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Vehicle 51315


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

Jul-60 New to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
by Jun-61 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
Mar-67 Transferred to 81C (Southall)
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
w/e 06/03/76 Transferred to LA (Laira)
2w/e 12/12/76 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
08/07/85 Transferred to LA (Laira)
11/05/86 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
13/05/87 Transferred to LA (Laira)
3w/e 20/05/88 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
p/e 21/07/90 Sector Change to CF (Cardiff Canton) PXXZ
09/03/92 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton) PXXZ

Modifications

3w/e 30/06/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jul-75 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam at Cardiff Canton

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51315 59482 51330 As delivered to WR - July 1960
51315 59482 51330 Listed at RDG - circa Jun-61
RDG322 51315 59482 51330 Formed at RDG early 1962
473 51315 59482 51330 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was S326, non-gangwayed set
51315 59482 51330 56282 Noted 02/09/69 - at Paddington1
51315 59482 51330 Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak2
51315 59482 51330 Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak2
51315 59452 51330 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington3
51315 59482 51330 Noted 22/07/72 - at Royal Oak2
51315 59482 51330 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington1
51315 59482 51330 Noted 09/04/1974 - at Maidenhead3
L473 51315 59482 51330 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2
L472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 15/04/76 - on 2B46 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C504
P472 51315 59482 51330 Listed at LA - 01/05/1976
P472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 07/09/76 - at Exeter2
51315 59482 51330 Transfer to BR - 2w/e 12/12/76
P472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 02/10/77 - on 2C18 1144 Taunton-Cardiff
P472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 22/10/1977 - Exeter Exmouth area4
B472 51315 59482 51330 Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 15/01/78 - on 2C34 2225 Cheltenham-Cardiff with C503
B472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 19/05/1978 - Cardiff Central4
B472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 06/07/78 - on 1528 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B465
B472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 20/07/1978 - Cardiff Central4
B472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 01/09/78 - on 2B50 1554 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C504
B472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 29/09/1978 - at Bristol Temple Meads4
B472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 03/10/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford
B472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 29/01/1980 - At Newport Station4
B472 51315 59482 51330 Listed at BR - 03/03/80
B472 51315 59482 51330 Listed at BR - 15/12/1982
B472 51315 59482 51330 Noted circa 07/19835
B472 51315 59482 51330 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
472 51315 51330 Transfer to LA - 08/07/85 - from BR. 59482 moved to Cardiff to set 307
P472 51315 59477 51330 Formation change - LA - 08/07/85 - 59477 added (from P462) replacing 59482 (to 307)
B472 51315 59482 51330 Transfer to BR - 11/05/86 - powers cars from LA (P472) centre from CF
B472 51315 59482 51330 Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
B472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 10/01/19875
B472 51315 59482 51330 Noted 30/04/87 - on 12:26 Shrewsbury to Cardiff Central4
P472 51315 59482 51330 Listed at LA - Aug-87
P472 51315 59482 51330 Listed at LA - Nov-87
B472 51315 51330 Noted 04/04/19885
C472 51315 51330 Transfer to CF - May-88 - from LA was P472
C472 51315 51330 Listed at CF - 15/05/89
C472 51315 51416 51330 Noted 13/10/89 - on 17:30 Merthyr Tydfil - Cardiff Central
C472 51315 51416 51330 Noted 06/01/90 - at Cardiff Queen St
C472 51315 51330 Noted circa 04/19905
C472 51315 51330 Noted 12/05/90 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Caerwent Cannonball 2 Railtour 51315-51330 + 51133-59248-51136

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

Images:

Class 118 DMU at Newbury

Unknown date

BRC&W DMBS W51315 in Newbury station, working as part of a two-car set. Date unknown. Graham Clark.

Class 118 DMU at Bedwyn

March 1975

Set number: L473

51315 heads L473 into Bedwyn in March 1975. Robert Frise Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Nailsea and Backwell

June 1977

Set number: P472

Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Class 118 Suburban 3-car dmu No.P472 (presumably 51315 + 59482 + 51330) with another set on the rear (two Met-Camms vehicles and the thirs appears to be another type) approaching Nailsea & Backwell on a Cardiff - Weston-super-Mare service, 06/77. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 118 DMU at Bristol Bath Road

20th September 1979

Set number: B472

If only you could witness a line-up like this today. 45035, 31213, Metro-Vick D5705 and BRCW DMU set 'B472' (51315) in Bristol Bath Road depot yard on 20th September 1979. Gordon Edgar.

Class 118 DMU at Newport

5th January 1982

Set number: B472

BRCW Class 118 set B472 (presumably 51315 59482 51330), waits for a platform slot for it's next service at Newport station. 05-01-82. Unfortunately the negative was slightly damaged around the front of the unit. Paul James.

Class 118 DMU at Stapeleton Road

25th September 1982

Set number: B472

Class 118 set B472 (presumably 51315 + 59482 + 51330) is seen at Stapleton Road on 25 August 1982. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Weymouth

21st July 1983

Set number: B472

Class 118 DMU, unit B472, led by car W51315 and presumably with 59482 + 51330, is seen on Weymouth Tramway with the 1545 Weymouth Quay-Bristol Temple Meads on 21/07/1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Weymouth Quay

3rd August 1983

Set number: B472

Class 118 DMBS W51315 with W59482 & W51330 (set B472) stand at Weymouth Quay having just arrived with a boat service from Bristol for the Channel Islands ferry. Beyond the unit stands the boat train from Waterloo with 33109. Wednesday 3rd August 1983 Iain Reid.

Class 118 DMU at Worcester Shrub Hill

5th August 1983

Set number: B472

Class 118 DMBS W51315 tails W59482 & W51330 (set B472) as they depart Worcester Shrub Hill on the last stage of its journey to Foregate Street with the 13:00 service from Swindon, Friday 5th August 1983 Iain Reid.

Class 118 DMU at Barnstaple branch

Unknown date

Set number: B472

Set B472 (presumably 51315 + 59482 + 51330) on the Barnstaple branch. Undated. Tom Clift.

Class 118 DMU at Upwey Wishing Well Halt

circa mid-1980s

Set number: B472

A nine-car suburban DMU formation with Class 118 set B472 leading (presumably 51315 + 59482 + 51330) passes through the closed Upwey Wishing Well Halt station from the Weymouth direction, date unknown. Circa mid-1980s, Class 117 set B436 (presumably 51376 + 59500 + 51334) is on the rear. Mike Bunker.

Class 118 DMU at Bere Alston

12th March 1986

Set number: B472

Seen at Bere Alston on 12 March 1986 carrying set number B472, 51315 and 51330 had been allocated to Plymouth Laira since July the previous year so were set P472. No matter - in a few weeks they'd be Bristol vehicles again at the start of the summer timetable. Keith Miller.

Class 118 DMU at Llangua

11th April 1987

Set number: B472

Bristol based class 118 DMU set B472 (presumably 51315 + 59482 + 51330) heads north through Llangua, just south of Pontrilas, with a Hereford bound service on 11th April 1987. Paul James.

Class 118 DMU at Starcross

23rd April 1988

Set number: B472

Class 118 DMU set B472 (51315 and presumably 59482 + 51330) at Starcross on 23 April 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Pontypridd

20th May 1989

Set number: C472

51315 at the front of C472 at Pontypridd on the 08:55 Penarth - Treherbert on 20/5/89, presumably with 51330. Gazza Prescott.

Class 118 DMU at Cardiff Queen Street

6th January 1990

Set number: C472

Class 118 Go Faster Set C472 shows Class 108 W51416 tucked in behind 51315 at Queen St. on 6/1/90. Mac Winfield.

Class 118 DMU at Oakdale Colliery branch

12th May 1990

I did all too little photography of the South Wales branches and my only pictures on the line from Lime Kiln Junction near Newport to Oakdale Colliery are those showing The Caerwent Cannonball 2 DMU tour that ran on 12 May 1990. My notes give no indication at all of the various locations visited so the captions are necessarily vague. Two DMUs, a two car Class 118 (51315/51330) and a three car Class 116/108 hybrid (51133/59248/51136), were used and a headboard was carried on each end to make life easier for the crew during the several reversals on the other branches covered during the day. The branch to Oakdale Colliery passed through some dense woodland as seen in this image of the tour in a heavily overgrown valley. The lack of recent traffic is shown well both by the rusty trackwork and the weeds beginning to encroach on the rails themselves. Peter Tandy.

Class 118 DMU at Penar Tunnel

12th May 1990

I did all too little photography of the South Wales branches and my only pictures on the line from Lime Kiln Junction near Newport to Oakdale Colliery are those showing The Caerwent Cannonball 2 DMU tour that ran on 12 May 1990. Two DMUs, a two car Class 118 (51315/51330) and a three car Class 116/108 hybrid (51133/59248/51136), were used and a headboard was carried on each end to make life easier for the crew during the several reversals on the other branches covered during the day. In this shot the train was about to enter Penar Tunnel. The structure immediately in front of the tunnel mouth appears to be a cast iron aqueduct carrying a stream across the line which would have had to have been diverted when the branch was cut out of the hillside. Peter Tandy.

Class 118 DMU at Oakdale Colliery branch

12th May 1990

My last shot on the Oakdale branch on 12 May 1990 was as the Caerwent Cannonball 2 (formed 51315/51330 + 51133/59248/51136) ran downhill and about to pass the Eagle Inn. I recall that the learner driver in what I think is a Talbot pulled out into the road making the white Fiesta make a rapid avoiding move to avoid an incident! Peter Tandy.

Class 118 DMU at Oakdale Colliery branch

12th May 1990

I did all too little photography of the South Wales branches and my only pictures on the line from Lime Kiln Junction near Newport to Oakdale Colliery are those showing The Caerwent Cannonball 2 DMU tour that ran on 12 May 1990. My notes give no indication at all of the various locations visited so the captions are necessarily vague. Two DMUs, a two car Class 118 (51315/51330) and a three car Class 116/108 hybrid (51133/59248/51136), were used and a headboard was carried on each end to make life easier for the crew during the several reversals on the other branches covered during the day. This view was taken not far from the start of the branch passing some architecture typical of the area. Peter Tandy.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 19th March 1977

Set number: P472

W51330 in the DMS in set P472, presumably with 59482 and 51315, working with a Class 119 set at Southampton on March 19, 1977. Rex Holt.

DMU

Date: 15th April 1978

Set number: B472

Class 118 DMU set B472 (presumably 51330 + 59482 + 51315) on Browham Bank, 15 April 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 5th June 1982

Set number: B472

Class 118 set B472 (presumably 51330 + 59482 + 51315) is working with another 3-car set when seen at Bruton on 5 June 1982. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: August 1982

Set number: B472

Worcester (Shrub Hill) Station with a suburban 3-car dmu on a service to Birmingham (New St) via Kidderminster, 08/82. Thought to be set Class 118 B472 (51330 + 59482 + 51315). Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: August 1982

Set number: B472

Worcester (Shrub Hill) Station with a suburban 3-car dmu (thought t0 be set Class 118 set B472 - 51330 + 59482 + 51315) on a service to Birmingham (New St) via Kidderminster, 08/82. The station was a joint Great Western Railway/Midland Railway one built in 1865. The architect was Edward Wilson. There was once a trainshed as evidenced by the high flank walls. Scanned slide taken with a Canon AE-1 Program. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 3rd August 1983

Set number: B472

Class 118 DMS W51330 leads W59482 & W51315 (set B472) as they squeeze by parked cars on the Weymouth tramway on the approach to the Quay station with a boat service from Bristol for the Channel Islands ferry, Wednesday 3rd August 1983 Iain Reid.

DMU

Date: circa mid-1980s

Set number: B436

Class 117 DMU set B436 (presumably 51334 + 59500 + 51376) on the rear of a nine-car suburban formation at Upwey Wishing Well looking towards Dorchester - with the train about to enter Bincombe tunnel. Date unknown, circa mid 1980s, Class 118 set B472 (presumably 51330 + 59482 + 51315) is at the far end. Mike Bunker.

DMU

Date: 12th March 1986

Set number: B472

Class 118 DMU set P462 (51330 + 51315) is seen at Bere Alston on 12 March 1986. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 17th March 1986

Set number: B462

51330 and 51315 at Tamerton Foliot on 17 March 1986. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 11th April 1987

Set number: B472

Bristol based class 118 DMU set B472 (presumably 51330 + 59482 + 51315) heads south through Great Goytre, between Pontrilas and Abergavenny, with a Hereford to Cardiff service on 11th April 1987. Paul James.

DMU

Date: 12th May 1990

Set number: C397

I did all too little photography of the South Wales branches and my only pictures on the line from Lime Kiln Junction near Newport to Oakdale Colliery are those showing The Caerwent Cannonball 2 DMU tour that ran on 12 May 1990. My notes give no indication at all of the various locations visited so the captions are necessarily vague. Two DMUs, a two car Class 118 (51315/51330) and a three car Class 116/108 hybrid (51133/59248/51136), were used and a headboard was carried on each end to make life easier for the crew during the several reversals on the other branches covered during the day. The vista on the Oakdale branch opened out a bit at a few locations and the sun did manage to appear at times thoughout the afternoon. The hawthorn blossom is prominent in this view as the train receded from the camera. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 12th May 1990

Set number: C397

I did all too little photography of the South Wales branches and my only pictures on the line from Lime Kiln Junction near Newport to Oakdale Colliery are those showing The Caerwent Cannonball 2 DMU tour that ran on 12 May 1990. My notes give no indication at all of the various locations visited so the captions are necessarily vague. Two DMUs, a two car Class 118 (51315/51330) and a three car Class 116/108 hybrid (51133/59248/51136), were used and a headboard was carried on each end to make life easier for the crew during the several reversals on the other branches covered during the day. This was such a decent location that it seemed worthwhile to wait for the train to come back from Rhiw-Syr-Daffydd level crossing, the furthest point reached by the Caerwent Cannonball 2 on 12 May 1990. I just changed to an 85mm lens in order to give a slightly different viewpoint. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 12th May 1990

Set number: C397

Plenty of heads watching the way ahead as the Caerwent Cannonball 2 (51136/59248/51133 + 51330/51315) runs back towards Newport on 12 May 1990. The walker on the well-used track seemed to be more bemused by the sight of photographers on the bridge more than the presence of a train on the by then unused railway line. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: 12th May 1990

Set number: C397

The Monmouthshire Railway Society were renowned for their South Wales DMU tours which often had an ambitious itinerary but also reached the ends of the more unusual freight lines in the area as well. The railtour seen here is the "Caerwent Cannonball II" on May 12, 1990 which was formed of set C397 which had three brake vans, Class 116 DMBS 51136, Class 108 TBS 59248 and Class 116 DMBS 51133, and class 118 set C472 (51330 + 51315). Tour participants are seen wandering round within the dock sidings at Newport South Docks. A far cry from modern tours where alighting at the ends of freight branches is strictly forbidden. Adrian Nicholls.