by Jim Poor, Gloucester Railcar Trust
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| Class 119 Gloucester 3-car sets |
| Built by Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd | |
| Introduced : 1958 | Coupling Code : Blue Square |
| Body : 64ft 6in x 9ft 3in | Engines : BUT (AEC) of 150hp |
| Transmission : Standard Mechanical | |
The first set was introduced in late 1958, when W51083 was photographed in Trains Illustrated for December 1958, with 4 DMS vehicles being taken into stock on ^ September that year. Delivery of the remaining sets seems to have been at the rate of just over 1/month, so that 51074, 59433 and 51102 were taken into stock in September 1959 and the last, 51078/9, 51106/7 and buffet cars 59436/7 were on stock by December 26 of the same year.
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A page from a manufacturer's brochure. |