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Vehicle 51322


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)
06/05/73Depot code changeBR
16/05/82 Transferred to LA (Laira)
29/09/85 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
19/07/88 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton)

Notes

19/12/88 - withdrawn vehicles 51063/9/91/7, 51302/17, 59039, 59422/69/79 (for Snailwell) and 59030/6, 59363, 59474 (for V Berry) departed Canton leaving 51322 as the only condemned vehicle there

Modifications

3w/e 06/11/71 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 25/06/77 - WR AWS removed
Apr-87 - Headlamp fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51307 59474 51322 As delivered to WR - May 1960
LA305 51307 59474 51322 Listed at Laira - Aug-60
LA302 55015 59474 51322 Noted circa Mar-68 - 55015 carried LA104, working 16:00 Paignton to Exeter
51307 59474 51322 Transfer to 82A - 3w/e 03/04/71
51307 59474 51322 Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport1
51307 59474 51322 Noted 20/11/71 - on Bristol Marsh Junction depot2
51307 59474 51322 Noted 01/07/1973 - at Exeter1
51307 59474 51322 Noted 05/07/1973 - at Westbury1
B478 51307 59474 51322 Noted 26/08/75 - in Bristol Temple Meads3
B465 51307 59474 51322 Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 08/08/1976 - at Bristol Temple Meads4
51307 59474 51322 Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol2
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 06/10/76 - on 2C00 0605 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 30/06/77 - on 2B62 1955 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B804
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 15/09/77 - on 2B58 0740 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 23/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5
B465 51307 59474 51322 Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 02/02/78 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 22/05/78 - on 2C48 1540 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 01/07/1978 - South Wales Area5
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 06/07/78 - on 1528 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B472
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 25/01/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads5
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 01/02/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads5
B465 51307 59474 51322 Listed at BR - 03/03/80
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 03/01/1981 - At Cardiff Central 0652 to Gloucester5
P465 51307 59474 51322 Listed at LA - 15/12/1982
P465 51307 59471 51322 Noted 1983
P465 51307 59474 51322 Noted circa 07/19836
P465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 20/11/1983 - British Rail Cornish Branches Railtour P465+P469+P470
P465 51307 59474 51322 Listed at LA - 01/01/85
P465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 04/05/85
C465 51307 59474 51322 Transfer to CF - 29/09/85 - from LA, prefix change from P
C465 51307 59474 51322 Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
C465 51307 59477 51322 Formation change - CF - circa Jul-86 - 59477 replaced 59474
C465 51307 59477 51322 Noted circa 01/19876
C465 51307 59477 51322 Noted 11/04/87 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Tower Toad Railtour with C480
C465 51307 59477 51322 Noted 05/05/87 - at Cardiff on 13:47 to Coryton
C465 51307 59477 51322 Listed at CF - Aug-87
C465 51307 59477 51322 Noted 10/10/87 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Groaner Railtour with C480

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

Images:

Inside a Class 118 DMU

17th April 1981

BRCW class 118 DMS W51322 cab showing the original restriction applied to the units when working into Paddington station. Taken on my train to Hereford from Worcester, 17th April 1981. Paul James.

Class 118 DMU at Shreswbury

9th June 1986

Set number: C465

C465 at Shrewsbury on the 9th June 1986. The set, with W51322 closest, has a Met-Camm centre car. Tim Stubbs.

Class 118 DMU at Newport

28th February 1987

Set number: C465

Class 118 set C465 (presumably 51322 + 59477 + 51307) at Newport 28th February 1987. Ian Buck.

Class 118 DMU at Llandrindod

Unknown date

Set number: C465

C465 (presumably 51322 at the front and 51307 at the rear) at Llandrindod crossing in the late 1980s. David Rowe.

Class 118 DMU at Cardiff Queen Street

19th December 1987

Set number: C465

150 265 and C465 W51322 at Cardiff Queen Street on 19/12/87. Mac Winfield.

Class 118 DMU at Weymouth

circa 1988

Set number: C465

Two-car Class 118 set C465 (presumably 51322 + 51307) at Weymouth, circa late 1987, early 1988. Ian Docwra.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 6th July 1968

A BRC&W suburban triple set at Dawlish on 6 July 1968. W51307 leads, presumably with 59474 and 51322. David Mant.

DMU

Date: 1971

Set number: B478

Class 118 set B478 (presumably 51307 + 59474 + 51322) seen at Portsmouth and Southsea in 1971. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 11th November 1972

Set number: B478

Class 118 DMU set B478 (presumably 51307 + 59474 + 51322) is seen at Neath with the 09:50 Cardiff General - Swansea service on 11 November 1972. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 27th October 1980

Set number: B465

Class 118 set B465 (presumably 51307 + 59474 + 51322) with a up Weymouth to Bristol working approaching Witham (later East Somerset Junction), 27th October 1980. Neil Cannon.

DMU

Date: 22nd August 1981

Set number: B465

A Class 118 (which appears to be B465, presumably 51307 + 59474 + 51322) leading a Class 119 at Avoncliff on August 22, 1981. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1983

Set number: P465

P465 (W51307 + W59471 + W51322) seen at Par (Devon) in 1983. Graeme Phillips Collection.

DMU

Date: 4th May 1985

Set number: P465

A brief stop at Exeter Central station found DMU set P465 (51307 / 59474 / 51322) with what was likely to have been an Exmouth service. 4th May 1985. S Gaskell.

DMU

Date: 11th April 1987

Set number: C465

C465 (51307 + 59477 + 51322) and C480 (51327 + 59470 + 51312) at Nantgarw Colliery with 'The Tower Toad' railtour on the 11th April 1987. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 18th July 1987

Set number: C465

C465 (51307 and presumably 59477 + 51322) is working the 16:06 Ystrad Mynach to Barry Island when seen at Cardiff Central on 18/7/87. It's power cars are 51307 and 51322. PJ Evans.

DMU

Date: 19th December 1987

Set number: C465

W51307 with Valley Train embellishments at Cardiff Queen Street, 19/12/87. The other vehicle is presumably 51322. Mac Winfield.