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Vehicle 59413

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 29/11/58	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
30/07/62	Transferred to	82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
06/05/73	Depot code change	BR
4w/e 18/06/77	Transferred to	LA (Laira)
2w/e 09/07/77	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
w/e 30/09/79	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
2w/e 10/05/80	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
03/07/87	Stored U.
16/07/87	Withdrawn from	RG (Reading)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51054	59413	51082	As delivered to 86C - October 1958
	51056	59413	51084	Noted 8th August 1963
522	51054	59413	51082	Noted Nov-68 - now in blue/grey
	51054	59413	51082	Noted 31/12/68 - at Swansea¹
	51054	59413	51082	Noted 30/10/70 - at Bristol Temple Meads¹
	51054	59413	51082	Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff²
	51054	59413	51082	Noted 19/05/72 - at Bristol¹
B572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 30/06/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads²
B572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 18/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth between C504 50665 + 59588 + 50715 and B580 51066 + 59425 + 51094
B572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 03/09/74³
B572	51054	59413	51082	Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
	51054	59413	51082	Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol¹
B572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 24/05/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Weston Super Mare and 2C36 1545 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff
	51054	59413	51082	Transfer to LA - 4w/e 18/06/77
	51054	59413	51082	Transfer to BR - 2w/e 09/07/77
B572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 09/09/1977 - Cardiff Central⁴
P572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 26/09/77 - on 2C36 1540 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff
P572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 16/12/1977 - Cardiff Central⁴
B572	51054	59413	51082	Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 21/05/78 - on 2B22 1215 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 01/07/1978 - South Wales Area⁴
B572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 16/07/78 - on 2B21 1405 Cardiff-Cheltenham
B572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 22/07/78 - on 2C10 0644 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff
B572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 29/08/78 - on 2O71 1715 Bristol TM-Salisbury
B572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 05/10/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford
B572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 28/08/1979 - At Swindon P2 Bay 1459⁴
	51054	59413	51082	Transfer to CF - w/e 30/09/79
C572	51054	59413	51082	Listed at CF - 03/03/80
572	51054	59413	51082	Transfer to RG - 2w/e 10/05/80
L572	51054	59413	51082	Noted circa 04/1982⁵
L572	51054	59413	51082	Formation change - circa Aug-82
L572	51054	59413	51082	Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L572	51054	59413	51082	Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L572	51054	59413	51082	Noted circa 11/1985⁵
L572	51054	59413	51082	Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 21/06/1986 - at Reading⁶
L572	51054	59413	51082	Noted 21/06/1986⁵

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:

Date: 22nd March 1969

A GRC&W Cross-Country set (Class 119), W51082 closest, W51054 is on the rear, the centre car is presumably 59413. It is working the Branch Line Society 'Gloucestershire rail tour' on 22 March 1969 and is about to cross Tufts Bridge approaching Tufts Junction between Whitecroft and Norchard. Walter Burt Collection.

Date: January 1973

Set number: B572

GRC&W Cross-Country DMU set B572 (presumably 51054 + 59413 + 51082) at Cardiff in January 1973. Mel Smith.

Date: 7th September 1974

Set number: B572

7th of September 1974 and its a grey and rainy day in Gloucester. Class 119 DMU set B572 is working the 07.35 Swindon to Cheltenham service. If the set was in correct formation it would have comprised 51054 + 59413 + 51082. The KDH Archive.

Date: 25th September 1979

Set number: B572

Class 119 GRC&W Cross-Country set B572 (51054 and presumably 59413 + 51082) at Cardiff Central on September 15, 1979. Steve Jones.

Date: 3rd April 1980

Set number: C572

Class 119 DMU set C572 (W51082 and presumably 59413 + 51054) in Pembroke Dock station on 3 April 1980. Brian Daniels.

Date: 16th April 1980

Set number: C572

W51054 is the DMBC in C572 (presumably with 59413 + 51082) when seen at Milford Haven on the 15:15 from Swansea, 16th April 1980. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: unknown

Set number: L572

Class 119 set L572 (51082 and presumably 59413 + 51054) at Godstone on a Tonbridge service. Ian Buck.

Date: unknown

Set number: L572

Class 119 DMU set L572 arrives into Shalford station from the Guildford direction. Date unknown - it was London set from May 1980. W51082 leads, presumably with 59413 + 51054. Paul Redmond.

Date: unknown

Set number: L572

Class 119 DMU set L572 (51082 and presumably 59413 visible) in Guildford station with a Gatwick Airport service. Date unknown - it was London set from May 1980. Paul Redmond.

Date: 1982

Set number: L572

Class 119 set L572 (presumably 51054 + 59413 + 51082) at the rear of a nine-car formation in London Victoria during the 1982 ASLEF strike. John Law.

Date: unknown

Set number: L572

Class 119 set L572 (presumably 51052 + 59413 + 51082) arriving into Bletchworh station. Date unknown, circa early 1980s. Ian Docwra.

Date: 13th January 1987

Set number: L572

In the snow class 119 set L572 (51082 and presumably 59413 + 51054) is berthed at Redhill on 13th January 1987. Ian Buck.

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