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Vehicle 59423


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

3w/e 21/03/59 New to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
06/05/73Depot code changeBR
4w/e 26/05/79 Transferred to RG (Reading)
p/e 12/12/87 Withdrawn from RG (Reading)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51064 59423 51092 As delivered to 82B - 3w/e 21/03/59
51064 59423 7804 51092 Noted Sep-61
51064 59423 51092 Noted circa Mar-68 - in plain blue with small yellow panel
51064 59423 51092 Noted 30/10/70 - at Bristol Bath Road depot1
51064 59423 51092 Noted 06/11/70 - at Swansea1
51064 59423 51092 Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2
51064 59423 51092 Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol2
51064 59423 51092 Noted 01/08/1973 - at Gloucester3
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 06/09/73 - at Cheltenham4
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 27/04/74 - on 14:20 Weston SM-Cardiff with C533 50732 + 59279 + 50694
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 23/06/74 - on 18:10 Bristol TM-Weston SM
51064 59423 51092 Noted 25/08/1974 - at Carmarthen2
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff4
B578 51064 59423 51092 Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 07/09/76 - on Bristol Philips March depot4
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 11/03/77 - on 2C36 1405 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B581
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 08/04/77 - on 2B76 1910 Cardiff-Taunton
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 08/05/77 - on 2H67 0830 Birmingham New Street-Manchester Piccadilly
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 12/07/77 - on 2C30 1305 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B575
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 27/07/77 - on 2B30 1600 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 08/11/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 16/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5
B578 51064 59423 51092 Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 01/07/1978 - South Wales Area5
B578 51064 59423 51092 Noted 11/10/1978 - at Cardiff Central5
578 51064 59423 51092 Transfer to RG - 4w/e 26/05/79 - from BR
L578 51064 59423 51092 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L578 51064 59423 51092 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L578 51064 59423 51092 Noted circa 04/19836
L578 51064 59423 51092 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L578 51064 59423 51092 Listed at Reading - Spring 1986
L578 51064 59423 51092 Noted circa 04/19866
L578 51068 59423 51092 Formation change - Jun-86 - 51068 (ex-582) replaced 51064
L578 51075 59423 51092 Noted 21/04/87 - at Royal Oak4
L578 51075 59423 51092 Noted 01/08/19876

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd September 1961

Hawksworth vehicle W7804W has been inserted into a GRCW Cross-Country set (formed W51064 + W59423 + W51092) (with a Swindon Cross-Country at the rear). The train is the 3.45pm Oxford - Paddington seen at Didcot on the 22nd September 1961. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 20th April 1975

Sun 20 Apr 1975 at 16:04. A GRCW 3-car Cross Country dmu set near Warminster forming [1V28] the 15:40 Salisbury-Cardiff Central. The handle of the tail lamp obscures the last digit of the st number but it could be B578 (W51064, W59423 and W51092). Mr Deltic.

DMU

Date: 4th June 1975

Set number: B578

The 12:15 Weymouth to Bristol is seen passing Witham down distant on 4th June 1975. This photo of B578 (presumably 51092 + 59423 + 51064) was taken from Gare Bridge. Adrian Vaughan.

DMU

Date: 28th July 1979

Set number: L578

Unit L578 (W51064 closest, presumably with 59423 + 51092) awaits departure from Tonbridge on the 11.49 to Reading on a hot July day (July 28, 1979) during the period when the Tonbridge-Redhill-Reading service was being operated by Western Region DMUs. Tom Burnham.

DMU

Date: 16th May 1981

Set number: L578

GRC&W Cross-Country Class 119 set L578 (presumably 51064 + 59423 + 51092) seen at Bedwyn on the 16th May 1981. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L578

With 51064 leading (and presumably 59423 + 51092) class 119 set L578 is on a Tonbridge service at Guildford. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 12th November 1982

Set number: L578

Class 119 set L578 (51064 and presumably 59423 + 51092) on an e.c.s. working at Gloucester on 12 November 1982. Robert Thomas.

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1984

Set number: L578

Arriving at North Camp on the 22nd March 1984 is class 119 set L578 with 51064 leading (presumably with 59423 + 51092). Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 12th October 1985

Set number: L578

Class 119 set L578 with 51092 leading at Nutfield on 12th October 1985 (presumably with 59423 + 51064). Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 6th April 1986

Set number: L578

A class 119 (L578, presumably 51092 + 59423 + 51064) and a class 117 exiting Sonning Cutting on 6 April 1986. Robert28194.