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Vehicle 59429


Class 119

Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Lot Number: 30423
Diagram: 542

Allocations

4w/e 16/05/59 New to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
06/05/73Depot code changeBR
3w/e 30/06/73 Transferred to LA (Laira)
2w/e 10/05/75 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
w/e 07/06/75 Transferred to LA (Laira)
28/02/76 Transferred to RG (Reading)
16/06/80 On loan to LA (Laira)
12/09/80 Ex-loan back to RG (Reading)
06/07/87 Stored U.
p/e 02/08/87 Withdrawn from RG (Reading)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51070 59429 51098 As delivered to 82B - 4w/e 16/05/59
51070 59429 51098 Noted circa May-68 - in blue grey with full yellow ends
51070 59429 51098 Noted 30/10/70 - at Cardiff1
51070 59429 51098 Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1
51070 59429 51098 Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport2
P584 51070 59429 51098 Noted 10/04/73 - on 1910 Cheltenham-Cardiff
51070 59429 51098 Transfer to LA - 3w/e 30/06/73
51070 59429 51098 Noted 02/07/1973 - at Exeter2
P584 51070 59429 51098 Noted 05/07/1973 - at Plymouth2
P584 51070 59429 51098 Noted 02/09/74 - at Exeter3
51070 59429 51098 Transfer to BR - 2w/e 10/05/75
51070 59429 51098 Transfer to LA - w/e 07/06/75
L584 51070 59429 51098 Noted 19th April 1976
L584 51070 59429 51098 Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L584 51070 59429 51098 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area4
L584 51070 59429 51098 Noted 26/05/1977 - Oxford Station4
L584 51070 59429 51098 Noted 06/10/1977 - Oxford to Didcot area4
L584 51070 59429 51098 Noted 22/10/1977 - Reading Station4
L584 51070 59429 51098 Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L584 51070 59429 51098 Noted 19/01/1980 - At Reading Station4
L584 51070 59429 51098 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
584 51070 59429 51098 Transfer to LA - 16/06/80 - From RG
L584 51070 59429 51098 Noted 28/07/80 - at St Erth4
L584 51070 59429 51098 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L584 51070 59429 51098 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L584 51070 59429 51098 Noted circa 11/19855
L584 51075 59429 51098 Formation change - RG - 2w/e 15/05/86 - 51075 replaced 51070
L584 51075 59429 51098 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L584 51075 59429 51098 Noted 21/06/19865
L584 51075 59429 51098 Noted 18/10/1986 - at Paddington6

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1971

A three-car class 119 at Weymouth circa 1971, W51098 closest, presumably with 59429 + 51070. John Law.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: P584

Class 119 set P584 (presumably 51098 + 59429 + 51070) with two suburban sets at Paignton in the early 1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 17th October 1975

Set number: P584

Class 119 Cross-Country DMU set P584 (presumably 51070 + 59429 + 51098) at Par station on 17 October 1975. Another set sits in a siding in the distance. George Woods.

DMU

Date: 1977

Set number: L584

Class 119 set L584 - presumably 51070 + 59429 + 51098 - seen at Calthorpe in 1977. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: circa January 1978

Set number: L584

Class 119 DMU set L584. Location unknown, the slide process date was January 1978. The power cars were noted as 51070 and 51098, the centre car is presumably 59429. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 30th December 1978

Set number: L584

Car 51070 of class 119 set L584 (presumably with 59429 + 51098) at Slough on 30th December 1978. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L584

Class 119 DMU set C584 (W51098 and presumably 59429 + 51070) in Reading station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L584

Class 119 DMU set L584 (W51070 and presumably 59429 + 51098) stabled in the sidings alongside the Reigate line at Redhill - date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L584

Class 119 set L584 is seen departing Newbury, date unknown. W51070 is closest, presumably with 59429 + 51098. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 27th May 1983

Set number: L584

DMBC 51070 leads Class 119 set L584 (presumably with 59429 + 51098) into Kidderminster with the 13-37 to Birmingham New Street on 27-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 24th April 1984

Set number: L584

On 24 April 1984, set L584 is seen arriving at Gatwick Airport with a service from Reading via Guildford. This Gloucester RC&W Co cross-country set was presumably formed 51098 + 59429 + 51070. Jeremy Chapter.

DMU

Date: February 1985

Set number: L584

A Western Region DMMU waits at Clapham Junction, unusually forming the 'Kenny Belle' shuttle to Kensington Olympia, on a very frosty morning in February 1985. Set L584 is presumably formed 51098 + 59429 + 51070. Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: February 1985

Set number: L584

L584 (presumably 51098 + 59429 + 51070) in platform 2 at Clapham Junction with a 'Kenny Belle' service in February 1985. Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: February 1985

Set number: L584

Class 119 set L584 (presumably 51070 + 59429 + 51098) departing Clapham Junction for Kensington Olympia in February 1985. The passenger service seems to be signalled under a shunt disc (left of the train) rather than a 'service' signal. Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: circa 1986

Set number: L584

Class 119 set L584 at Ealing Broadway. Date unknown, but after May 1986 when 51075 (leading) was added to the set. The centre car is 59429, the rear car presumably 51098. Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: circa April 1986

Set number: L584

Class 119 DMU set L584 arriving at Paddington, slide process date April 1986. Closest is DMBC W51085 which was a recent addition to the set replacing 51070 which was withdrawn that month, and in the set number the 4 is a sticker over the 5 altering its previous formation of L585. The other two vehicles are presumably 59429 and 51098. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1987

Set number: L584

Class 119 set L584 heads out of Southall in 1987, presumably 51098 + 59429 + 51075. John Law.

DMU

Date: 7th February 1987

Set number: L584

Class 119 set L584 arriving at Betchworth with 51098 leading (presumably with 59429 + 51075) on 7th February 1987. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 29th February 1987

Set number: L584

Class 119 set L584 near Redhill on 29th February 1987, presumably 51075 + 59429 + 51098. Ian Buck.