Vehicle 59434
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
| Oct-59 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| by Jun-62 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| circa Jun-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| Aug-79 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 11/10/87 | Stored U. | ||
| 2w/e 12/12/87 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | As delivered to Cardiff - October 1959 | ||||||
| 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted circa Mar-68 - in blue grey with full yellow ends | ||||||
| 535 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted Nov-68 - now in blue/grey | |||||
| 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 30/07/69 - at Bristol Temple Meads1 | ||||||
| 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 22/05/71 - at Stourbridge2 | ||||||
| 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 12/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston2 | ||||||
| 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 03/05/72 - in Birmingham New Street2 | ||||||
| B585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51093 | Noted 30/06/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads3 | |||||
| 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 28/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street3 | ||||||
| 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff3 | ||||||
| B585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 30/12/74 - on 2C30 1245 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B580 | |||||
| 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 27/08/75 - at Westbury1 | ||||||
| B585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 15/04/76 - on 2V70 1745 Weymouth-Bristol TM with C509 | |||||
| B585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Listed at BR - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 29/05/76 - on 13.14 Bristol TM – Cardiff Central with 50704 + 59265 + 506474 | ||||||
| B585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 17/03/77 - on 2C44 1625 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 14/08/77 - on 2B16 1215 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B800 | |||||
| B585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 25/08/77 - on 2B61 1910 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C504 | |||||
| B585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Listed at BR - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| B585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 19/01/78 - on 2C60 2315 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 28/01/1978 - Castle Cary Station5 | |||||
| B585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 01/07/1978 - South Wales Area5 | |||||
| B585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 29/08/78 - on 2B46 1554 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C592 | |||||
| 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Transfer to RG - Aug-79 | ||||||
| L585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Noted 30/06/84 | ||||||
| L585 | 51075 | 59434 | 51103 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L571 | 51052 | 59434 | 51080 | Formation change - RG - 2w/e 15/05/86 - 59434 replaced 59282 | |||||
| L571 | 51052 | 59434 | 51080 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L571 | 51052 | 59434 | 51080 | Noted circa 02/19876 | |||||
| L571 | 51052 | 59434 | 51080 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Phil Shatford
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: October 1975
Set number: B585
Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Set No.B585 (presumably 51103 + 59434 + 51075) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front ends about to leave Bristol Temple Meads on a Weymouth service, 10/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 19th March 1977
Set number: B585
Class 119 set B585 (presumably 51075 + 59434 + 51103) with a suburban set on the rear, arrives into Southampton station on March 19th, 1977. Rex Holt.
Date: mid-1978
Set number: B585
Class 119 DMU set B585 (51075 and presumably 59434 + 51103) arrives into Kemble station in mid-1978. Michael Mensing.
Date: 27th November 1979
Set number: L585
Class 119 DMU set L585 (51103 and presumably 59434 + 51075) on a Paddington service at Oxford on 27 November 1979. Brian Daniels.
Date: 14th April 1980
Set number: L585
DMUs on Reading depot on 14 April 1980. Left to right is Class 117 L403 (presumably 51378 + 59488 + 51336), Class 119 L585 (presumably 51075 + 59434 + 51103), Class 117 L416 (presumably 51395 in view) and another suburban vehicle in refurbished livery. Brian Daniels.
Date: unknown
Set number: L585
Class 119 DMU set L585 (W51075 closest presumably with 59434 + 51103) at Shalford, arriving from the Redhill direction presumably Reading bound, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: unknown
Set number: L585
Class 119 DMU set L585 (W51075 closest presumably with 59434 + 51103) at Guildford station - date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: 30th June 1984
Set number: L585
Class 119 DMU set L585 (51075 + 59434 + 51103) at Abingdon with one of the shuttles organised by the Oxford University Railway Society on 30-6-84 to mark the closing of the branch. Brian Daniels.
Date: 30th June 1984
Set number: L585
Class 119 DMU set L585 (51103 + 59434 + 51075) at Abingdon with one of three shuttles organised by the Oxford University Railway Society on 30-6-84 to mark the closing of the branch. Brian Daniels.
Date: 30th June 1984
Set number: L585
Class 119 DMU set L585 (51103 + 59434 + 51075) at Abingdon with one of three shuttles organised by the Oxford University Railway Society on 30-6-84 to mark the closing of the branch. Brian Daniels.
Date: 30th June 1984
Set number: L585
Class 119 DMU set L585 (51075 + 59434 + 51103) at Oxford with one of the Abingdon shuttles organised by the Oxford University Railway Society on 30-6-84 to mark the closing of the branch. Brian Daniels.
Date: 21st February 1987
Set number: L571
Class 119 set L571 (51052 and presumably 59434 + 51080) nears Redhill on 21st February 1987. Ian Buck.