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Vehicle 51321 / 977753


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: 30545
Diagram: 535

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)
06/05/73Depot code changeBR
2w/e 12/12/76 Transferred to LA (Laira)
05/04/86 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
27/03/88 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
09/10/91 Withdrawn from TS (Tyseley) PTSX
by 20/11/91 To departmental stock TS (Tyseley) - sandite
circa 1993 Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51321 - original number
977753 - from Oct-91 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977753

Sandite / Route Learner From 10/91 to 1993. Carried set number T007

Modifications

8w/e 01/01/72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 25/06/77 - WR AWS removed

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 20/01/1984 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51306 59473 51321 As delivered to WR - May 1960
LA304 51306 59473 51321 Listed at Laira - Aug-60
51306 59473 51321 Transfer to 82A - 3w/e 03/04/71
51306 59473 51321 Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport1
51306 59473 51321 Noted 19/02/73 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2
51306 59473 51321 Noted 30/06/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads1
B477 51306 59473 51321 Noted 03/09/74 - at Westbury3
B464 51306 59473 51321 Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
51306 59473 51321 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff2
B477 51306 59473 51321 Noted 04/09/76 - in Bristol Temple Meads3
51306 59473 51321 Transfer to LA - 2w/e 12/12/76
P464 51306 59473 51321 Noted 22/10/1977 - Exeter Exmouth area4
P464 51306 59473 51321 Listed at LA - 31st December 1977
P464 51306 59473 51321 Listed at LA - 03/03/80
P464 51306 59473 51321 Noted 28/07/80 - at Truro4
P464 51306 59473 51321 Noted 01/08/80 - on 09:51 Looe - Liskeard and worked branch all day, last run 18:26 liskeard - Looe4
P464 51306 59473 51321 Listed at LA - 15/12/1982
P464 51306 59473 51321 Listed at LA - 01/01/85
P464 51306 59473 51321 Noted circa 11/19855
464 51306 59473 51321 Transfer to BR - 05/04/86 - from LA
B464 51306 59473 51321 Noted 10/05/19865
B464 51306 59473 51321 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
B464 51306 59473 51321 Listed at BR - Aug-87
B464 51306 59473 51321 Noted 25/09/87 - on 08:10 Oxford to Reading
B464 51306 59473 51321 Noted 23/02/88 - dragged by 37193 on 1703 Weymouth-Cardiff and 2150 Cardiff-Brsitol TM
B464 51306 59473 51321 Listed at BR - 29/02/1988
B464 51306 59473 51321 Transfer to TS - 2w/e 13/03/88 - to T316
T316 51306 59473 51321 Transfer to TS - 2w/e 13/03/88 - was B464 at BR
T316 51306 59473 51321 Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988
T316 51306 59473 51321 Noted circa 12/19885
T316 51306 59473 51321 Listed at TS - 01/09/89
T316 51306 59473 51321 Listed at TS - 01/12/89
51306 59473 51321 Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot1
T316 51306 59473 51321 Listed at TS - mid May-90
T316 51306 59473 51321 Noted circa 10/19905
T316 51306 59473 51321 Listed at TS - Jul-91
T316 51306 59473 51321 Listed at TS - Aug-91
007 977752 977753 Noted circa 01/19925
T007 977752 977753 Listed at TS - 08/11/93 - sandite

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

Images:

Class 118 DMU at Gloucester Eastgate

15th July 1972

Set number: B477

Gloucester Eastgate on 15/7/72 - three years before closure with a class 118 unit (set B477, presumably 51321 + 59473 + 51306) on a Swindon to Cheltenham service. Rationalisation was already taking place with only the island platform in use. A long miserable footbridge often frequented by pigeons doing what they know best linked Eastgate with Central station. Stephen Burdett.

Class 118 DMU at Blatchbridge Junction

27th May 1975

Set number: B477

B477 (presumably 51321 + 59473 + 51306) on the 12:08 ex-Bristol at Blatchbridge Jct, 27/5/75. Adrian Vaughan.

Class 118 DMU at Liskeard

4th July 1981

Set number: P464

Class 118 set P464 (presumably 51321 59473 51306) approaching Liskeard on July 4, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Tavistock Junction

16th July 1983

Set number: P464

Class 118 DMU set P464 (presumably 51321 + 59473 + 51306) at Tavistock Junction on 16 July 1983. Keith Miller.

Class 118 DMU at Exeter St Davids

1st September 1983

Set number: P464

Birmingham RC&W Co Class 118 No W51321 stabled at Exeter St Davids between duties on 1 September 1983. Keith Long.

Class 118 DMU at Yeovil PM

10th August 1986

Set number: B464

The 15:25 Weymouth - Taunton service is a nine-car formation with Class 118 B464 (W51321 + W59473 + W51306) at the front followed by Class 117s W51370 + W59522 + W51412 / W51339 + W59492 + W51382. Seen at Yeovil PM on August 10th, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 118 DMU at Shrewsbury

13th May 1987

Set number: B464

Class 118 set B464 (51321 + 59473 + 51306) at Shrewsbury on 13/05/87. Steve Jones.

Class 118 DMU at Yeovil Pen Mill

13th June 1987

Set number: B464

Class 118 DMU set B464 (51321 + 59473 + 51306) approaches Yeovil Pen Mill station on 13 June 1987. Keith Miller.

Class 118 DMU at Worcester Foregate Street

7th October 1989

Set number: T316

Class 118 DMU set No. T316 (51321 + 59473 + 51306) departs Worcester Foregate Street working the 11:43 service to Birmingham New Street on 7 October 1989. On the left stands Class 155 unit No. 155 327 working the 10:19 Oxford to Hereford service. Brian Creasey.

Class 118 DMU at Small Heath station

30th January 1990

Set number: T316

A passenger has his hand out of the window and is poised to open a door as grubby TS316 (51321 + 59473 + 51306) on a Birmingham Snow Hill - Dorridge train screeches to a halt at Small Heath station, on an overcast Tuesday 30/1/90. Mel Holley.

Class 118 DMU at Warwick

3rd March 1990

Set number: T316

A battered looking class 118 DMS no. 51321 leading Tyseley's set T316 (51321 - 59473 - 51306) on a service to Leamington Spa at Warwick. The leading vehicle went on to be preserved, via departmental service, and currently resides at the Battlefield Line paired with class 116 DMBS no. 51131. Robert Chilton.

Class 118 DMU at Dorridge

17th November 1990

Set number: T316

Tyseley's class 118 set T316 formed of 51306, 59473 and 51321 at Dorridge on the afternoon of 17/Nov/1990. Robert Chilton.

Class 118 DMU at Tyseley

29th December 1991

Set number: 007

Class 118 977753, set number 007, is seen stabled at Tyseley on 29.12.1991. It unusually carries it's running number on a white patch. Andy Cole.

Class 118 DMU at Tyseley TMD

26th September 1992

Set number: 007

977753 at Tyseley TMD on the 26th September 1992. S Gaskell.

Class 118 DMU at Tyseley

26th December 1994

Set number: 007

Class 118 977753, set number 007, is seen stabled outside the factory at Tyseley on 26.12.1994. It was converted from 51321 for uses as a sandite car and was to become the only Class 118 car to be preserved. Andy Cole.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: P464

Class 118 set at Newton Abbot. Undated, it is presumably formed 51306 + 59473 + 51321. John Law.

DMU

Date: 1st May 1979

Class 118 at W51306 + W59473 + W51321 Falmouth on 1 May 1979 working the branch from Truro. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 2nd September 1979

Set number: P464

Sadly I had very mixed weather for my Railrover tour of the West Country in 1979. Here, Dawlish Warren is covered in grey cloud as a stopping train to Exeter pulls up at the station on 2nd September. An interesting assortment of station buildings can be seen and one of them housed the South Devon Railway Museum which was always worth a visit. Set P464 is presumably 51306 + 59473 + 51321. Syd Young.

DMU

Date: 1980

Set number: P464

Class 118 DMU set P464 (presumably 51306 + 59473 + 51321) seen in Exmouth station sometime in 1980. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1982

Set number: P464

Class 118 DMU set P464, consisting of cars 51306, 59473 and 51321, at Newton Abbot in 1982. Curly42.

DMU

Date: 1984

Set number: P464

Class 118 DMU set P464 (presumably 51306 + 59473 + 51321) departs from Barnstaple Junction on 1984. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.

DMU

Date: 19th September 1985

Set number: P464

BRC&W Class 116 DMU set P464 (presumably 51306/59473/51321) in Newquay railway station on Thursday 19 September 1985. Ian 10B.

DMU

Date: July 1986

Set number: B464

Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 118 Suburban 3-car dmu No.B464 in BR Rail Blue & Grey livery and all yellow front ends (presumably 51306 + 59473 + 51321) with another unidentified set near Chepstow on a Cardiff - Gloucester service, 07/86. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 10th September 1986

Set number: B464

The 14:18 Bristol-Weymouth is seen near journeys end at Lorton Lane with Upwey station behind on 10 September 1986. It is formed of Class 118 set B464 - 51306 and presumably 59473 + 51321. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 13th June 1987

1987 June 13th – 47584 “County of Suffolk” at Yeovil Pen Mill and approaching is a Class 118 DMU formed of 51306, 59473 and 51321. Keith Miller.

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: 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.

DMU

Date: 15th March 1989

Set number: T316

Class 118 BRC&W 3-car DMU set T316 formed 51306 + 59473 + 51321 (DMBS + TCL + DMS) runs back into Stourbridge Junction after shunting out, 15-3-89. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 20th June 1989

Set number: T316

Tyseley's T316 (a Class 118 presumably 51306 + 59473 + 51321) climbing Hatton Bank on 20 June 1989. The train is the 18.44 from Leamington Spa to Birmingham Moor Street and the brakes will soon have been applied in preparation for the stop at Hatton station. I don't recall having seen another unit with this style of Midline branding and wonder if this was only one so treated? Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 1993

Set number: 007

51306 as sandite vehicle 977752, with 977753 at Sheffield in 1993. Mat Hawley.