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Vehicle 51316

Class 118

BR Diagram 534

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 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
by Jun-61 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
Mar-67 Transferred to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
w/e 06/03/76 Transferred to LA (Laira)
3w/e 15/11/80 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
01/11/87 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
09/07/93 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX
09/08/93 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Modifications

p/e 29/12/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 23/12/1983 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51316 59483 51331 As delivered to WR - July 1960
51316 59483 51331 Listed at RDG - circa Jun-61
RDG323 51316 59483 51331 Formed at RDG early 1962
474 51316 59483 51331 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was S327, non-gangwayed set
51316 59483 51331 Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1
51316 59538 59483 51331 Noted 23/10/711
51316 59483 51331 Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading2
51316 59528 59483 51331 Noted 19/03/751
P473 51316 59483 51331 Listed at LA - 01/05/1976
P467 51316 59483 51331 Noted 07/09/76 - at Exeter3
P473 51316 59483 51331 Noted 22/10/1977 - Exeter Exmouth area4
P473 51316 59483 51331 Listed at LA - 31st December 1977
P473 51316 59483 51331 Listed at LA - 03/03/80
P473 51316 59483 51331 Noted 30/07/80 - on 11:43 Truro to Falmouth4
473 51316 59483 51331 Transfer to BR - 3w/e 15/11/80
B473 51316 59483 51331 Noted 25/06/82 - at Weymouth3
B473 51316 59483 51331 Noted circa 08/19825
B473 51316 59483 51331 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B473 51316 59483 51331 Noted 04/03/83 - on 2M73 1845 Cardiff-Birmingham New Street
B473 51316 59483 51331 Noted circa 04/1983 - plain blue livery5
B473 51316 59483 51331 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B473 51316 59483 51331 Noted circa 03/19855
B473 51316 59483 51331 Noted 01/05/19865
B473 51316 59483 51331 Listed at BR - Summer 1986
51316 59483 51331 Noted 15/11/86 - on 11:40 Gloucester - Newport via Chepstow6
B473 51316 59483 51331 Noted circa 01/19875
B473 51316 59483 51331 Noted 30/04/87 - on 19:35 Swansea to Bristol Temple Meads
B473 51316 59483 51331 Listed at BR - Aug-87
51316 59483 51331 Transfer to TS - 10/11/87 - from BR
T318 51316 59483 51331 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T318 51316 59483 51331 Noted 14/05/19885
51316 59483 51331 Noted 17/09/88 - on 12:22 Skegness-Burton
T318 51316 59483 51331 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T318 51316 59483 51331 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
51316 59483 51331 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2
51138 59512 51316 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2
T318 51316 59483 51331 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T318 51316 59483 51331 Noted circa 12/19905
T318 51316 59483 51331 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T318 51316 59483 51331 Listed at TS - Aug-91
T318 51316 59483 51331 Listed at TS - Dec-91
T318 51316 59483 51331 Listed at TS - 02/07/92
T318 51316 59483 51331 Noted circa 08/19925
T401 51331 59483 51316 53102 Listed at TS - 24/09/92
T401 51331 59483 51316 53102 Listed at TS - November 1992
T401 51316 59483 53102 Listed at TS - 10/12/92
T318 51316 59483 51331 Noted 30/05/93 - at Norwich3

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

Images:

Class 118 DMU at Unknown, WR

Unknown date

A BRC&W suburban triple (W51316 leads) with a Cross-Country set on the rear, date/location unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 118 DMU at London Paddington

Unknown date

Set number: 474

Two suburban sets arriving at Paddington. Closest is set 474, a BRC&W build, presumably 51316 + 59483 + 51331. The set number was created in April 1968 when the vehicles were transferred from Southall to Reading. The second set looks like the closest power car has a white roof dome, suggesting we are still in the late 1960s. Graham Clark.

Class 118 DMU at Swindon (Junction)

Unknown date

Set number: B473

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

Class 118 DMU at Hawkeridge

12th May 1981

Set number: B473

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

Set number: B473

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

Class 118 DMU at Maiden Newton

13th October 1981

Set number: B473

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 Dorchester

16th April 1986

Set number: B473

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

Class 118 DMU at Merthyr Tydfil

1st May 1987

Set number: B473

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

Class 118 DMU at Cardiff Queen Street station

19th December 1987

Set number: T318

Class 118 51316 of T318 visits Cardiff Queen St (presumably with 59483 + 51331), a Saturday Tyseley hiring. 19/12/87. Mac Winfield.

Class 118 DMU at Rhyl

31st August 1988

Set number: T318

118 sets T318 (presumably 51316 59483 51331) and T316 (presumably 51306 59473 51321) on 2XXX 1710 Llandudno - Birmingham New St, approaches Rhyl (at 174X) on Wednesday 31st August 1988. Colin Brooks.

Class 118 DMU at Barnt Green

3rd March 1990

Set number: T318

Tyseley's set T318 51316 - 59483 - 51331 at Barnt Green heading for Lichfield City on 3/Mar/1990 (correctly formed 118DMBS - 118TCL - 118DMS). Robert Chilton.

Class 118 DMU at Shirley

11th August 1990

Set number: T318

Class 118 Set T318 with Shirley destination Blind. 51316 nearest on 11th August 1990 Nicholas Youngman Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Blake St

14th April 1993

Set number: T318

T318 at Blake St, having arrived on the 17:02 from Longbridge, 14/4/93. 51316 closest. Gazza Prescott.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: P473

Class 118 DMU set P473 (51331 and presumably 59483 + 51316) entering Plymouth Laira depot, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: early 1980s

Set number: B473

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.

DMU

Date: 30th May 1981

Set number: B473

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

DMU

Date: circa 1986

Set number: B473

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.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: B473

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

DMU

Date: 21st February 1986

Set number: B473

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.

DMU

Date: 7th September 1986

Set number: C470

A five-car Class 118 formation seen at Upway Wishing Well working the 11:30 Weymouth-Bristol on 7 September 1986. Two-car set C470 (with roof vents, presumably 51313 + 51328) leads set B473 (without roof vents, presumably 51316 + 59483 + 51331). Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: March 1987

Set number: B473

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

DMU

Date: 31st August 1988

Class 118 sets T318 (presumably 51316 59483 51331) and T316 (presumably 51306 59473 51321) at Llandudno Junction on August 31st, 1988. Colin Brooks.

DMU

Date: 17th September 1988

Set number: T318

Class 118 set T318 (51331 + 59483 + 51316) is seen in Skegness station ready to work the 12:22 Skegness - Burton service on September 17, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 10th March 1990

Set number: T318

Tyseley's set T318 51331 - 59483 - 51316 at Redditch (correctly formed 118DMS - 118TCL - 118DMBS), awaiting time for the next departure back to Lichfield City on 10/Mar/1990. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 26th July 1991

Set number: T318

Class 118 DMS no. 51331 leading BRCW 3-car suburban set T318 correctly formed with class 118 vehicles 59483 & 51316. The photo was taken peering round an inconveniently placed train of Brute trolleys on the platform! They were often useful for sitting on though. The unit is seen ready to leave with a service for Great Malvern on 26/Jul/1991. Robert Chilton.

DMU

Date: 16th November 1991

Set number: T318

The 15:00 from Snow Hill is seen after arrival at Shirley on the 16/11/91 with set T318 (51331 and presumably 59483 + 51316). Gazza Prescott.

DMU

Date: 5th August 1992

Set number: T318

Set T318 (51331 + 59483 + 51316) at Birmingham New Street. Just first two coaches seen here. 05.08.92 Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 28th November 1992

Set number: T401

Taken from T401 (53102 + 51316 + 59483 + 51331) near University on the 09:48 Lichfield TV - Redditch, 28/11/92. Gazza Prescott.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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