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Set B477


These formations have been noted:

Noted 07/04/73 - on 1910 Cheltenham - Cardiff
51306 59473 51321 Noted 03/09/74 - at Westbury1
Noted 03/10/74 - on 2C50 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff with B579
51306 59473 51321 Noted 04/09/76 - in Bristol Temple Meads1

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown

Class 118 DMU at Gloucester Eastgate

15th July 1972

Gloucester Eastgate on 15/7/72 - three years before closure with a class 118 unit (set B477, presumably 51321 + 59473 + 51306) on a Swindon to Cheltenham service. Rationalisation was already taking place with only the island platform in use. A long miserable footbridge often frequented by pigeons doing what they know best linked Eastgate with Central station. Stephen Burdett.

Class 118 DMU at Blatchbridge Junction

27th May 1975

B477 (presumably 51321 + 59473 + 51306) on the 12:08 ex-Bristol at Blatchbridge Jct, 27/5/75. Adrian Vaughan.

Class 118 DMU at Gloucester Eastgate

29th November 1975

BRC&W Class 118 DMU set B477 seen at Gloucester Eastgate with a service from Bristol Temple Meads on 29 November 1975. Robert Thomas.


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