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Vehicle 59474

Class 118

BR Diagram 601

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

Allocations

14/05/60 New to 83D (Laira)
31/01/62 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
Sep-64 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
Nov-64 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
15/03/71 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)
24/02/87 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton)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19/12/88 - withdrawn vehicles 51063/9/91/7, 51302/17, 59039, 59422/69/79 (for Snailwell) and 59030/6, 59363, 59474 (for V Berry) departed Canton leaving 51322 as the only condemned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

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
51307 59474 51322 Noted 15/04/74 - at Weston-Super-Mare3
B478 51307 59474 51322 Noted 26/08/75 - in Bristol Temple Meads4
B465 51307 59474 51322 Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 25/07/76 - at Reading3
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 08/08/1976 - at Bristol Temple Meads5
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 30/10/77 - at Bristol3
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 23/12/1977 - Cardiff Central6
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 Area6
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 Meads6
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 01/02/1980 - At Bristol Temple Meads6
B465 51307 59474 51322 Listed at BR - 03/03/80
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 23/08/1980 - at Bristol Temple Meads 3
B465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 03/01/1981 - At Cardiff Central 0652 to Gloucester6
B465 51307 59474 51322 Listed at BR - 01/03/81
B465 51307 59474 51322 Listed at BR - 28/11/81
P465 51307 59474 51322 Listed at LA - 15/12/1982
P465 51307 59474 51322 Noted circa 07/19837
P465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 17/09/1983 - Exeter St David's station8
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
P465 51307 59474 51322 Noted 17/07/1985 - Roche request stop with 18.45 Newquay-Par8
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

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Martin Lumley
4: Gerald Brown
5: Peter Wallwork
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Alan N Walker

Images:

Class 118 DMU at Maiden Newton

circa late 1970s

Set number: B465

A Class 118 DMU in Maiden Newton station. Date unknown, centre car 59474 was a Bristol vehicle from 1971 to 1982, the cars in the car park suggest late 1970s? The power cars are presumably 51307 and 51322. Roger Geach Collection.

Class 118 DMU at Penarth

16th October 1987

With the Class 150's being introduced into service, condemned class 116/7/8 DMU vehicles started to collect in the sidings inside the triangle of lines between Penarth East and North Junctions. 16th October 1987. Class 118 centre car 59474 is closest. Paul James.


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: 29th May 1979

Set number: B465

Class 118 DMU set B465 (W51307 and presumably 59474 + 51322) about to enter Lawrence Hill station on its way to Bristol Temple Meads on 29 May 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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. The image was originally from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay 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: 25th August 1985

Set number: P465

Class 118 DMU set P465 (W51322 and presumably W59474 + W51307) at Dawlish Warren on 25 August 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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