Vehicle 51089
Class 119
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30422
Diagram: 541
Allocations
| 4w/e 24/01/59 | New to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| Jul-64 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| w/e 04/05/68 | Transferred to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| Dec-68 | Withdrawn from | 60A (Inverness) |
Disposal
Scrapped by TJ Thomson, Stockton
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51061 | 59420 | 51089 | As delivered to WR - 4w/e 24/01/59 | ||||||
| 51061 | 59420 | 51089 | 16th February 1959 - Arrived at Weymouth for crew training (1 week) | ||||||
| RDG500 | 51061 | 51089 | Noted circa Mar-67 - in blue livery |
Images:
circa 1967
Set number: 501
A two-car GRC&W Cross-Country DMU labelled set 501 at Bedwyn. Undated, but the plain blue livery with small yellow panel dates it as the late 1960s. The vehicles are probably 51089 + 51061. Graham Clark.
circa 1967
Set number: 501
Cross-Country GRC&W set 501 at Bedwyn in the late 1960s, the vehicles are probably 51089 + 51061. The marker light adjacent to the tail lamp is missing it's lens, perhaps been caught by a tail lamp being put on / off? Graham Clark.
circa 1967
Set number: 501
A two-car GRC&W Cross-Country set at Bedwyn circa 1967. At the time Reading had two two-car sets allocated, 500 and 501, formed from 51053/61 and 51081/89, so this could be 51089 + 51061 if the higher set number contained the higher numbered vehicles. The two sets were transferred to the unlikely location of Inverness in May 1968. Graham Clark.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: mid-1960s
A two-car GRC&W Cross-Country DMU at Newbury, heading for Reading. Reading had two of these sets from 1964 (51053 + 51081 and 51061 + 51089). Both were blue by March 1967 which dates this to mid-1960s. Graham Clark.