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Vehicle 59471


Class 118

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30544
Diagram: 601

Allocations

Apr-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)
Mar-66 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
w/e 06/03/76 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
2w/e 10/01/81 Transferred to LA (Laira)
11/05/86 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
03/08/86 Transferred to LA (Laira)
10/12/86 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
06/09/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
26/02/88 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
2w/e 13/03/88 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51304 59471 51319 As delivered to Laira - April 1960
LA302 51304 59471 51319 Listed at Laira - Aug-60
469 51304 59471 51319 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R329, non-gangwayed set
51304 59471 51319 Noted 11/07/69 - at Royal Oak1
51304 59471 51319 56286 Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington2
51304 59471 51319 Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington2
51304 59471 51319 Noted 04/1971 - at Solihull3
51304 59471 51319 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington2
L460 51314 59471 51319 Noted 23/08/75 - on Tyseley depot1
B462 51304 59471 51319 Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 12/05/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 30/07/77 - on 2C24 1540 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 01/08/77 - on 2B50 1600 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 07/10/77 - on 1A71 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C500
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 22/10/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 08/11/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Weston Super Mare
B462 51304 59471 51319 Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 10/01/78 - on 2B24 0955 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C592
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 11/04/78 - on 2B70 1914 Worcester SH-Cheltenham
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 02/05/78 - on 2C19 1845 Cardiff-Hereford
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central4
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 30/05/78 - on 1720 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 30/09/78 - on 1619 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B462 51304 59471 51319 Noted 04/10/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford
B468 51310 59471 51325 Listed at BR - 03/03/80
B468 51310 59471 51325 Noted 03/05/80 - Hertfordshire Rail Tours The Valley Basher Railtour with P471
B468 51310 59471 51325 Noted 03/01/1981 - At Cardiff Central 06504
468 51310 59471 51325 Transfer to LA - 2w/e 10/01/81
P468 51310 59471 51325 Listed at LA - 15/12/82
P465 51307 59471 51322 Noted 1983
P468 51310 59471 51325 Noted circa 10/19845
P468 51310 59471 51325 Listed at LA - 01/01/85
B468 51310 59471 51325 Formed at BR 11/05/86 - from LA, previously P468
B468 51310 59471 51325 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
P468 51310 59471 51325 Transfer to LA - 03/08/86 - from BR. Prefix change from B
C470 51313 59471 51328 Noted 05/03/19875
C470 51313 59471 51328 Noted 02/05/87 - on 06:50 Barry Island to Coryton
C470 51313 59471 51328 Listed at CF - Aug-87
C591 51059 59471 51102 Formation change - CF - Sep-87 - 59471 replaced 59382 (to spare)
53251 59471 51527 Noted circa 11/19875

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1974

Set number: L469

Suburban set L469 at Southall circa 1974. This is presumably 51319, and the centre car 59471. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1979

Set number: B462

BRC&W Class 118 set B462 (W51319 / W59471 / W51304) at Lawrence Hill in 1979. Robert Tarling.

DMU

Date: circa late 1970s

Set number: B462

A suburban triple set in Cheltenham station, date unknown. The curved headcode box means it's a 118 or an early 117, the set number looks like if could be B462. From March 1976 this was formed 51304 + 59471 + 51319. W51304 being one of the 118s without marker lamps - these were fitted to it by March 1980 - so this was probably late 1970s. Phillip Malin.

DMU

Date: 6th August 1979

Set number: B468

Cardiff Central on my day trip of Monday 6th August 1979. On the right is Class 116 BR Derby Suburban set C333, W51148 + W59445 + W51135 which had arrived on the 09.17 Penarth - Cardiff and was about to leave as the 09.45 to Merthyr. On the left, still in all over blue is Class 118 BRCW set B468 W51310 + W59471 + W51325 which had come in on the 08.25 from Gloucester. It was attached to Met Cam Class 101 set B801 (W51446 + W 59547 + W51517) after this shot was taken and then worked the 09.55 to Weston-Super-Mare. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 6th August 1979

Set number: B801

This is W51517 leading Met Cam set B801 (W59547 & W51446) at Cardiff on 6/8/79. It would be attached to Class 118 BRCW set B468 W51310 + W59471 + W51325 and work the 09.55 to Weston-Super- Mare. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1980

Set number: B468

Class 118 set B468 (51310 closest, presumably with 59471 + 51325) at Westbury 22 March 1980. Nigel Menzies.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1980

Set number: B468

A class 118 dmu (B468, presumably 51325 59471 51310) on a Hereford to Birmingham New St service exits Rainbow Hill tunnel shortly after leaving Worcester Foregate Street. The semaphore signals remain continuing to serve the junction for the two Worcester stations and servicing point. 6/7/80. Stephen Burdett.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1981

Set number: P468

Class 118 DMU set P468 (presumably 51325 + 59471 + 51310) in Exmouth station on 6 July 1981. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1981

Set number: P468

Class 118 DMU set P468 (presumably 51310 + 59471 + 51325) at Barnstaple on 6 July 1981. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 1st August 1981

Set number: P468

Class 118 DMU set P468 (51310 + 59471 + 51325) at Exeter St Davids on 1 August 1981. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: 1983

Set number: P465

P465 (W51307 + W59471 + W51322) seen at Par (Devon) in 1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 7th June 1983

Set number: P468

Class 118 set P468 at Dawlish on 8 June 1983. W51310 leads, presumably with 59471 + 51325. David Mant.

DMU

Date: 24th March 1984

Set number: P468

A Class 118 set in Exeter St Davids, 51325 is closest, presumably with 59471 + 51310. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1984

Set number: P468

Class 118 BRCW 3-car DMU P468 (51325 + 59471 + 51310) at St Ives with the 09-25 to St Erth on 7-4-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1984

Set number: P468

Class 118 BRCW 3-car DMU P468 (51310 + 59471 + 51325) at St Ives with the 9:25 to St Erth on 7-4-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1984

Set number: P468

Class 118 BRCW 3-car DMU P468 (51310 + 59471 + 51325) at St Ives with the 9:25 to St Erth on 7-4-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1984

Set number: P468

Class 118 BRCW 3-car DMU 51325 + 59471 + 51310 arrived St Erth with the 09:25 ex-St Ives on 7-4-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 28th June 1984

Set number: P468

Class 118 DMU set P468 (presumably 51310 + 59471 + 51325) approaching Plympton on 28 January 1984. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 1st June 1985

Set number: L468

Class 118 set L468 (51325 and presumably 59471 + 51310) about to depart from Tenby on 1st June 1985. It had been transferred to Bristol Bath Road on 11 May, officially from Laira but it had been working from Reading earlier in the year where it gained the L prefix despite not (recorded as) being allocated there. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: 2nd July 1985

Set number: L468

Class 118 unit no L468 (presumably 51310 + 59471 + 51325) runs empty through Dawlish Warren on 2 July 1985. Robert28194.

DMU

Date: circa 1986

Set number: B468

Bristol based DMU B468 (presumably 51325 + 59471 + 51310) on the last leg of it's journey from Worcester to Hereford at Stoke Edith circa 1986. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: 21st March 1986

Set number: P468

Class 118 DMU set P468 (51325 + 59471 + 51310) at Exeter St Davids on 21 March 1986. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 4th August 1987

Set number: C470

Class 118 DMU set C470 (W51328 + W59471 + W51313) is seen stabled at Cardiff Canton on August 4th, 1987. Hamish Stevenson.