Vehicle 59474
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
| 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 | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 29/09/85 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 24/02/87 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) |
Notes
19/12/88 - withdrawn vehicles 51063/9/91/7, 51302/17, 59039, 59422/69/79 (for Snailwell) and 59030/6, 59363, 59474 (for V Berry) departed Canton leaving 51322 as the only condemned vehicle there
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | As delivered to WR - May 1960 | ||||||
| LA305 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Listed at Laira - Aug-60 | |||||
| LA302 | 55015 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted circa Mar-68 - 55015 carried LA104, working 16:00 Paignton to Exeter | |||||
| 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Transfer to 82A - 3w/e 03/04/71 | ||||||
| 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport1 | ||||||
| 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 20/11/71 - on Bristol Marsh Junction depot2 | ||||||
| 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 01/07/1973 - at Exeter1 | ||||||
| 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 05/07/1973 - at Westbury1 | ||||||
| B478 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 26/08/75 - in Bristol Temple Meads3 | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Listed at BR - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 08/08/1976 - at Bristol Temple Meads4 | |||||
| 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol2 | ||||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 06/10/76 - on 2C00 0605 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 30/06/77 - on 2B62 1955 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B804 | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 15/09/77 - on 2B58 0740 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 23/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Listed at BR - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 02/02/78 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 22/05/78 - on 2C48 1540 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 01/07/1978 - South Wales Area5 | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 06/07/78 - on 1528 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B472 | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 25/01/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads5 | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 01/02/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads5 | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Listed at BR - 03/03/80 | |||||
| B465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 03/01/1981 - At Cardiff Central 0652 to Gloucester5 | |||||
| P465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Listed at LA - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| P465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted circa 07/19836 | |||||
| P465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 20/11/1983 - British Rail Cornish Branches Railtour P465+P469+P470 | |||||
| P465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Listed at LA - 01/01/85 | |||||
| P465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Noted 04/05/85 | |||||
| C465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Transfer to CF - 29/09/85 - from LA, prefix change from P | |||||
| C465 | 51307 | 59474 | 51322 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa late 1970s
Set number: B465
A Class 118 DMU in Maiden Newton station. Date unknown, centre car 59474 was a Bristol vehicle from 1971 to 1982, the cars in the car park suggest late 1970s? The power cars are presumably 51307 and 51322. Roger Geach Collection.
16th October 1987
With the Class 150's being introduced into service, condemned class 116/7/8 DMU vehicles started to collect in the sidings inside the triangle of lines between Penarth East and North Junctions. 16th October 1987. Class 118 centre car 59474 is closest. Paul James.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 6th July 1968
A BRC&W suburban triple set at Dawlish on 6 July 1968. W51307 leads, presumably with 59474 and 51322. David Mant.
Date: 1971
Set number: B478
Class 118 set B478 (presumably 51307 + 59474 + 51322) seen at Portsmouth and Southsea in 1971. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 11th November 1972
Set number: B478
Class 118 DMU set B478 (presumably 51307 + 59474 + 51322) is seen at Neath with the 09:50 Cardiff General - Swansea service on 11 November 1972. Robert Thomas.
Date: 27th October 1980
Set number: B465
Class 118 set B465 (presumably 51307 + 59474 + 51322) with a up Weymouth to Bristol working approaching Witham (later East Somerset Junction), 27th October 1980. Neil Cannon.
Date: 22nd August 1981
Set number: B465
A Class 118 (which appears to be B465, presumably 51307 + 59474 + 51322) leading a Class 119 at Avoncliff on August 22, 1981. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 4th May 1985
Set number: P465
A brief stop at Exeter Central station found DMU set P465 (51307 / 59474 / 51322) with what was likely to have been an Exmouth service. 4th May 1985. S Gaskell.
Date: 25th August 1985
Set number: P465
Class 118 DMU set P465 (W51322 and presumably W59474 + W51307) at Dawlish Warren on 25 August 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.