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Vehicle 59424


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
w/e 07/06/75 Transferred to LA (Laira)
w/e 08/05/76 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
4w/e 26/05/79 Transferred to RG (Reading)
4w/e 03/12/88 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NSBX
14/05/90 Sector Change to RG (Reading) NWXX
23/11/90 Withdrawn from RG (Reading) NXXZ

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51065 59424 51093 As delivered to 82B - 3w/e 21/03/59
51065 59424 51093 Noted 24/08/1971 - at Newport1
51065 59424 51093 Noted 07/09/73 - in Bristol Temple Meads2
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 16/04/74 - on 1745 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C351 50884 + 59369 + 50917
51065 59424 51093 Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street1
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 24/06/74 - on 2B36 14:15 Cardiff-Weston SM and 2C38 1624 Weston SM-Cardiff
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 15/07/74 - on 1630 Taunton-Cardiff with C338 50856 + 59364 + 50909
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 16/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with C552 51573 + 59285 + 51582 and P557 51578 + 59580 + 51587
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 03/10/74 - on 2C50 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff with B477
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 24/12/74 - on 2C46 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 12/01/75 - on 1O69 1140 Cardiff-Salisbury with B462
51065 59424 51093 Transfer to LA - w/e 07/06/75
51065 59424 51093 Transfer to BR - w/e 08/05/76
P579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 25/06/76 - on 2B88 2115 Cardiff-Taunton with C318 + B478
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 29/09/76 - on 2B46 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 07/01/77 - on 2O69 1218 Cardiff-Portsmouth Harbour with C510
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 16/08/77 - on 2B50 1600 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 09/12/77 - on 2B12 0720 Cardiff-Taunton
B579 51065 59424 51093 Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 07/03/78 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Weston Super Mare then 2C36 1540 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff
B579 51065 59424 51093 Noted 29/09/1978 - at Bristol Temple Meads3
579 51065 59424 51093 Transfer to RG - 4w/e 26/05/79 - from BR
L579 51065 59424 51093 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L579 51065 59424 51093 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
51065 59424 51093 Noted 23/07/83 - at Newbury Racecourse2
L579 51065 59424 51093 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L579 51065 59424 51319 Formation change - Jul-85 - 51319 added (from P462) replacing 51093 (W)
L579 51065 59424 51319 Noted 26/10/1985 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Sharpness Shunter Railtour L418+L579
L579 51065 59424 51319 Noted circa 04/19864
L579 51065 59424 51103 Formation change - RG - 2w/e 15/05/86 - 51103 replaced 51319 (to spare)
L579 51065 59424 51103 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L579 51065 59424 51103 Noted 21/06/19864
L579 51065 59424 51103 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Reading5
L579 51065 59424 51103 Listed at RG - Aug-87
51065 59424 51103 Noted 24/10/87 - on 17:05 Redhill - Tonbridge6
L579 51065 59424 51103 Noted circa 04/19884
L579 51065 59424 51103 Listed at RG - 15/05/89

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 119 DMU at Laira depot

mid-1970s

Class 119 centre car 59424 inside Laira depot. Date unknown, id was allocated there mid-1975 to mid-1976. Ian Francis.

Class 119 DMU at Snailwell

21st February 1992

Class 119 centre car 59424 in Snailwell on 21st Fenruary 1992. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1971

Set number: B579

GRC&W Cross-Country set B579 (presumably 51093 + 59424 + 51065) seen at Fareham circa 1971. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: July 1979

Set number: B579

A Class 119 DMU carrying set number B579 (51093 and presumably 59424 + 51065) is seen passing the former Limpley Stoke station in July 1979. The set is recorded as having been transferred to Reading in May that year. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L579

Class 119 set L579 with car 51103 leading (presumably with 59424 + 51065) at Shalford. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 28th July 1982

Set number: L579

Bescot's 47113 looks on as Gloucester RCW class 119 3 car set L579, led by DMS W51093 (presumably with 59424 + 51065), arrives at Reading with the 13:31 local service from Paddington. 28th July 1982. Bruce Galloway.

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1984

Set number: L579

Running past Ranmore Common near Dorking is class 119 set L579 (51065 and presumably 59424 + 51093) on 22nd March 1984. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 22nd March 1984

Set number: L579

Leaving Deepdene for Redhill class 119 set L579 with car 51103 trailing (presumably with 59424 + 51065) on 22nd March 1984. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 12th October 1985

Set number: L579

Class 118/119 hybrid set L579 at Edenbridge on 12th October 1985, presumably 51319 + 59424 + 51065. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 26th October 1985

Set number: L579

The 'Sharpness Shunter' railtour seen in Gloucester Docks on the 26th October 1985, formed 51319 + 59424 + 51065. Chris Lings.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: L579

A Reading-Redhill route train (Class 119 set L579 presumably 51103 + 59424 + 51065) stands at Guildford station in 1986, shortly before it was rebuilt. Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: L579

A failed Class 119 set at London Bridge in 1986, presumably 51103 + 59424 + 51065. John Law.

DMU

Date: 5th November 1988

Set number: L579

At Reading class 119 set L579 (presumably 51065 + 59424 + 51103) on 5th November 1988. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 18th April 1990

Set number: L579

Class 119 L579 made up of 51065 + 59424 + 51103 draws into Tonbridge with the 10:51 from Reigate, 18th April 1990. Waddo Rail Archive.

DMU

Date: 3rd February 1991

Set number: L579

A hybrid DMU departs from Reading station with the 10:35 service to Gatwick Airport on 3 February 1991. Class 119 DMBC 51065 leads, labelled as set L579. The other two vehicles are presumably Class 117s - TSL 59424 and DMS 51103 from set L404, its DMBS 51337 had been withdrawn the previous October. Robert Thomas.