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Vehicle 59470

Class 118

Builder: BRC&W
Layout: High Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30544
Diagram: 601

Allocations

Apr-60	New to	83D (Laira)
10/09/62	Transferred to	82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Nov-66	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
Feb-67	Transferred to	81D (Reading)
May-69	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
Nov-70	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
06/05/73	Depot code change	BR
2w/e 12/12/76	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
27/04/86	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
03/08/86	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
10/12/86	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
04/10/87	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
p/e 12/12/87	Withdrawn from	BR (Bristol Bath Road)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51303	59470	51318	As delivered to WR - April 1960
LA301	51303	59470	51318	Listed at Laira - Aug-60
	51303	59470	51318	Transfer to 81D - Feb-67
RDG326	51303	59470	51318	Noted circa Oct-67 - in blue with yellow panel
468	51303	59470	51318	Listed at Reading - Apr-68 - was R326, non-gangwayed set
	51303	59470	51318	Transfer to 84A - May-69
	51303	59470	51318	Noted 25th October 1969
LA307	51303	59470	51318	New set number at 84A - circa Feb-70 - was LA312
	51303	59470	51318	Transfer to 82A - Nov-70
BL303	51303	59470	51318	Listed at Bristol - circa May-71
	51303	59470	51318	Noted 13/11/71 - at Bristol¹
	51303	59470	51318	Noted 20/11/71 - in Bristol Temple Meads¹
B468	51303	59470	51318	Noted 03/09/74 - at Westbury²
B461	51303	59470	51318	Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
B468	51303	59470	51318	Noted 04/09/76 - in Bristol Temple Meads²
	51303	59470	51318	Transfer to LA - 2w/e 12/12/76
P461	51303	59470	51318	Listed at LA - 31st December 1977
P461	51303	59470	51318	Listed at LA - 03/03/80
P461	51303	59470	51318	Listed at LA - 15/12/1982
P461	51303	59470	51318	Listed at LA - 01/01/85
P461	51303	59470	51318	Noted 16/11/1985³
B469	51311	59470	51326	Listed at Bristol (Bath Road) - Summer 1986
P461	51303	59470	51318	Formation change - LA - circa Jul-86 - 59470 added
C470	51313	59470	51328	Formation change - circa Dec-86 - 59470 added
C480	51312	59470	51327	Noted circa 01/1987³
C480	51312	59470	51327	Noted 11/04/1987 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Tower Toad Railtour with C465
C480	51312	59470	51327	Listed at CF - Aug-87
C480	51312	59470	51327	Noted 10/10/1987 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Groaner Railtour C465+C480
	51312	59470	51327	Transfer to BR - Oct-87 - from CF

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

Images:

16th July 1991

Boarded up Class 118 centre car W59470 at Snailwell on 16th July 1991. Nicholas Youngman.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 1970

Set number: 468

Class 118 set 468 (presumably 51303 + 59470 + 51318) shows that there is still some life in Exmouth station despite the overall derelict appearance. Taken in 1970. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 1970

Set number: 468

Class 118 set 468 (presumably 51303 + 59470 + 51318) sits on the sole remain track into Exmouth station in 1970. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 1970

Set number: 468

Class 118 set 468 (presumably 51303 + 59470 + 51318) sits on the sole track in Exmouth station in 1970. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 1970

Set number: 468

Class 118 set 468 (presumably 51303 + 59470 + 51318) sits in Exmouth station in 1970. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 1970

Set number: 468

Class 118 set 468 (presumably 51303 + 59470 + 51318) sits in Exmouth station in 1970. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 1970

Set number: 468

Class 118 set 468 (presumably 51318 + 59470 + 51303) arrives at Exeter Central in 1970. Note the unusual position of the set number on the DMS, and it lacks any operating district prefix. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 1970

Set number: 468

Class 118 set 468 (presumably 51318 + 59470 + 51303) arrives into Exton in 1970. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 1970

Set number: 468

Class 118 set 468 (presumably 51303 + 59470 + 51318) running into Exton station in 1970. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: January 1970

Set number: 468

Class 118 set 468 (presumably 51303 + 59470 + 51318) seen in Lympstone station in January 1970. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 9th September 1972

Set number: B468

The Dean Forest Railway Preservation Society Taff Vale railtour at Lady Windsor Colliery on 9 September 1972 formed of Class 118 DMU set B468 (51318 + 59470 + 51303). Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: August 1974

Set number: B468

Class 118 B468 (presumably 51303 + 59470 + 51318) leads a Class 119 and another into Portsmouth Harbour in August 1974. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 10th August 1974

Set number: 468

Oval-buffered 51303 is seen on the rear of class 118 set 468 formed 51303-59470-51318 leaving Exeter St. Davids on 10/Aug/1974. Robert Chilton.

Date: 4th April 1980

Set number: P461

BRCW set P461 is seen at Newquay on 4 April 1980, probably formed 51303/59470/51318 forming the branch stopping service. Jeremy Chapter.

Date: 1st November 1985

Set number: P461

The 14.27 Exeter – Paignton approaches Teignmouth on 1 November 1985 formed of class 118 set no P461 with DMBS 51303 leading (presumably with 59470 + 51318). Robert28194.

Date: 26th April 1986

Set number: P461

Class 118 sets P461 + P460 at Laira depot on 26th April 1986. That day they worked the Plymouth Railway Circle 'Class 118 Farewell' railtour. Closest is P461 (51303 + 59470* + 51318), three vehicles that would be transferred to Bristol the next day. Behind is the unmistakable P460 (51302 + 59469 + 51317), they would follow to Bristol with the start of the summer timetable on 11 May. The farewell was short lived, both would be back at Laira - P460 a few weeks later, P461 at the start of August. *Keith noted the centre car in this set as 59478, another Laira vehicle that would transfer the same day and was soon noted running in the set. Keith Miller.

Date: 11th April 1987

Set number: C480

C480 (51312 + 59470 + 51327) heads C465 in a 6-car all 118 train at Mwyndy Jtn., Llantrisant and past the photographer's house, 11/4/87. Mac Winfield.

Date: 11th April 1987

Set number: C480

The 'Tower Toad' railtour is seen at Tower Colliery with C480 (51312 + 59470 + 51327) closest on the 11th April 1987. Chris Lings.

Date: 11th April 1987

Set number: C480

The Tower Toad railtour at Nantgarw on the 11th April 1987 formed of C480 (51312 + 59470 + 51327) and C465. Chris Lings.

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.

Date: November 1987

Set number: B960

Symmetrical Strangers, almost. On the left we can see a surprise visitor to Westbury in November 1987, class 108 twin set B960 on a Weymouth to Bristol working. Formed of 53602 + 54197, these had been Yorkshire vehicles from new, but reallocated to Bristol just a few months earlier. The BRCW class 118 DMU on the right had been a Devon / Cornwall unit from new, but was reallocated to Cardiff in 1986 where it gained the Red Dragon branding. It was moved to Bristol a month before this photo was taken, the set number changing to B480 when it was seen at Westbury on a Bristol to Weymouth service, the numbers were W51327 + W59470 + W51312. Murray Liston.

Date: November 1987

Set number: B460

A Dragon at Westbury. This BRCW class 118 DMU set had been a Devon / Cornwall unit from new, but was reallocated to Cardiff in 1986 where it gained the Red Dragon branding. It was moved to Bristol a month before this photo was taken, the set number changing to B480 when it was seen at Westbury on a Bristol to Weymouth service in November 1987. W51327 + W59470 + W51312. Murray Liston.

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