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Class 118 BRC&W 3-car DMUs


Numbering

Vehicles Type Weight Diagram* Design Code* Lot no. Seating*
51302 - 51316 DMBS 36 tons 534 / 850 - / DQ220 30543 65 2nd
51317 - 51331 DMS 36 tons 535 / 852 DP202 / DP221 30545 91 / 89 2nd
59469 - 59483 TCL 30 tons 601 / 851 - / DT305 30544 24 1st /50 2nd, 22 1st /48 2nd

* Original / Gangwayed

The diagrams and the seating numbers show before and after the gangways were fitted (there was no change in seating in the DMBS).

Worksplates

Worksplates were carried on the vehicle solebars to identify the builder and lot number. Many of the worksplate images on the website are from the collections of Simeon Gaskell, John Horne and Tony Spencer.

Lot 30543 worksplate Lot 30544 worksplate Lot 30545 worksplate

Driving Instructions

Many earlier DMU types had a booklet from the 33003 series issued specifically for them, none have been found for these vehicles.

This March 1961 editon covered all Blue Square vehicles - BR 33003-92. A companion to this was a "Preparation and Disposal" booklet BR 33003/211.

In 1968 the booklets were replaced by a three part set for Blue Square vehicles Mechanical Transmission):
BR 33003/247 1 - General Data And Equipment
BR 33003/248 2 - Driving Instructions Including Standard Preparation and Disposal Duties
BR 33003/249 3 - Fault Finding Data and Charts

In the early seventies the 33003 series was replaced by the more generic 33056 series of drivers manuals, no longer specific to any coupling code.

Details about the preserved Class 118 vehicle can be found here.