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Vehicle 59479


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

Jun-60 New to 83D (Laira)
by Dec-60 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
Sep-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
May-65 Transferred to 81C (Southall)
by Jul-66 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
3w/e 15/11/80 Transferred to LA (Laira)
16/05/82 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
21/06/87 Transferred to LA (Laira)
04/10/87 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
3w/e 20/05/88 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
03/11/88 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton)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19/12/88 - withdrawn vehicles 51063/9/91/7, 51302/17, 59039, 59422/69/79 (for Snailwell) and 59030/6, 59363, 59474 (for V Berry) departed Canton leaving 51322 as the only condemned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

Modifications

circa Jul-66 - Gangway(s) fitted - first 118 to be fitted

Refurbished

At Swindon Works dated 09/06/1978 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51312 59479 51327 As delivered to WR - Jun-60
RDG321 51372 59479 51414 Listed at Reading - circa Dec-60
51372 59479 51414 Transfer to 81C - May-65
RDG321 51372 59479 51414 Listed at RDG - circa Jul-66
423 51372 59479 51414 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R321, gangwayed set
51372 59479 51414 Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak1
L434 51372 59479 51414 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
51372 59479 51414 Noted 11/09/76 - in London Paddington2
L434 51372 59479 51414 Noted 01/06/1977 - Oxford Station3
L434 51372 59479 51414 Noted 06/10/1977 - Oxford Reading area3
L434 51372 59479 51414 Noted 08/10/1977 - Oxford Station3
L434 51372 59479 51414 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L434 51372 59479 51414 Noted 14/01/1978 - At Reading Station3
L434 51372 59479 51414 Noted 16/07/1978 - Reading Station3
L434 51372 59479 51414 Noted 04/02/1980 - At Oxford3
L434 51372 59479 51414 Noted 16/02/1980 - At Oxford working the 0358 to London Paddington3
L434 51372 59479 51414 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
434 51372 59479 51414 Noted 23/10/1980 - At Shrewsbury working to Wolverhampton3
434 51372 59479 51414 Transfer to LA - 3w/e 15/11/80
B439 51348 59479 51390 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B439 51348 59479 51390 Noted circa 07/19834
B439 51348 59479 51390 Noted 05/11/1983 - Hertfordshire Railtours The Glamorgan Freighter B439+L406+55020
B439 51348 59479 51390 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B439 51348 59479 51390 Noted circa 11/19854
B439 51348 59479 51390 Noted 19/02/19864
B439 51348 59479 51390 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
B439 51348 59479 51390 Noted 05/03/19874
51348 59479 51390 Noted 09/06/87
51348 59479 51390 Transfer to LA - 21/06/87 - from BR
P439 51348 59479 51390 Listed at LA - Aug-87
P439 51348 59479 51390 Noted 13/09/1987 - BLS Cornish Clayliner Railtour
B480 51312 59479 51327 Formed at BR circa 10/87
B480 51312 59479 51327 Listed at BR - 29/02/1988
C480 51312 59479 51327 Transfer to CF - circa May-88 - from BR was B480

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

Images:

Class 117 DMU at Gwaun-cae-Gurwen

5th November 1983

Set number: B439

A busy scene at Gwaun-cae-Gurwen as the participants of the 'Glamorgan Frieghter' railtour get their photographs during a stop. The tour ran from Paddington on 5 November 1983, the centre car is 59479 and the DMBS is 51348. Chris Lings.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 31st May 1972

Set number: L424

Pressed Steel DMU sets L424 (leading, presumably 51373 + 59480 + 51415) and L423 (presumably 51414 + 59479 + 51372) on a down service at Slough station on 31 May 1972. Some 12-ton vans in the Windsor branch bay on the right. Tom Burnham.

DMU

Date: 26th June 1979

Set number: L434

L434 (W51414 closest, presumably with Class 118 TCL 59479 + 51372) at Cookham on the 26th June 1979 in the short lived blue stripe livery. 54A South Dock.

DMU

Date: 23rd April 1980

Set number: L434

Class 117 DMU set L434 (presumably 51414 + 59479 + 51372) at Hinksey with an Oxford service on 23 April 1980. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 31st July 1982

Set number: B439

Set B439 approaches Freshford station on July 31, 1982, presumably 51390 + 59479 + 51348. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 31st July 1982

Set number: B439

Set B439 enters Freshford station on July 31, 1982, presumably 51390 + 59479 + 51348. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 21st August 1982

Set number: B439

Class 117/118 set B439 (DMS W51390 + class 118 TC W59479 + DMBS W51348) at Weymouth waiting to work its service to Bristol, Saturday 21st August 1982 Iain Reid.

DMU

Date: 27th July 1983

Set number: B439

Class 117 set B439 (51348 and presumably 59479 behind) has a HST for company at Weston-super-Mare on 27 July 1983. Jerry Glover.

DMU

Date: 5th November 1983

Set number: B439

The Glamorgan Freighter railtour seen at Pantyffynon, 51348 leading set B439 with 59479 behind. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 5th November 1983

Set number: B439

The 'Glamorgan Freighter' railtour during its stop at Swansea East Depot on 5 November 1983. It was formed of B439 (51348 / 59479 / 51390), L406 (51341 / 59493 / 51383) & L120 (55020) Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 5th November 1983

Set number: B439

Stopped at Onllwyn on 5 November 1983 is the 'Glamorgan Freighter' railtour (51348 / 59479 / 51390 + 51341 / 59493 / 51383 + 55020). Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 5th November 1983

Set number: B439

The 'Glamorgan Freighter' railtour during its stop at Onllwyn on 5 November 1983. The vehicles visible are 51348, 59479 and 51390. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 5th November 1983

Set number: B439

The 'Glamorgan Freighter' railtour at Onllwyn on 5 November 1983. The visible vehicles from left to right are 51341, 51390, 59479 and 51348. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: circa mid-1980s

Set number: B434

Class 117 DMU set B434 (noted as 51414 + 59479 (a 118) + 51372) in platform 4 at Cardiff. Date unknown, circa mid-1980s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 30th May 1985

Set number: B439

Class 117 DMU set B439 (51348 + 59479 + 51390) passing Severn Tunnel Junction on 30 May 1985. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 30th May 1985

Set number: B439

Class 117 DMU set B439 (51390 + 59479 + 51348) passing Severn Tunnel Junction depot on 30 May 1985. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: August 1985

Set number: B439

Bristol Bath Road allocated DMU set B439 (presumably 51348 + 59479 + 51390) is seen approaching Standish Jct off the 'Golden Valley' line from Swindon in August 1985. The mainline towards Bristol is on the right. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th December 1985

Set number: B439

Class 117 DMBS 51348, set number B439, is seen stabled at Tyseley on 26.12.1985, presumably with 59479 and 51390 behind. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 1st March 1986

Set number: P471

W51329 W59479 and W51314 arriving at Torquay with the 0930 Exeter to Paignton 1st March 1986. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: 1st March 1986

Set number: P471

W51329 W59479 and W51314 at Paignton after terminating with the 0930 from Exeter on 1st March 1986. Keith Long.

DMU

Date: April 1987

Set number: B439

Class 117 set B439 (presumably 51390 + 59479 + 51348) at Abergevenny in April 1987. Mike Cooper.

DMU

Date: 25th April 1987

Set number: B439

The set number on this 117 appears to read B439, which is presumably formed 51348 + 59479 + 51390. Seen at Stroud on the 25th April 1987. 54A South Dock.

DMU

Date: 13th September 1987

Set number: B439

Class 117 DMU set B439 (presumably 51390 + 59479 + 51348) at Bugle with the Branch Line Society Cornish Clayliner railtour on 13 September 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 13th September 1987

Set number: B439

Class 117 DMU set B439 (51348 + 59479 + 51390) at Nanpean with the Branch Line Society Cornish Clayliner railtour on 13 September 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th March 1988

Set number: B480

A suburban DMU at Freshford on 26 March 1988. It appears to be Class 118 set B480 with 51327 closest, presumably with 59479 + 51312. Kevin Watson.

DMU

Date: 6th September 1988

Set number: 480

Class 118 set 480 (W51327 closest, presumably with 59479 + 51312) with the 12:40 Cardiff - Hereford service awaiting departure from Cardiff Central on September 6, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.