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Set 503

These formations have been noted:

51579 51588 Noted 03/10/69
50707 59268 50653 Noted 02/11/72
50707 59268 50653 Noted 06/09/73 - on Cardiff Canton depot1
Disbanded w/e 07/02/88 - 59565 removed, set became 403
51813 59562 51830 Formation change - NL - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59562 replaced 59565
Disbanded circa May-88 - TS to spare and renumbered 403
51813 59249 52077 Formed at NL p/e 17/06/88
51813 59249 Listed at NL - Feb-89

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown

Class 119 DMU at Norton Halt

24th August 1963

A GRC&W Cross-Country DMU is arriving at Norton Halt with the 2pm Stratford-upon-Avon - Hereford service on 24 August 1963. Michael Mensing.

Class 119 DMU at Norton Halt

24th August 1963

The 2pm Stratford-upon-Avon - Hereford service in Norton Halt on 24 August 1963, formed of a GRC&W Cross-Country DMU. Michael Mensing.

Class 119 DMU at Dudley

2nd May 1964

A Gloucester-built Cross-Country DMU is seen at Dudley on 2 May 1964. Closest is M51057 displaying Tyseley set number 503 in the left cab window. Michael Mensing.

Class 119 DMU at Knowle / Lapworth

summer 1964

Tyseley cross-country set 503 seen in the summer of 1964 in the Knowle / Lapworth area, headed by M51057. Michael Mensing.

Class 119 DMU at Solihull

summer 1964

Two GRC&W Cross-Country DMUs are seen at Solihull in late August / early September 1964. Leading is 51085 with Worcester Shrub Hill on the destination blind. The rear set has recently been repainted and lacks the word Buffet on the centre car which the front set has. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Oxford

September 1968

Two car Swindon Cross-Country set 503 (presumably 51588 + 51579) at Oxford in September 1968. The pair were spent just over a year allocated to Reading beginning April 1968. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Sutton Park

22nd March 1969

Two two-car Class 120s in Sutton Park station. There were no details on the slide other than a process date of April 1969, and this is thought to be the Gilks-Grenside Educational Specials Numbers 4 & 5 on 22 March that originated at Kingston. Closest is set 503, presumably 51579 + 51588, and the other set will be the other Reading Class 120 twin, set 502 (51574 + 51583). Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Chepstow

19th March 1972

A Swindon Cross-Country DMU in Chepstow station on the 19th of March 1972. Carrying set number 503, the vehicles are presumably 50653 + 59268 + 50707. The KDH Archive.


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