Vehicle 59480
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
| Jul-60 | New to | 83D (Laira) | |
| Oct-60 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| by Dec-60 | Transferred to | 81C (Southall) | |
| Dec-64 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 04/07/82 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 11/03/86 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 17/06/87 | Stored U. | ||
| Jul-87 | Withdrawn from | BR (Bristol Bath Road) |
Refurbished
At Swindon Works dated 10/11/1978 released in white/blue stripe liveryDisposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51313 | 59480 | 51328 | As delivered to WR - Jul-60 | ||||||
| RDG322 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Listed at - circa Oct-60 - ran for a few weeks as RDG322 before becoming SH319 | |||||
| SHL319 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Listed at SHL - circa Dec-60 | |||||
| 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Transfer to 81D - Dec-64 | ||||||
| 424 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R332, gangwayed set | |||||
| 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Noted 05/06/72 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading2 | ||||||
| L406 | 55028 | 59480 | 51415 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak, set number L128 on 550283 | |||||
| 424 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Noted 02/07/1975 - at Birmingham New Street4 | |||||
| L435 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L435 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Noted 08/09/76 - in Paddington3 | |||||
| L435 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area5 | |||||
| L435 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L435 | 51373 | 59480 | 51415 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 51361 | 59480 | 51091 | Noted circa 04/19826 | ||||||
| P469 | 51311 | 59480 | 51326 | Formation change - circa Aug-82 | |||||
| P469 | 51311 | 59480 | 51326 | Listed at LA - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| P469 | 51311 | 59480 | 51326 | Noted 20/11/1983 - British Rail Cornish Branches Railtour P465+P469+P470 | |||||
| P469 | 51311 | 59480 | 51326 | Listed at LA - 01/01/85 | |||||
| P469 | 51311 | 59480 | 51326 | Noted circa 11/19856 | |||||
| B480 | 51312 | 59480 | 51327 | Transfer to BR - 11/03/86 - from LA | |||||
| B480 | 51312 | 59480 | 51327 | Noted 08/05/19866 | |||||
| B463 | 51305 | 59480 | 51320 | Formation change - BR - w/e 15/05/86 - 59480 replaced 59472 | |||||
| B463 | 51305 | 59480 | 51320 | Listed at BR - Summer 1986 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 8th June 1962
Two Pressed Steel suburban triple DMUs are seen at Scrubs Lane heading for Oxford on 8 June 1962. The first two vehicles are noted as 51415 and 59480, their accompanying DMBS is presumably 51373. The 'Buffet Restaurant Car' to the left has a coach board that reads 'Paddington Bristol Weston-Super-Mare'. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.
Date: 16th February 1979
Set number: L435
Class 117 DMU set L435 (presumably 51373 + 59480 + 51415) at Hinksey on 16 February 1979. Brian Daniels.
Date: 29th September 1979
Set number: L435
Refurbished Class 117 set L435 (presumably 51415 + Class 118 59480 + 51373) at Lower Basildon with Oxford on the destination blind, 29 September 1979. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 4th March 1980
Set number: L435
Refurbished Class 117 set L435 (presumably 51373 + Class 118 59480 + 51415) at Didcot on 4 March 1980. Brian Daniels.
Date: 16th April 1981
Set number: P469
Class 118 set P469 (presumably 51326 + 59480 + 51311) crosses Moorwater viaduct on April 16, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 18th April 1981
Set number: P469
Class 118 set P469 (presumably 51311 + 59480 + 51326) arrives into Liskeard station on April 18, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 2nd July 1981
Set number: P469
The 10:10 Newquay - Par service formed of Class 118 set P469 (presumably 51326 + 59480 + 51311) seen at Bugle on July 2, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 2nd July 1981
Set number: P469
Class 118 set P469 (presumably 51326 + 59480 + 51311) seen at Bugle on July 2, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 2nd July 1981
Set number: P469
Class 118 set P469 (presumably 51311 + 59480 + 51326) seen at Bugle on July 2, 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 24th March 1984
Set number: P469
Class 118 BRCW 3-car DMU set P469 (51311 + 59480 + 51326) arriving at Plymouth to form the 14-30 to Par on 24-3-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 24th March 1984
Set number: P469
Class 118 BRCW 3-car DMU set P469 (51326 + 59480 + 51311) stands at Liskeard with the 14-30 ex-Plymouth to Par on 24-3-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 24th March 1984
Set number: P469
Class 118 BRCW 3-car DMU set P469 (51326 + 59480 + 51311) departs Liskeard with the 14-30 ex-Plymouth to Par on 24-3-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: 29th November 1984
Set number: P469
Class 118 DMU set P469 (presumably 51311 + 59480 + 51326) at Newton Abbot on 20 November 1984. Keith Miller.
Date: 29th November 1984
Set number: P469
Class 118 DMU set P469 (presumably 51311 + 59480 + 51326) at Newton Abbot on 20 November 1984. Keith Miller.
Date: 19th August 1990
Class 111 DMSL 78719 in the stack at Vic Berry's on August 19, 1990. On its left is Class 118 centre car 59480. Nicholas Youngman.