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Vehicle 51087


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 27/12/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
by Jun-62 Transferred to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
2w/e 17/03/67 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
w/e 22/10/77 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
31/05/81 Transferred to RG (Reading)
15/05/83 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
11/05/86 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
06/09/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
31/03/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

Modifications

Oct-77 - Leyland engines fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51058 59431 51087 Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury1
CR552 51058 59431 51087 Noted circa Jun-69
51058 59418 51087 Noted 01/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads2
51058 59431 51087 Noted 28/05/1974 - at Wolverhampton 3
51058 59418 51087 Noted 31/07/76 - at Aberystwyth1
51058 59418 51087 Noted 20/06/1977 - Seen at Prestatyn en route to Llandudno4
51058 59418 51087 Noted 07/09/77 - at Shrewsbury1
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 05/12/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff
C590 51058 59418 51087 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 10/01/78 - on 2C30 1305 Bristol TM-Cardiff with C592
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 18/03/78 - at Cardiff
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 22/04/1978 - Branch Line Society Swansea Valleys Railtour
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 10/05/78 - on 2B60 1755 Cardiff-Bristol TM
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 18/05/78 - on 1E73 1745 Cardiff-Sheffield
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted circa 08/1978 - Cardiff Central5
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 30/11/78 - on 2C83 1030 Milford Haven-Swansea
C590 51058 59418 51087 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
590 51058 59418 51087 Transfer to RG - 31/05/81
L590 51058 59418 51087 Noted circa 04/19824
L590 51058 59418 51087 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
B590 51058 59418 51087 Transfer to BR - 15/05/83 - Now B prefix
B580 51058 59418 51087 Noted 23/07/83 - at Southall1
B590 51058 59418 51087 Noted circa 03/19844
B590 51058 59418 51087 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B590 51058 59418 51087 Noted circa 03/19854
51058 59418 51087 Noted 07/12/85 - on 15:50 Cardiff - Crewe service6
B590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 15/03/19864
C590 51058 59418 51087 Transfer to CF - 11/05/86 - from BR, was B590
C590 51058 59418 51087 Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 02/05/87 - at Riverside Sidings Canton
51058 59418 51087 Noted 09/06/87
C590 51058 59418 51087 Listed at CF - Aug-87
C590 53847 59040 51087 Noted 16/09/87 - at Newcastle
53847 51087 Noted circa 11/19874

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 119 DMU at Chester depot

22nd March 1975

Class 119 (51087) & 101 (set CR243) at Chester depot on 22 March 1975. it seemed as there was pretty much one of every class of DMU on shed that Saturday. Alistair Ness.

Class 119 DMU at Newport

1979

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 at Newport in late 1979. DMSL W51087 has signs of roof repairs at the back of the cab dome and at cantrail level above the first passenger door. The other two vehicles are presumably 59418 and 51058. Michael Mensing.

Class 119 DMU at Bristol Temple Meads

7th July 1979

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) in Bristol Temple Meads station with the 14:25 service to Cardiff Central on 7 July 1979. Michael Mensing.

Class 119 DMU at near Avoncliff

18th August 1979

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (51087 and presumably 59418 + 51058) leads a suburban set near Avoncliff working the 5.40pm Weymouth - Bristol Temple Meads on 18 August 1979. Michael Mensing.

Class 119 DMU at Severn Tunnel Junction

late 1979

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) arrives into Severn Tunnel Junction station in late 1979. Michael Mensing.

Class 119 DMU at Nailsea and Backwell

spring 1980

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) arrives into Nailsea and Backwell station in the spring of 1980. Michael Mensing.

Class 119 DMU at Hereford

Unknown date

Set number: B590

Class 119 DMU set B590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) stabled at Hereford alongside a Class 37 and 56. Date unknown. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.

Class 119 DMU at Oxford

circa 1982

Set number: L590

Class 119 DMU set L590 (51087 and presumably 59418 + 51058) in Oxford station, Worcester on the destination blind. Undated, it was only a Reading set from May 1981 to May 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 119 DMU at Swindon

21st January 1984

Set number: B590

Class 119 DMSL 51087 sits alongside 45 121 on the Mendip Artificer railtour at Swindon on 21 January 1984. Nicholas T Smith.

Class 119 DMU at Parson Street, Bristol

September 1985

Set number: B590

Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Set No.B590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) passing Parson Street, Bristol, on a Bristol (Temple Meads) - Taunton service, 09/85. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 119 DMU at Gloucester

May 1986

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51087 closest) about to leave Gloucester on a Cardiff service, 05/86. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 119 DMU at near Chepstow

July 1986

Set number: C590

Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Set No.C590 (51087 and presumably 59418 + 51058) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front ends near Chepstow on a Gloucester - Cardiff service, 07/86. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 119 DMU at Cardiff Central station

18th July 1987

Set number: C590

C590 (51087 presumably with 59418 + 51058) shunts out of Cardiff Central platform 2 on an ECS to Canton, 18/7/87. PJ Evans.

Class 119 DMU at Newcastle

16th September 1987

Set number: C590

Cars 51087 59040 53847 are seen awaiting departure from the then platform 5 at Newcastle with an evening commuter service, 16/9/87. The front car is Class 119, the other two are Class 116. Adjacent in the then platform 4 are Mk 1 coaches (distinguishable from DMU stock by the window frames and Commonwealth bogies), probably a locomotive-hauled Pacer substitution - these were invariably three coaches in length, and their positioning relative to the DMU suggests a locomotive may be 'trapped' at the buffer stops. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 119 DMU at Thornaby

late 1987

Set number: C590

A Class 119 DMSL (C590 + 51087) and a suburban DMBS in Thornaby station, late 1987. Brian Ward.

Class 119 DMU at Snailwell

23rd October 1988

Class 119 51087 with E54053 behind at Snailwell on 23 October 1988. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1982

Set number: L590

Class 119 DMU set L590 (51087 at the far end, the others are presumably 59418 + 51058) departing Oxford station. Undated, it was only a Reading set from May 1981 to May 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: May 1983

Set number: L590

Class 119 set L590 (51058 and presumably 59418 + 51087) heads away from Yatton in late May 1983, the set had recently been trasnferred to Bristol Bath Road. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: C590

Unknown date, class 119 set C590 (presumably 51058 + 59418 + 51087) pauses at Gomshall on the North Downs line. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 3rd July 1985

Set number: B590

Class 119 DMU set B590 (presumably 51058 + 59418 + 51087) at Stourbridge Junction in July 1985. Robert28194.

DMU

Date: 12th April 1986

Set number: B590

Class 119 51058, set number B590 (presumably with 59418 + 51087), is seen on the fuel lines at Tyseley in BR blue and grey livery on 12.04.1986. Andy Cole.