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Vehicle 51323


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: 30545
Diagram: 535

Allocations

May-60 New to 83D (Laira)
by Jun-62 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
Sep-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
by mid-Oct-65 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
3w/e 03/04/71 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Jun-71 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
w/e 06/03/76 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
16/05/82 Transferred to LA (Laira)
29/09/85 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
11/05/86 Transferred to TS (Tyseley)
25/10/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
26/02/88 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
21/03/88 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)

Modifications

p/e 09/06/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51308 59475 51323 As delivered to Laira - May 1960
LA306 51308 59475 51323 Listed at Laira - Aug-60
LA303 51308 59475 51323 Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue with full yellow ends
51308 59475 51323 Transfer to 82A - 3w/e 03/04/71
51308 59475 51323 Transfer to 81D - Jun-71
RDG475 51308 59475 51323 Listed at Reading - circa Sep-71
51308 59475 51323 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington1
51308 59475 51323 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington2
L475 51308 59475 51323 Noted 13/12/73 - at Royal Oak3
51308 59475 51323 Noted 08/04/1974 - at Reading1
L466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 20/08/74 - on 2A45 1940 Oxford-Paddington with L410 51345 + 59497 + 51387
L475 51308 59475 51323 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3
B466 51308 59475 51323 Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
51308 59475 51323 Noted 06/08/1976 - 19:52 Swansea to Cardiff Central4
51308 59475 51323 Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol2
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central3
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 07/06/77 - on 2C36 1540 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff with B571
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 31/07/77 - on 2B21 1410 Cardiff-Cheltenham
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 16/08/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 15/11/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B466 51308 59475 51323 Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 11/02/78 - on 2C40 1730 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 26/02/78 - on 2C30 1940 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 02/04/78 - on 2C30 1940 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 06/05/78 - on 2C23 2225 Cardiff-Hereford
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 16/05/78 - on 2B46 1554 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 16/10/78 - on 2B28 1050 Cardiff-Weston Super Mare
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 30/10/78 - on 0632 Great Malvern-Bristol TM
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 14/12/78 - on 0743 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B466 51308 59475 51323 Noted 24/03/1979 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Gwaun Cae Gurwen Growler Railtour C501+B466
B466 51308 59475 51323 Listed at BR - 03/03/80
P466 51308 59475 51323 Listed at LA - 15/12/1982
P466 51308 59475 51323 Listed at LA - 01/01/85
466 51308 59475 51323 Transfer to CF - 29/09/85 - from LA
51308 59475 51323 Transfer to TS - 11/05/86 - from CF
TS632 51308 59475 51323 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
TS632 51308 59475 51323 Noted 06/06/19865
TS632 51308 59475 51323 Noted 05/07/86 - at Norwich3
TS632 51308 59475 51323 Noted 05/03/19875
TS351 51308 59475 51323 Noted 11/04/19875
T351 51308 59475 51323 Listed at TS - Jul-87
51308 59475 51323 Transfer to HT - 25/10/87 - from TS
53188 59082 51323 Noted circa 11/19875
53220 59475 51323 Noted 20/01/88 - at Newcastle

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 118 DMU at Southall

Unknown date

Set number: L475

Suburban set L475 led by 51323 (with 59475 behind) is seen making some smoke at Southall. It has Reading General on the destination blind, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Gwuan-Cae-Gurwen

24th March 1979

Set number: B466

The Monmouthshire Railway Society Gwaun Cae Gurwen Growler railtour at Gwuan-Cae-Gurwen on 24 March 1979. Formed of Class 118 set B466 and Class 120 set C501, the visible vehicle is thought to be 51323. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Dawlish

2nd September 1984

Set number: P466

P466 (presumably 51323 + 59475 + 51308) runs along the distinctive Dawlish seafront on 2 September 1984. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Bristol Temple Meads

8th April 1986

Set number: C466

Class 118 DMU set C466 (presumably 51323 + 51308) arriving into platform 5 of Bristol Temple Meads on April 8, 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

Class 118 DMU at Wilmcote

8th June 1986

Set number: TS632

A Class 118 dmu set passes Wilmcote on 8 June 1986. I was waiting for "Jubilee" 4-6-0 no 5593, and I think most of the others on the platform were waiting to see the same train. It is Tyseley set TS632, presumably 51323 + 59475 + 51308. Lewis Bevan.

Class 118 DMU at Langley Green

1986

Set number: TS632

Seen at Langley Green in 1986 is Tyseley's class 118 set T632 (presumably 51323 + 59475 + 51308) pictured pulling away from the stop in the station heading for Birmingham New Street with a train from Worcester. The signalman has wasted no time in returning his inner home to signal to danger. Peter Tandy.

Class 118 DMU at Birmingham New Street

20th August 1986

Class 118 DMS 51323 in Birmingham New Street with the 08:41 to Llandudno Junction on 20 August 1986. Dave Warby.

Class 118 DMU at Newcastle

13th November 1987

A Class 118 DMU at Newcastle on 13/11/1987. DMS 51323 illustrates WM (West Midlands PTE) logo and red triangle across the cab front (minus the Welsh dragon that would usually accompany this). The car behind appears to be a class 101 TBS(L), and TransPennine coach TSO(L) 5396 forms the backdrop. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Newcastle

20th January 1988

Cars 51323 59475 53220 are seen about to enter Newcastle station - the first two are Class 118s, 53220 just visible at the rear was Class 101. Having recently transferred from South Wales, leading car 51323 carries the red chevron, which was usually accompanied by a red dragon, but the latter has evidently been painted out. 20/01/1988. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Vic Berry&#039;s

3rd April 1988

Class 118 DMS 51323 in Vic Berry's yard on April 3, 1988. Malcolm Clements.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L475

Class 118 set L475 makes a smoky departure from Southall. Date unknown. The centre car is 59475, the DMS on the left is 51323, the DMBS will presumably be 51308. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: July 1981

Set number: B466

A six-car formation at Yeovil in July 1981. Closest is Class 118 set B466 (presumably 51308 + 59475 + 51323), working with a Class 120 Cross-Country unit. Mel Smith.

DMU

Date: circa June 1983

Set number: P466

A three-car and a two-car suburban set at Dawlish Warren, slide process date was June 1983. Leading appears to be Class 118 P466, presumably 51308 + 59475 + 51323. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 2nd September 1984

Set number: P466

P466 (presumably 51308 + 59475 + 51323) runs along the distinctive Dawlish seafront on 2 September 1984. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 11th April 1986

Set number: C480

This seems to be set C466, a two-car Class 118 (presumably 51308 + 51323), in Cardiff Central on 11 April 1986. Jonathan Hazan.

DMU

Date: 24th April 1986

Set number: C466

Class 118 DMU set C466 (51308 + 51323) in Newport station on 24 April 1986. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 16th August 1986

Set number: TS632

Barnt Green station is the junction on the main Birmingham to Gloucester line where the branch to Alvechurch and Redditch, and formerly Evesham, diverges. On Saturday 16 August 1986 I was standing on the site of the old Goods Yard when a 6 car DMU came from the Birmingham direction with a New Street to Barry Island train formed of Tyseley's T632 (presumably 51308 + 59475 + 51323) and another suburban unit with a centre car from a different class; far from unusual at this time. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 11th October 1987

Set number: TS351

A Class 118 DMU arrives at Cardiff Central (at 12:53) with a service form the Valleys on 11 October 1987. DMBS 51308 leads, the other two vehicles are presumably 59475 + 51323. They were allocated to Tyseley at the time as set T351, two weeks later they would be transferred to Heaton. Robert Thomas.