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Vehicle 59414


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

Nov-58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
30/07/62 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
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)
03/11/88 Withdrawn from RG (Reading)

Notes

w/e 22/10/77 - listed as transferred to WR, later cancelled and remained on LMR

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


CDF534 51057 59414 51085 Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60
51057 59414 51086 Noted 08/08/68 - in Chester1
51072 59414 51085 Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot1
51076 59414 51099 Noted 18/04/73 - on Chester depot2
51059 59414 51102 Noted 13/08/1973 - on 15:18 Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury3
51076 59414 51099 Noted 11/08/74 - on 1700 Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton
51076 59414 51099 Noted 08/07/1975 - at Wolverhampton 3
51076 59414 51099 Noted 31/07/76 - at Shrewsbury2
51076 59414 51099 Noted 10/09/76 - on Chester depot2
50931 59414 51565 Noted 30/08/1977 - Worked 17.25 Crewe - Llandudno service, seen at Prestatyn.4
50931 59414 51565 Noted 09/09/77 - at Aberystwyth2
50930 59414 51562 Noted 16/07/1978 - on 17:00 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton with 50980 and 562633
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 02/19864
L589 51057 59414 51100 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L589 51057 59414 51100 Noted 13/09/19864
L589 51057 59414 51100 Noted circa 08/19874
L589 51057 59414 51100 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L589 51057 59414 51095 Noted circa 03/19884
L589 51057 59414 51095 Noted 16/04/19884

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 119 DMU at Wolverhampton

Unknown date

A GRC&W Cross-Country set in Wolverhampton station with TSRBL M59414 in view. Undated, but circa early to mid-1970s, during this period the vehicle was allocated to Chester depot. Graham Clark.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: unknown

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 28th February 1987

Set number: L589

Class 119 set L589 (presumably 51057 + 59414 + 51100) at Reading on 28th February 1987. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 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.