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Vehicle 59476

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)
Oct-66	Transferred to	81D (Reading)
May 1973	Depot code change	RG
w/e 06/03/76	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
16/05/82	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
11/05/86	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley)
12/04/87	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51309	59476	51324		As delivered to Laira - May 1960
LA307	51309	59476	51324		Listed at Laira - Aug-60
	51309	59476	51324		Transfer to 81D - Oct-66
471	51309	59476	51324		Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R327, non-gangwayed set
	51309	59476	51324	56283	Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington¹
	55020	59476	51324		Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington¹
	51309	59476	51324		Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading²
	51305	59476	51324		Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading²
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 02/03/74 - on 17:10 Bristol TM-Cardiff
L471	51309	59476	59543	51324	Noted 04/05/1974 - BR Western Region Outer Circle Railtour (L471 + L403 + L406)
	51309	59543	59476	51324	Noted 06/05/74 - (51309 presumed)¹
L471	51309	59476	51324		Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak³
B467	51309	59476	51324		Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 25/06/76 - on 2B93 2305 Bristol TM-Swindon
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 09/09/76 - on 2305 Bristol TM-Swindon with B803
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 15/09/76 - on 2B46 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 01/01/77 - on 2C38 1630 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff with C310
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 28/03/77 - on 2C10 0652 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff with C559
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 13/05/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B800
B467	51309	59476	51324		Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 08/04/1978 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Tintern Thunderbolt Railtour 51324-59476-51309 + 50721-59275-50668 B467+C507
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 08/12/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 29/12/78 - on 2133 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 25/01/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads working 1202 to Cardiff Central⁴
B467	51309	59476	51324		Listed at BR - 03/03/80
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 23/10/1980 - At Cardiff Central having worked from Bristol Temple Meads at 1317⁴
B467	51309	59476	51324		Noted 03/01/1981 - At Hereford Stabling Point 0833⁴
P467	51309	59476	51324		Listed at LA - 15/12/1982
P467	51309	59476	51324		Noted circa 07/1983⁵
P467	51309	59476	51324		Listed at LA - 01/01/85
	51309	59476	51324		Transfer to TS - 11/05/86 - from LA
TS630	51309	59476	51324		Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS630	51309	59476	51324		Noted 01/06/1986 - Coalville Depot open day shuttles to and from Leicester
TS630	51309	59476	51324		Noted 07/06/1986⁵
TS630	51309	59476	51324		Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street⁶

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: December 1975

Set number: L471

Class 118 DMU set L471 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) arriving into Paddington in December 1975. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: 7th July 1979

Set number: B467

Class 118 DMU set B467 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) at Yeovil Pen Mill on 7th July 1979. 54A South Dock.

Date: 25th August 1979

Set number: B467

BRC&W Class 118 suburban DMU set B467 (presumably 51324 + 59476 + 51309) at Salisbury on August 25, 1979. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 8th March 1980

Set number: B467

Class 118 DMU set B467 (51324 and presumably 59476 + 51309) approaching Bristol Temple Meads with a local service on 8 March 1980. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: circa 1981

Set number: B467

Class 118 DMU set B467 (presumably 51309/59476/51324) arriving at Bristol Temple Meads, thought to be circa 1981. K F Tomes Duckwailk.

Date: 22nd August 1981

Set number: B467

Class 118 set B467 (presumably 51324 + 59476 + 51309) at Limpley Stoke on 22 August 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 9th June 1982

Set number: B467

Class 118 set B467 unit with W51324 at the front (presumably with 59476 + 51309) heads away from St Blazey Middleway crossing with a Par to Newquay service on 9/6/82. Stephen Burdett.

Date: 9th June 1982

Set number: B467

Class 118 DMU set B467 (51309 and presumably 59476 + 51324) at Newquay on 9 June 1982. The set had been reallocated from Bristol to Laira the previous month. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: March 1984

Set number: P467

Birmingham RCW dmu no P467 (presumably 51324 + 59476 + 51309) accelerates away from Cowley Bridge Junction with the 16.13 Exeter - Barnstaple in March 1984. Robert28194.

Date: May 1984

Set number: P467

Class 118 DMU set P467, presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324, at Exeter St Davids, May 1984 Robert28194.

Date: 29th January 1985

Set number: P467

Class 118 DMU set P467 (51309 + 59476 + 51324) arriving at Exeter St Davids on a damp 29 January 1985. Keith Miller.

Date: 29th January 1985

Set number: P467

Class 118 DMU set P467 - 51324, 59476 and 51309 - at Exeter St Davids on 29 January 1985. Keith Miller.

Date: 13th April 1985

Set number: P467

Token exchange at Topsham as Class 118 DMU set P467 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) arrives into the station on 13 April 1985, seen from another DMU. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 30th May 1986

Set number: TS630

Class 118 DMU set TS630 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) departs Cardiff with a Leicester - Swansea service on 30 May 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1st June 1986

Set number: TS630

Class 118 DMU set TS630 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) is seen approaching Coalville with a depot open day shuttle on 1 June 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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