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Vehicle 51324


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)
Oct-66 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)
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21/03/88 Withdrawn from NH (Newton Heath)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 03/11/73 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 06/09/75 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51309 59476 51324 As delivered to Laira - May 1960
LA307 51309 59476 51324 Listed at Laira - Aug-60
51309 59476 51324 Transfer to 81D - Oct-66
471 51309 59476 51324 Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R327, non-gangwayed set
51309 59476 51324 56283 Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1
55020 59476 51324 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington1
51305 59476 51324 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2
51309 59476 51324 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 02/03/74 - on 17:10 Bristol TM-Cardiff
51309 59538 51324 Noted 07/04/1974 - at Windsor2
L471 51309 59476 59543 51324 Noted 04/05/1974 - BR Western Region Outer Circle Railtour (L471 + L403 + L406)
51309 59543 59476 51324 Noted 06/05/74 - (51309 presumed)1
L471 51309 59476 51324 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3
B467 51309 59476 51324 Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 25/06/76 - on 2B93 2305 Bristol TM-Swindon
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 09/09/76 - on 2305 Bristol TM-Swindon with B803
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 15/09/76 - on 2B46 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 01/01/77 - on 2C38 1630 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff with C310
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 28/03/77 - on 2C10 0652 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff with C559
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 13/05/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B800
B467 51309 59476 51324 Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 08/04/1978 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Tintern Thunderbolt Railtour 51324-59476-51309 + 50721-59275-50668 B467+C507
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 08/12/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 29/12/78 - on 2133 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 25/01/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads working 1202 to Cardiff Central4
B467 51309 59476 51324 Listed at BR - 03/03/80
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 23/10/1980 - At Cardiff Central having worked from Bristol Temple Meads at 13174
B467 51309 59476 51324 Noted 03/01/1981 - At Hereford Stabling Point 08334
P467 51309 59476 51324 Listed at LA - 15/12/1982
P467 51309 59476 51324 Noted circa 07/19835
P467 51309 59476 51324 Listed at LA - 01/01/85
P467 51309 51324 Noted circa 11/19855
51309 59476 51324 Transfer to TS - 11/05/86 - from LA
TS630 51309 59476 51324 Listed at Tyseley - Summer 1986
51309 59476 51324 Noted 01/06/1986 - Coalville Depot open day shuttles to and from Leicester
TS630 51309 59476 51324 Noted 07/06/19865
TS630 51309 59476 51324 Noted 29/07/1986 - at Birmingham New Street6
T352 51309 59123 51324 Listed at TS - Jul-87
TS352 51309 59123 51324 Noted 24/07/19875
TS352 51309 59123 51324 Noted 05/09/19875
51309 59123 51324 Transfer to HT - 25/10/87 - from TS

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

Images:

Class 118 DMU at Salisbury

25th August 1979

Set number: B467

BRC&W Class 118 suburban DMU set B467 (presumably 51324 + 59476 + 51309) at Salisbury on August 25, 1979. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Limpley Stoke

22nd August 1981

Set number: B467

Class 118 set B467 (presumably 51324 + 59476 + 51309) at Limpley Stoke on 22 August 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 118 DMU at St Blazey

9th June 1982

Set number: B467

Class 118 set B467 unit with W51324 at the front (presumably with 59476 + 51309) heads away from St Blazey Middleway crossing with a Par to Newquay service on 9/6/82. Stephen Burdett.

Class 118 DMU at Cowley Bridge Junction

March 1984

Set number: P467

Birmingham RCW dmu no P467 (presumably 51324 + 59476 + 51309) accelerates away from Cowley Bridge Junction with the 16.13 Exeter - Barnstaple in March 1984. Robert28194.

Class 118 DMU at Exeter St Davids

29th January 1985

Set number: P467

Class 118 DMU set P467 - 51324, 59476 and 51309 - at Exeter St Davids on 29 January 1985. Keith Miller.

Class 118 DMU at Tyseley

17th May 1986

Set number: TS630

Class 118 51324, set number TS630, is seen stabled at Tyseley on 17.05.1986. Andy Cole.

Class 118 DMU at Coalfield Farm

1st June 1986

Set number: TS630

This negative was just marked Coalfields Farm. Class 118 vehicles 51324 + 59427 + 51309 were TS630 from May 1986 to October 1987. The Six Bells Junction website notes the set working from Coalville Depot open day to Mantle Lane and Coalfields Farm in 1 June 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Crewe

30th April 1988

The slide is noted as capturing 51324 at Crewe DTMD on 30 April 1988. The vehicle had been withdrawn from Newton Heath the previous month and would be cut at Vic Berry's in May. With the speedo cable removed from the leading bogie and bogie dangling from a crane st the rear it looks like a bogie change is underway. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: December 1975

Set number: L471

Class 118 DMU set L471 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) arriving into Paddington in December 1975. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 7th July 1979

Set number: B467

Class 118 DMU set B479 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) at Yeovil Pen Mill on 7th July 1979. 54A South Dock.

DMU

Date: circa 1981

Set number: B467

Class 118 DMU set B467 (presumably 51309/59476/51324) arriving at Bristol Temple Meads, thought to be circa 1981. K F Tomes Duckwailk.

DMU

Date: May 1984

Set number: P467

Class 118 DMU set P467, presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324, at Exeter St Davids, May 1984 Robert28194.

DMU

Date: 29th January 1985

Set number: P467

Class 118 DMU set P467 (51309 + 59476 + 51324) arriving at Exeter St Davids on a damp 29 January 1985. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: 13th April 1985

Set number: P467

Token exchange at Topsham as Class 118 DMU set P467 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) arrives into the station on 13 April 1985, seen from another DMU. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 30th May 1986

Set number: TS630

Class 118 DMU set TS630 (presumably 51309 + 59476 + 51324) departs Cardiff with a Leicester - Swansea service on 30 May 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 15th August 1987

Class 118/101 hybrid set nearest 51309 + 59123 + 51324 passing the banner repeater on Ely west curve with 10.38 Yarmouth to Birmingham New Street, 15.08.87. Nicholas Youngman.