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Vehicle 59415


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

Dec-58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
30/07/62 Transferred to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
06/05/73Depot code changeBR
w/e 30/06/79 Transferred to RG (Reading)
24/08/87 Stored U.
p/e 11/10/87 Withdrawn from RG (Reading)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


CDF533 51054 59415 51082 Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60
BL524 51056 59415 51084 Noted circa Dec-67 - in blue grey with full yellow ends
BL524 51056 59415 51084 Noted circa Feb-68 - in plain blue with small yellow panels
51056 59415 51084 Noted 30/07/69 - at Bristol Temple Meads1
51056 59415 51084 Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2
51056 59415 51084 Noted 01/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads2
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 02/07/1973 - at Bath2
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 22/09/73 - on 1910 Cheltenham-Cardiff
51056 59415 51084 Noted 27/05/1974 - at Bristol TM3
51056 59415 51084 Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff2
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 21/12/74 - on 0910 Bristol TM-Cardiff with C602
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 14/01/75 - on 2C18 0906 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B408
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 31/01/75 - on 2B46 1620 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C506 + B462
B574 51056 59415 51084 Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
51056 59415 51084 Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol4
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 26/09/1976 - on Bulmers Open Day Shuttle from and to Hereford station 51084-59415-51056 + 50706-59296-50648 (B574 + C501)
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 16/03/77 - on 2C44 1625 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 01/05/77 - on 2C60 1925 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 15/09/77 - on 2C30 1305 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B571
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 16/12/1977 - Severn Tunnel Junction area5
B574 51056 59415 51084 Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 30/06/1978 - At Cardiff Central5
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 07/07/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 19/07/78 - on 2C44 1528 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B573
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 29/09/1978 - at Bristol Temple Meads5
B574 51056 59415 51084 Noted 19/11/78 - on 2H67 0745 Rugby-Manchester Piccadilly
51056 59415 51084 Transfer to RG - w/e 30/06/79
L574 51056 59415 51084 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L574 51056 59415 51084 Noted circa 04/19826
L574 51056 59415 51084 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L574 51056 59415 51084 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L574 51056 59415 51084 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
55020 59415 51084 Noted 24/02/1987 - at Paddington7
L574 51056 59415 51084 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L574 51056 59415 51084 Noted circa 08/19876
51056 59415 51084 Noted 24/10/87 - on 15:15 Reading - Redhill8

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
8: Martin Baumann

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1971

Set number: B574

Class 119 set B574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) and a suburban set heading for Portsmouth Harbour arrives at Fareham in 1971. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: circa 1972

Set number: B574

Class 119 set B574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) arrives at Southampton circa 1972. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: October 1973

Set number: B574

Class 119 set B574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) and another set on the 12:15 Weymouth to Bristol, passing Witham down advance starting signal. October 1973. Adrian Vaughan.

DMU

Date: May 1974

Set number: B574

B574 is seen at Bradford-on-Avon in May 1974, presumably 51084 + 59415 in view. Adrian Vaughan.

DMU

Date: 26th July 1975

Set number: B574

Class 119 DMU set B574 (51084 and presumably 59415 + 51056) is seen at Pritchatt's Road, Edgbaston, just north of the site of the future University station. It is working the 11:15 Worcester Shrub Hill - Birmingham New Street service on 26 July 1975. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1976

Set number: C501

Class 120 C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1976

Set number: C501

Class 120 C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976, and is waiting for the points to be clipped. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1976

Set number: B574

Class 119 B574 (51056 + 59415 + 51084) and Class 120 C501 (50648 + 59296 + 50706) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 26th September 1976

Set number: B574

Class 119 B574 (51056 + 59415 + 51084) and Class 120 C501 (50648 + 59296 + 50706) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 1978

Set number: B574

Class 119 set B574 (presumably 51084 + 59415 + 51056) makes a smoky departure from Bristol in 1978. Rex Holt.

DMU

Date: August 1978

Set number: B574

Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Set No.B574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front ends passing Chelvey, near Nailsea & Backwell, on a Cardiff - Weston-super-Mare service, 08/78. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 12th January 1980

Set number: L574

In the fading light on the 12th January 1980 Class 119 set L574 (presumably 51084 + 59415 + 51056) enters Twyford station with a Paddington service. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: 17th June 1980

Set number: L574

Heading away from Betchworth on 17th June 1980 is class 119 set L574 (presumably 51084 + 59415 + 51056) on 17th June 1980. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L574

Class 119 DMU set L574 - W51084 and presumably 59415 + 51056 - seen at Reading from the 'Southern' platform, date unknown. 'Tonbridge' is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L574

Class 119 DMU set L574 - W51056 and presumably 59415 + 51084 - seen at Reading from the 'Southern' platform, date unknown. 'Tonbridge' is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: 1985

Set number: L574

L574 (presumably 51084 + 59415 + 51056) is seen on the up fast line at Reading in the Spring of 1985. Andy Hoare.

DMU

Date: 22nd July 1985

Set number: L574

Class 119 Cross-Country set L574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) in Slough station with an Oxford service on 22/7/85. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 28th August 1987

Set number: L574

Class 119 set L574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) is seen at Didcot with a local service to Oxford on the 28th August 1987. Hamish Stevenson.