS616 and 083 on a Birmingham NS – Norwich service4 | |||||
| B471 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at BR - Aug-87 | |||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Transfer to TS - 10/11/87 - from BR | ||||||
| 317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted circa 01/19881 | |||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 06/07/1988 - BLS Calverton Collier Railtour | |||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted circa 05/19901 | |||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2 | ||||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 16/03/1991 - At Crewe, assumed working 16.28 Crewe - Bangor.6 | |||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
| 51314 | 51329 | Noted 06/02/92 - on 14:42 Coventry - Crewe via Stafford7 | |||||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 23/05/92 - on 08:00 Lichfield TV - Longbridge7 | ||||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted circa 08/19921 | |||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 29/08/92 - On 09:49 Scarborough - Skegness with 53863 + 59753 + 511427 | ||||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 29/08/92 - on 09:49 Scarborough - Skegness with 51142 + 59753 + 538637 | ||||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at - 24/09/92 | |||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at TS - November 1992 | |||||
| 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 10/12/92 - on 15:06 Birmingham New Street - Redditch and 17:58 Longbridge - Birmingham New Street7 | ||||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Listed at TS - 10/12/92 | |||||
| T317 | 51314 | 59481 | 51329 | Noted 18th December 1992 | |||||
| T424 | 53055 | 59603 | 51329 | 51314 | Noted circa 08/19931 | ||||
| T321 | 51144 | 51314 | 53114 | Listed at TS - November 1993 | |||||
| T006 | 51314 | 51329 | Formed at TS circa Nov-94 - Sandite |
Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Dave Warby
7: David Bellamy
Images:
December 1975
Set number: L476
Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 118 Suburban 3-car dmu No.L476 (W51314 and presumably 59481 + 51329) in BR Rail Blue livery and all yellow front ends approaching Paddington on a service from Reading in December 1975. Hugh Llewelyn.
1976
Set number: P471
Class 118 set P471 (presumably 51314 + 59481 + 51329) at Penzance in 1976. John Law.
circa 1978
Set number: B471
Class 118 DMU set B471 (presumably 51314 + 59481 + 51329) has just emerged from Dainton tunnel - between Newton Abbot and Totnes - heading in the direction of Totnes, circa 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.
23rd February 1979
Set number: B471
Seen at Weymouth station on 23 February 1979 are 33109 with the 1333 to Waterloo and W51314 which had arrived from Bristol. Keith Long.
18th August 1984
Set number: P471
W51314 leads Class 118 DMU set P471 into St Erth with the 14:52 (SO) from St Ives on 18 August 1984. Robert Thomas.
November 1984
Set number: P471
Class 118 dmu P471 (presumably 51314 + 59481 + 51329) makes a smoky exit from Exeter St Davids's in November 1984. Robert28194.
29th January 1985
Set number: P471
Class 118 DMU set P467 (51314 + 59481 + 51329) on the stabling point at Exeter on 29 January 1985. Keith Miller.
29th January 1985
Set number: P471
Class 118 DMU set P467 (51314 + 59481 + 51329) stabled alongside 50 046 at Exeter on 29 January 1985. Keith Miller.
30th July 1985
Set number: P471
Class 118 no P471 (presumably 51314 + 59481 + 51329) pauses at Newton Abbot with the 17.35 Paignton - Exeter on 30 July 1985. Robert28194.
26th May 1986
Set number: B471
A three-car BRCW Class 118 DMU formed of cars W51314, W59481 & W51329 was stood at Starcross with an Exmouth to Paignton service on May 26th 1986. Martyn Hilbert.
Unknown date
Set number: B471
Class 118 set B471 (presumably 51314 + 59481 + 51329) leads a 2-car Class 118 into Chetnole, with Weymouth Town on the blinds. Tom Clift.
17th April 1987
Set number: B471
Bristol based Class 118 DMU set B471 (presumably 51314 + 59481 + 51329) heads a Cardiff-Hereford service through Great Goytre, between Abergavenny and Pontrilas on 17th April 1987. Paul James.
July 1989
Set number: T317
51314 heads Class 118 set T317 at Cheltenham in July 1989, presumably with 59481 + 51329. Mike Cooper.
1990
Set number: T317
Set T317 (presumably 51314 + 59481 + 51329) arrives at Lichfield City in 1990. John Law.
16th March 1991
Set number: T317
Class 118 DMBS 51314, part of Tyseley set T317, seen in Crewe station on 16 March 1991. Dave Warby.
2nd June 1992
Set number: T317
Class 118 DMU set T317 (51314 + 59481 + 51329) arriving at Nottingham station on 2 June 1992. In the background can be glimpsed 58021. Keith Miller.
27th June 1992
Set number: T317
T317 51314+59489+51329 passing the Great Eastern Railway signalbox at Ancaster with a Saturday service for Skegness on 27th June 1992. Ian Hazlehurst.
9th July 1993
Set number: T317
On the 9th July 1993 51314 is at the front T317 on the 12:50 New St - Longbridge seen at Kings Norton, presumably with 59481 + 51329. Gazza Prescott.
26th December 1994
Set number: T006
Class 118 DMBS 51314, set number T006, has spent Christmas 1994 stabled at Tyseley, seen there on 26.12.1994. Andy Cole.
February 1995
Set number: T006
In February 1995 a visit to Tyseley depot found several stored railcar vehicles amongst which was class 118 51314. Ian Buck.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 14th August 1976
Set number: P471
W51329 leads Class 118 set P471 (presumably with 59481 + 51314) Near Eggesford, 14th August 1976. David Mant.
Date: circa 1976
Set number: P471
Class 118 set P471 (51329 and presumably 59481 + 51314) arrives at Falmouth station circa 1976. John Law.
Date: 3rd May 1980
Set number: B486
The Hertfordshire Railtours "The Valley Basher" at Newport Docks on 3 May 1980. It was formed of two Class 118 sets B468 (51325 + 59471 + 51310) and B471 (51314 + 59481 + 51329). Robert Thomas.
Date: 15th August 1984
Set number: P125
BR Class 121 55025 + Class 118 51329 + 51314 + 59481 head towards St. Ives on 15.8.1984 Don Taggart.
Date: 15th June 1985
Set number: P471
Class 118 set P471 (51329 presumably closest with 59481 + 51314) on the 15:55 Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids departing Dawlish Warren at 16:15 on Saturday 15th June 1985. Colin Brooks.
Date: 21st August 1985
Set number: P471
Plenty of custom for class 118 P471 (presumably 51329 + 51314) arriving at Looe from Liskeard on 21 August 1985. Kevin Lane Collection.
Date: 31st August 1985
Set number: P471
Class 118 DMU set P471, 51329 and 51314, at Liskeard on the Looe Branch on 31st August 1985. Keith Miller.
Date: 1986
Set number: P471
Class 118 set P471 (with 51329 presumably closest with 59481 + 51314) departs from Topsham in 1986. John Law.
Date: 1st March 1986
Set number: P471
W51329 W59479 and W51314 arriving at Torquay with the 0930 Exeter to Paignton 1st March 1986. Keith Long.
Date: 1st March 1986
Set number: P471
W51329 W59479 and W51314 at Paignton after terminating with the 0930 from Exeter on 1st March 1986. Keith Long.
Date: 2nd March 1986
Set number: P471
Class 118 numbers W51329 W59481 W51314 arriving at Torquay with the 1325 Exeter St Davids to Paignton on 2 March 1986. Keith Long.
Date: 21st March 1986
A Class 118 DMU coming off the Barnstaple line at Cowley Bridge, Exeter on 21 March 1986. The vehicles are noted as 51329 + 59477 + 51314. Keith Miller.
Date: 21st March 1986
Set number: P471
Class 118 DMU set P471 formed of 51329 + 59477 + 51314 at Exeter St Davids on 21 March 1986. Keith Miller.
Date: 10th April 1987
Set number: B471
Bristol based class 118 DMU set B471 (presumably 51329 + 59481 + 51314) heads a Shrewsbury-Cardiff service through Moreton-on-Lugg on 11th April 1987. Paul James.
Date: 17th April 1987
Set number: B471
Bristol based Class 118 DMU set B471 (presumably 51329 + 59481 + 51314) is captured as it works a Hereford-Cardiff service south through Great Goytre, between Pontrilas and Abergavenny on 17th April 1987. Paul James.
Date: 21st May 1990
Set number: T317
Tyseley set T317 (presumably 51314-59481-51329) restarts from Betws-y-Coed with a Blaenau Ffestiniog working on 21st May 1990. Steve Carter.
Date: November 1991
Set number: T317
Last days of dmus on the Cross City line. With masts erected, electrification of the Cross City line is imminent. This class 118 dmu (T317, presumably 51329 59481 51314) has arrived from Redditch at Lichfield City as a class 150 waits to leave in the opposite platform. November 1991. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 18th April 1992
Set number: T317
The 13:18 Lichfield TV - Redditch is seen at Barnt Green on 18/4/92 formed of T317 with 51329 closest, presumably with 59481 + 51314. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 10th April 1993
Set number: T317
51329 at the front of set T317 (51329/59481/51314) stabled at New St at 14.30 on 10/4/93. This set formation was soon to be broken up but, at this time, the unit was still in its as-delivered formation, after almost 33 years. It was also the only complete class 118 to remain in service. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 7th July 1993
Set number: T317
A six-car rake, with 51329 bringing up the rear, leaves New St at 16.25 on 7/7/93, forming an empty stock working, probably bound for Longbridge. This should have been the 16.15 to Longbridge but the train was cancelled "due to staffing difficulties". The train was formed of sets 117 306 (51369/59521/51411) and T317 (51314/59481/51329) and had been seen earlier in the afternoon in Tyseley carriage sidings. T317 was soon to be disbanded but, at this stage, still retained its as-delivered formation, some 33 years after it was put into service. It was also the only complete class 118 still in service. 117 306 would be officially transferred to Haymarket, for its last six years of life, two days later. These were the last days of DMU's on the Cross-City Line - there would be no more scheduled DMU workings after September, although they continued to appear for several months as substitutes for failed class 323's. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 7th July 1993
Set number: 117306
A view of Tyseley carriage sidings at around 12.30 on 7/7/93. Visible from left to right are : 977752 (ex-51306 - part of former Sandite unit T007), 977842 (ex-55032 - part of the then-current T007), 117 306 (51369/59521/51411) and T317 (51314/59481/51329). T317 was soon to be disbanded but, at this stage, still retained its as-delivered formation, some 33 years after it was put into service. It was also the only complete class 118 still in service. 117 306 would be officially transferred to Haymarket, to see out its last six years of life on the likes of Fife peakhour workings, just two days later. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 9th September 1993
Set number: T424
T424 (53055 + 59603) with 118s 51314 + 51329 at Longbridge on an ECS to form the 16:54 to Lichfield City, 9/9/93. Gazza Prescott.