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Vehicle 51310


Class 118

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Engines: Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30543
Diagram: 534

Allocations

Jun-60 New to 83D (Laira)
by Jun-62 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
w/e 06/03/76 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
2w/e 10/01/81 Transferred to LA (Laira)
11/05/86 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
03/08/86 Transferred to LA (Laira)
3w/e 20/05/88 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
28/07/89 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton) PZQX

Modifications

p/e 31/03/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

51310 was involved in the following incident:


Image in Rail 10/8/89 p11.

20/07/89 - Stormstown sidings, Abercynon

Fire involving Class 110 / Class 116 / Class 118

A fire, started by two seven year olds, destroyed five condemned DMU vehicles. They had been stored at Stormstown Sidings near Abercynon to make space at Canton.


Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, on location at Stormtown Sidings

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51310 59477 51325 As delivered to Laira - June 1960
LA308 51310 59477 51325 Listed at Laira - Aug-60
472 51310 59477 51325 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R328, non-gangwayed set
51310 59477 55024 Noted 11/08/70 - at Royal Oak1
51310 59477 51325 Noted 19/11/70 - at Paddington2
L472 51310 59477 51325 Noted 13/12/73 - at Royal Oak1
B468 51310 59477 51325 Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
B468 51310 59477 51325 Noted 01/07/76 - on 2B48 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B468 51310 59477 51325 Noted 27/12/77 - on 2C34 1528 Bristol TM-Cardiff with C591
B468 51310 59477 51325 Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B468 51310 59477 51325 Noted 28/01/1978 - Weymouth Station3
B468 51310 59477 51325 Noted 04/03/78 - on 2V66 1615 Weymouth-Cardiff
B468 51310 59477 51325 Noted 12/11/78 - on 1805 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff
B468 51310 59477 51325 Noted 19/11/78 - on 1805 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff
B468 51310 59471 51325 Listed at BR - 03/03/80
B468 51310 59471 51325 Noted 03/05/80 - Hertfordshire Rail Tours The Valley Basher Railtour with P471
B468 51310 59471 51325 Noted 03/01/1981 - At Cardiff Central 06503
468 51310 59471 51325 Transfer to LA - 2w/e 10/01/81
P468 51310 59471 51325 Listed at LA - 15/12/82
P468 51310 59471 51325 Noted circa 10/19844
P468 51310 59471 51325 Listed at LA - 01/01/85
B468 51310 59471 51325 Formed at BR 11/05/86 - from LA, previously P468
B468 51310 59471 51325 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
P468 51310 59471 51325 Transfer to LA - 03/08/86 - from BR. Prefix change from B
P468 51310 51325 Noted 24/01/19874
P468 51310 51325 Listed at LA - Aug-87
P468 51310 51325 Noted circa 11/19874
P468 51310 51325 Listed at LA - Nov-87
P468 51310 59482 51325 Noted 03/04/88 - Plymouth Railway Circle The Wessex Wanderer with P870
P468 51310 59482 51325 Noted 04/04/19884
C468 51310 51325 Transfer to CF - circa May-88 - from LA was P468
C468 51310 59469 51325 Formation change - CF - circa Jul-88 - 59469 added

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

Images:

Class 118 DMU at Cardiff

6th August 1979

Set number: B468

Cardiff Central on my day trip of Monday 6th August 1979. On the right is Class 116 BR Derby Suburban set C333, W51148 + W59445 + W51135 which had arrived on the 09.17 Penarth - Cardiff and was about to leave as the 09.45 to Merthyr. On the left, still in all over blue is Class 118 BRCW set B468 W51310 + W59471 + W51325 which had come in on the 08.25 from Gloucester. It was attached to Met Cam Class 101 set B801 (W51446 + W 59547 + W51517) after this shot was taken and then worked the 09.55 to Weston-Super-Mare. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 118 DMU at Westbury

22nd March 1980

Set number: B468

Class 118 set B468 (51310 closest, presumably with 59471 + 51325) at Westbury 22 March 1980. Nigel Menzies.

Class 118 DMU at Barnstaple

6th July 1981

Set number: P468

Class 118 DMU set P468 (presumably 51310 + 59471 + 51325) at Barnstaple on 6 July 1981. Brian Daniels.

Class 118 DMU at Exeter St Davids

1st August 1981

Set number: P468

Class 118 DMU set P468 (51310 + 59471 + 51325) at Exeter St Davids on 1 August 1981. Rob Paterson.

Class 118 DMU at Dawlish

7th June 1983

Set number: P468

Class 118 set P468 at Dawlish on 8 June 1983. W51310 leads, presumably with 59471 + 51325. David Mant.

Class 118 DMU at St Ives

7th April 1984

Set number: P468

Class 118 BRCW 3-car DMU P468 (51310 + 59471 + 51325) at St Ives with the 9:25 to St Erth on 7-4-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 118 DMU at St Ives

7th April 1984

Set number: P468

Class 118 BRCW 3-car DMU P468 (51310 + 59471 + 51325) at St Ives with the 9:25 to St Erth on 7-4-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 118 DMU at Plympton

28th June 1984

Set number: P468

Class 118 DMU set P468 (presumably 51310 + 59471 + 51325) approaching Plympton on 28 January 1984. Keith Miller.

Class 118 DMU at Dawlish Warren

2nd July 1985

Set number: L468

Class 118 unit no L468 (presumably 51310 + 59471 + 51325) runs empty through Dawlish Warren on 2 July 1985. Robert28194.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 4th March 1978

Set number: B468

BRC&W Class 118 DMU set B468 (presumably 51325 + 59477 + 51310) sits in Bath Spa station on 4 March 1978. Nicholas T Smith.

DMU

Date: 6th August 1979

Set number: B801

This is W51517 leading Met Cam set B801 (W59547 & W51446) at Cardiff on 6/8/79. It would be attached to Class 118 BRCW set B468 W51310 + W59471 + W51325 and work the 09.55 to Weston-Super- Mare. Gerard Fletcher.

DMU

Date: 3rd May 1980

Set number: B486

The Hertfordshire Railtours "The Valley Basher" at Newport Docks on 3 May 1980. It was formed of two Class 118 sets B468 (51325 + 59471 + 51310) and B471 (51314 + 59481 + 51329). Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1980

Set number: B468

A class 118 dmu (B468, presumably 51325 59471 51310) on a Hereford to Birmingham New St service exits Rainbow Hill tunnel shortly after leaving Worcester Foregate Street. The semaphore signals remain continuing to serve the junction for the two Worcester stations and servicing point. 6/7/80. Stephen Burdett.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1981

Set number: P468

Class 118 DMU set P468 (presumably 51325 + 59471 + 51310) in Exmouth station on 6 July 1981. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: 24th March 1984

Set number: P468

A Class 118 set in Exeter St Davids, 51325 is closest, presumably with 59471 + 51310. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1984

Set number: P468

Class 118 BRCW 3-car DMU P468 (51325 + 59471 + 51310) at St Ives with the 09-25 to St Erth on 7-4-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 7th April 1984

Set number: P468

Class 118 BRCW 3-car DMU 51325 + 59471 + 51310 arrived St Erth with the 09:25 ex-St Ives on 7-4-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 1st June 1985

Set number: L468

Class 118 set L468 (51325 and presumably 59471 + 51310) about to depart from Tenby on 1st June 1985. It had been transferred to Bristol Bath Road on 11 May, officially from Laira but it had been working from Reading earlier in the year where it gained the L prefix despite not (recorded as) being allocated there. Bob Belcher.

DMU

Date: circa 1986

Set number: B468

Bristol based DMU B468 (presumably 51325 + 59471 + 51310) on the last leg of it's journey from Worcester to Hereford at Stoke Edith circa 1986. John Crooks.

DMU

Date: 21st March 1986

Set number: P468

Class 118 DMU set P468 (51325 + 59471 + 51310) at Exeter St Davids on 21 March 1986. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: P468

Class 118 set P468 working as a two-car at Paignton in the late 1980s, presumably 51325 + 51310. David Rowe.

DMU

Date: 18th February 1987

Set number: P468

Class 118 DMU set P468 (51325 + 51310) in Par station on 18 February 1987. Keith Miller.