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Vehicle 51056

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: 30421
Diagram: 540

Allocations

Nov-58	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
30/07/62	Transferred to	82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
06/05/73	Depot code change	BR
w/e 30/06/79	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
Mar-88	Withdrawn from	RG (Reading)

Modifications

p/e 13/05/72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 17/04/76 - Leyland engines fitted
p/e 25/06/77 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51056	59413	51084	Noted 8th August 1963
BL524	51056	59415	51084	Noted circa Dec-67 - in blue grey with full yellow ends
BL524	51056	59415	51084	Noted circa Feb-68 - in plain blue with small yellow panels
	51056	59415	51084	Noted 30/07/69 - at Bristol Temple Meads¹
	51056	59415	51084	Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport²
	51056	59415	51084	Noted 01/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads²
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 02/07/1973 - at Bath²
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 22/09/73 - on 1910 Cheltenham-Cardiff
	51056	59415	51084	Noted 27/05/1974 - at Bristol TM³
	51056	59415	51084	Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff²
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 21/12/74 - on 0910 Bristol TM-Cardiff with C602
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 14/01/75 - on 2C18 0906 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B408
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 31/01/75 - on 2B46 1620 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C506 + B462
B574	51056	59415	51084	Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
	51056	59415	51084	Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol⁴
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 26/09/1976 - on Bulmers Open Day Shuttle from and to Hereford station 51084-59415-51056 + 50706-59296-50648 (B574 + C501)
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 16/03/77 - on 2C44 1625 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 01/05/77 - on 2C60 1925 Bristol TM-Cardiff
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 15/09/77 - on 2C30 1305 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B571
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 16/12/1977 - Severn Tunnel Junction area⁵
B574	51056	59415	51084	Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 30/06/1978 - At Cardiff Central⁵
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 07/07/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 19/07/78 - on 2C44 1528 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B573
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 29/09/1978 - at Bristol Temple Meads⁵
B574	51056	59415	51084	Noted 19/11/78 - on 2H67 0745 Rugby-Manchester Piccadilly
	51056	59415	51084	Transfer to RG - w/e 30/06/79
L574	51056	59415	51084	Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L574	51056	59415	51084	Noted circa 04/1982⁶
L574	51056	59415	51084	Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L574	51056	59415	51084	Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L574	51056	59415	51084	Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L574	51056	59415	51084	Listed at RG - Aug-87
L574	51056	59415	51084	Noted circa 08/1987⁶
L574	51056	59426	51095	Formation change - RG - circa 10/87
	51056	59415	51084	Noted 24/10/87 - on 15:15 Reading - Redhill⁷
L574	51056	59115	51095	Formation change - RG - w/e 07/02/88 - 59115 added
L574	51056	59526	51095	Formation change - OO - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59526 (ex-L831) replaced 59115 (to L831)

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

Images:

1971

Set number: B574

Class 119 set B574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) and a suburban set heading for Portsmouth Harbour arrives at Fareham in 1971. Steve Davies Collection.

circa 1972

Set number: B574

Class 119 set B574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) arrives at Southampton circa 1972. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.

October 1973

Set number: B574

Class 119 set B574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) and another set on the 12:15 Weymouth to Bristol, passing Witham down advance starting signal. October 1973. Adrian Vaughan.

26th September 1976

Set number: B574

Class 119 B574 (51056 + 59415 + 51084) and Class 120 C501 (50648 + 59296 + 50706) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.

26th September 1976

Set number: B574

August 1978

Set number: B574

Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Set No.B574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front ends passing Chelvey, near Nailsea & Backwell, on a Cardiff - Weston-super-Mare service, 08/78. Hugh Llewelyn.

Unknown date

Set number: L574

Class 119 DMU set L574 - W51056 and presumably 59415 + 51084 - seen at Reading from the 'Southern' platform, date unknown. 'Tonbridge' is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.

28th August 1987

Set number: L574

Class 119 set L574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) is seen at Didcot with a local service to Oxford on the 28th August 1987. Hamish Stevenson.

13th November 1989

Set number: L574

W51056 Class 119 DMBC withdrawn at Old Oak Common, 13 November 1989. Chris McKee.

22nd December 1989

Class 119 DMC 51056 faces 50 019 in Old Oak Common depot on the 22nd December 1989. Robert Chilton.

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.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 10th July 1972

Set number: B574

Class 119 DMU set B574 (51084 and presumably 59415 + 51056) in Westbury station with the 16.42 to Salisbury on 10 July 1972. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 26th July 1975

Set number: B574

Class 119 DMU set B574 (51084 and presumably 59415 + 51056) is seen at Pritchatt's Road, Edgbaston, just north of the site of the future University station. It is working the 11:15 Worcester Shrub Hill - Birmingham New Street service on 26 July 1975. Michael Mensing.

Date: 26th September 1976

Set number: C501

Class 120 set C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 set B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Bulmers, Hereford, with a shuttle for the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976 Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 26th September 1976

Set number: C501

Class 120 C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 26th September 1976

Set number: C501

Class 120 C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976, and is waiting for the points to be clipped. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 1978

Set number: B574

Class 119 set B574 (presumably 51084 + 59415 + 51056) makes a smoky departure from Bristol in 1978. Rex Holt.

Date: 12th January 1980

Set number: L574

In the fading light on the 12th January 1980 Class 119 set L574 (presumably 51084 + 59415 + 51056) enters Twyford station with a Paddington service. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 17th June 1980

Set number: L574

Heading away from Betchworth on 17th June 1980 is class 119 set L574 (presumably 51084 + 59415 + 51056) on 17th June 1980. Ian Buck.

Date: unknown

Set number: L574

Class 119 DMU set L574 - W51084 and presumably 59415 + 51056 - seen at Reading from the 'Southern' platform, date unknown. 'Tonbridge' is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.

Date: 1985

Set number: L574

L574 (presumably 51084 + 59415 + 51056) is seen on the up fast line at Reading in the Spring of 1985. Andy Hoare.

Date: 22nd July 1985

Set number: L574

Class 119 Cross-Country set L574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) in Slough station with an Oxford service on 22/7/85. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 17th February 1988

Set number: L574

The 1114 Maidenhead - Paddington stopping service rolls into Langley Station formed of yet another hybrid DMU. This is a a pair of GRCW Class 119 driving vehicles coupled with a Met-Cam Class 101 centre trailer all running as Reading Set L574. The formation being W51095+W59530+W51056 .... It is interesting to note that the leading vehicle W51095 was running with set L581 until August last year, giving a reason for the misplaced set No on the front end ...... 17th February 1988. Nigel Mack.

Date: 22nd December 1989

Class 119 vehicles 51100 and 51056 are seen at Old Oak Common on the 22nd December 1989. Robert Chilton.

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