Vehicle 51100
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
| Jul-59 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| 2w/e 16/03/67 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CH | |
| 2w/e 20/10/79 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 2w/e 29/12/79 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| Mar-80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 31/05/81 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| Mar-88 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |
Modifications
p/e 26/01/80 - Leyland engines fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51072 | 59431 | 51100 | As delivered to Tyseley - July 1959 | ||||||
| 51059 | 59432 | 51100 | Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury1 | ||||||
| 51059 | 59433 | 51100 | Noted 06/08/72 - on 15:18 Wolverhampton High Level to Chester with 50398 + 56357 (CR207) | ||||||
| 51057 | 59416 | 51100 | Noted 20/03/76 - on 09.40 Wolverhampton – Chester2 | ||||||
| 51057 | 59416 | 51100 | Noted 01/05/76 - on 17.40 Chester – Wolverhampton2 | ||||||
| 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Transfer to CF - 2w/e 20/10/79 | ||||||
| 589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Transfer to RG - 2w/e 29/12/79 | |||||
| 589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Transfer to CF - Mar-80 - from RG | |||||
| C589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Transfer to RG - 31/05/81 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Noted circa 02/19863 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Noted 13/09/19863 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Noted circa 08/19873 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| T589 | 51057 | 51100 | Noted circa 05/19883 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
circa late 1959
A GRC&W DMU in Wolverhampton Low Level Spa station, date unknown. Closest is W51100 - still looking fairly new - so this could be circa late 1959. It was a Tyseley vehicle from delivery in July 1959 until moving to Chester in March 1967. A couple of items of note - the left marker lamp has a white lens slotted in, and there is a coach board fitted but turned inwards to hide the text. Stuart Mackay Collection.
22nd May 1976
A Class 119 DMU arrives into Albrighton station with the 12:44 Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury service on 22 May 1976. DMCL W51100 leads. Michael Mensing.
22nd May 1976
A passenger boards Class 119 W51100 on the 12:44 Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury service at Albrighton station on 22 May 1976. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
Set number: L589
Class 119 DMU set L589 (presumably 51100 + 59414 + 51057) arrives into Deepdene station on the North Downs line, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
1st April 1987
Set number: L589
Working a diverted Reading to Gatwick Airport service on 1st April 1987 class 119 set L589 (presumably 51100 + 59414 + 51057) passes Coulsdon North. Ian Buck.
22nd December 1989
Class 119 vehicles 51100 and 51056 are seen at Old Oak Common on the 22nd December 1989. Robert Chilton.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 16th June 1979
An unusual combination of a Class 119 DMSL and plain blue Class 105 DTCL or DMCL seen at Swindon on 16 June 1979. With no brake van in the set they are probably ex-works en-route to their home depots. With "Chesterfield" on the destination blind the 119 could be a Chester vehicle - on this date it only had one set, the DMSL being 51100. Nicholas T Smith.
Date: 1st January 1980
Set number: L589
Class 119 set L589 (presumably 51057 + 59414 + 51100) at Enborne on the first day of the 1980s - January 1st, 1980. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: August 1982
Set number: L589
Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Set No.L589 (presumably 51057 + 59414 + 51100) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front ends arriving at Worcester (Shrub Hill) on a service from Oxford via Evesham, 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 6th August 1983
Set number: L589
Class 119 DMU set L589 (51057 and presumably 59414 + 51100) is seen passing Dr Days Junction at Bristol forming a special connection to Bristol Parkway on 6 August 1983. Michael Mensing.
Date: 14th September 1983
Set number: L589
Radley station on Wednesday 14 September 1983. The 14.01 Paddington-Oxford has just stopped here for a handful of passengers to disembark; the DMU is Reading depot's L589 (formed 51057/59414/51100). Note the cooling towers of Didcot power station steaming away on the horizon. Lewis Bevan.
Date: 20th April 1985
Set number: L589
Western Region Class DMU L589 (51057 leads, presumably with 59414 + 51100) at Clapham Junction, 20 April 1985. Though to be a Gatwick - Reading service diverted because of engineering works. Nigel Menzies.
Date: 28th February 1987
Set number: L589
Class 119 set L589 (presumably 51057 + 59414 + 51100) at Reading on 28th February 1987. Ian Buck.
Date: 17th February 1990
Set number: L574
WIthdrawn Class 119 vehicles 51056 (L574) and 51100 (L589) at Old Oak Common on 17 February 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.