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) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| 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| 09/10/91 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) PTSX | |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| circa 1993 | Withdrawn |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 liveryDisposal
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:
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.
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.
4th July 1981
Set number: P464
Class 118 set P464 (presumably 51321 59473 51306) approaching Liskeard on July 4, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
16th July 1983
Set number: P464
Class 118 DMU set P464 (presumably 51321 + 59473 + 51306) at Tavistock Junction on 16 July 1983. Keith Miller.
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.
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.
13th May 1987
Set number: B464
Class 118 set B464 (51321 + 59473 + 51306) at Shrewsbury on 13/05/87. Steve Jones.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
26th September 1992
Set number: 007
977753 at Tyseley TMD on the 26th September 1992. S Gaskell.
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:
Date: unknown
Set number: P464
Class 118 set at Newton Abbot. Undated, it is presumably formed 51306 + 59473 + 51321. John Law.
Date: 1st May 1979
Class 118 at W51306 + W59473 + W51321 Falmouth on 1 May 1979 working the branch from Truro. Alistair Ness.
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.
Date: 1980
Set number: P464
Class 118 DMU set P464 (presumably 51306 + 59473 + 51321) seen in Exmouth station sometime in 1980. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1982
Set number: P464
Class 118 DMU set P464, consisting of cars 51306, 59473 and 51321, at Newton Abbot in 1982. Curly42.
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.
Date: 22nd August 1985
Set number: P464
Class 118 DMU set P464 (presumably 51306 + 59473 + 51321) at Truro on 22 August 1985. It is probably on a Falmouth service. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Date: 1993
Set number: 007
51306 as sandite vehicle 977752, with 977753 at Sheffield in 1993. Mat Hawley.