Builder: Pressed Steel
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30546
Diagram: 534
Mar-60 | New to | 81D (Reading) | |
May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
28/02/76 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
16/05/82 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
04/10/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
11/12/92 | Withdrawn from | TS (Tyseley) RFXX |
p/e 22/05/71 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
51338 | 59490 | 51380 | As delivered to Reading - March 1960 | ||||||
RDG305 | 51338 | 59490 | 51379 | Listed at Reading - circa Dec-60 | |||||
403 | 51338 | 59490 | 51380 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R305, gangwayed set | |||||
51338 | 59490 | 51380 | Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington1 | ||||||
51338 | 59490 | 51380 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2 | ||||||
51338 | 59490 | 51380 | Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading2 | ||||||
L403 | 51338 | 59490 | 51380 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3 | |||||
C451 | 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
C451 | 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Noted 07/08/1976 - on 11:50 Merthyr to Cardiff with C3024 | |||||
51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
C451 | 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
C451 | 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Noted 02/01/1978 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
C451 | 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Noted 06/09/79 - on 10.48 Barry Island - Treherbert service | |||||
C451 | 51338 | 59371 | 51380 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at BR - 15/12/1982 | |||||
B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted circa 11/19856 | |||||
B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 15/03/19866 | |||||
B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 08/05/19866 | |||||
B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986 | |||||
B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 01/05/87 - on 09:05 Cardiff Central to Weston Super Mare | |||||
B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 05/05/87 - at Newport Down Platform 2 at 14:35 | |||||
B437 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at BR - Aug-87 | |||||
51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Transfer to TS - 04/10/87 - from BR | ||||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted circa 01/19886 | |||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at Tyseley - 7th April 1988 | |||||
51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 30/07/88 - at Norwich3 | ||||||
51338 | 59344 | 53132 | Noted circa 10/1988 - 51338 marked T312, 53132 marked T4066 | ||||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted circa 12/19886 | |||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - 01/09/89 | |||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 22/10/1989 - The Institution of Mining Engineers South Midland Railtour T222+T303+T312 | |||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - 01/12/89 | |||||
51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 06/05/1990 - at Tyseley depot2 | ||||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - mid May-90 | |||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted circa 12/19906 | |||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted circa 03/19916 | |||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - Jul-91 | |||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - Aug-91 | |||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - Dec-91 | |||||
51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Noted 15/04/92 - on 10:23 Redditch - Lichfield TV7 | ||||||
T312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - 02/07/92 | |||||
117312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - 24/09/92 | |||||
117312 | 51338 | 59504 | 51380 | Listed at TS - November 1992 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: David Bellamy
The 10.48 Barry Island - Treherbert service arrives at Cardiff on 6th August 1979 formed of set C451 (W51338 + W59371 + W51380). Gerard Fletcher.
C451 was formed of vehicles 51338, 59371 and 51380 and is seen here arriving at Barry station in the very early 1980s. Curly42.
A Class 117 set arrives into Taffs Well station in early 1982. The DMBS is W51338, so it is presumably set C451 with 59371 + 51380 which would be transferred to Bristol in mid-May for the start of the summer timetable. Michael Mensing.
Class 117 DMU set B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) in Bath station on 10 August 1982. Tony Watson.
DMBS 51338 heads set B437 (presumably with 59504 + 51380) at Cheltenham in June 1984. A Class 25 loco can be seen in the background. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Class 117 set B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) at Hereford in 1985. John Law.
A Bristol Class 117 DMU, set B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380), heads past Pontrilas Signal Boxes Up Outer Home signal, with a northbound passenger service on 29th March 1986. John Crooks.
Pressed Steel Class 117 3-car Suburban dmu No.B437 (presumably 51338 + 59504 + 51380) approaching Haresfield on a Gloucester - Weston-super-Mare service in July 1986. Hugh Llewelyn.
Class 117 set T312 seen in Derby station with DMBS 51338 closest, presumably with 59504 + 51380. Undated. Ian Francis.
Pressed Steel Class 117 DMBS 51338 of set TS312 speeds towards Colwall at Malvern Wells on 9 March 1991. Dave Warby.
South Wales valleys line bashing - Maytime and it's snowing quite heavily! This is set C451 (presumably 51380 + 59371 + 51338) at Rhymney on 2 May 1979. This pic was taken less than an hour after I had been at Coryton in 70 degree heat. Alistair Ness.
Refurbished Class 117 DMU set C451 (51380 and presumably 59371 + 51338) drops off its passengers at Penarth with the 14:26 from Cardiff Central on 12 April 1980. Robert Thomas.
B437 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) in Kemble station on October 7, 1983, with the 12:45 Cheltenham Spa - Swindon service. Hamish Stevenson.
Swindon works on 31st October 1983 with Class 117 51380 + 59504 + 51338 on a stopping service from Bristol, 56 049 heading a block oil train and withdrawn Southern Region 2-HAP 6123 for disposal. Gordon Edgar.
B437 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) passes Didcot on 26th August 1987. Ian McDonald.
Class 117 T312 Class 117 DMU T312 (51338 + 59504 + 51380) was working a Birmingham Moor Street to Stratford-upon-Avon service on 19 June 1988 when I photographed it shortly after leaving Wilmcote station. This set wasn't at Tyseley for much longer after this date because class 150 Sprinters were beginning to appear in the West Midlands and "proper" DMUs were starting to be transferred elsewhere for their final year or two. Peter Tandy.
A recent exile at the time from the West Midlands caused by the arrival of newer class 156 Sprinter DMU's (hence no destination blind) is ex Tyseley set T312 comprising vehicles 51380+59504+51338. The train is seen passing Abercynon South station on January 28, 1989 while working the 12.00 Cardiff Central to Aberdare. It will shortly call at Abercynon North station which opened on 03.10.1988 and was built when the Aberdare branch was reopened to passenger traffic. Adrian Nicholls.
A three-car suburban DMU (Class 117 set T312, presumably 51380+59504+51338) speeds through Attenborough en route to Nottingham on Tuesday 23rd May 1989. Andrew Walker.
T312 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) enters Worcester on the 18th May 1990 working a Hereford service. Mike Cooper.
T312 (presumably 51380 + 59504 + 51338) departing from Worcester on the 18th May 1990 with a Hereford service. Mike Cooper.