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Vehicle 51058

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

4w/e 27/12/58	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
by Jun-62	Transferred to	84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63	Boundary change	84E	transferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63	Depot code change	2A
2w/e 17/03/67	Transferred to	6A (Chester)
06/05/73	Depot code change	CH
w/e 22/10/77	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
31/05/81	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
15/05/83	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
11/05/86	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
06/09/87	Transferred to	HT (Heaton)
09/09/88	Withdrawn from	HT (Heaton)

Modifications

Oct-77 - Leyland engines fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

CDF536	51058	59416	51086	Noted Feb-62
	51058	59431	51087	Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury¹
CR552	51058	59431	51087	Noted circa Jun-69
	51058	59431	51088	Noted 15/08/70 - at Crewe¹
	51058	59418	51087	Noted 01/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads²
	51058	59431	51087	Noted 28/05/1974 - at Wolverhampton ³
	51058	59418	51087	Noted 31/07/76 - at Aberystwyth¹
	51058	59418	51087	Noted 20/06/1977 - Seen at Prestatyn en route to Llandudno⁴
	51058	59418	51087	Noted 07/09/77 - at Shrewsbury¹
C590	51058	59418	51087	Noted 05/12/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff
C590	51058	59418	51087	Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C590	51058	59418	51087	Noted 10/01/78 - on 2C30 1305 Bristol TM-Cardiff with C592
C590	51058	59418	51087	Noted 18/03/78 - at Cardiff
C590	51058	59418	51087	Noted 22/04/1978 - Branch Line Society Swansea Valleys Railtour
C590	51058	59418	51087	Noted 10/05/78 - on 2B60 1755 Cardiff-Bristol TM
C590	51058	59418	51087	Noted 18/05/78 - on 1E73 1745 Cardiff-Sheffield
C590	51058	59418	51087	Noted circa 08/1978 - Cardiff Central⁵
C590	51058	59418	51087	Noted 30/11/78 - on 2C83 1030 Milford Haven-Swansea
C590	51058	59418	51087	Noted 21/04/1979 - At Cardiff Central⁵
C590	51058	59418	51087	Listed at CF - 03/03/80
590	51058	59418	51087	Transfer to RG - 31/05/81
L590	51058	59418	51087	Noted circa 04/1982⁴
L590	51058	59418	51087	Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
B590	51058	59418	51087	Transfer to BR - 15/05/83 - Now B prefix
B580	51058	59418	51087	Noted 23/07/83 - at Southall¹
B590	51058	59418	51087	Noted circa 03/1984⁴
B590	51058	59418	51087	Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B590	51058	59418	51087	Noted circa 03/1985⁴
	51058	59418	51087	Noted 07/12/85 - on 15:50 Cardiff - Crewe service⁶
B590	51058	59418	51087	Noted 15/03/1986⁴
C590	51058	59418	51087	Transfer to CF - 11/05/86 - from BR, was B590
C590	51058	59418	51087	Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
C590	51058	59418	51087	Noted 02/05/87 - at Riverside Sidings Canton
	51058	59418	51087	Noted 09/06/87
C590	51058	59418	51087	Listed at CF - Aug-87

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

Images:

9th May 1964

Set number: 513

Tyseley allocated W51058 leads a GRC&W Cross-Country and a suburban triple DMU south of Appleford with the 4.40pm Wolverhampton Low Level - Didcot service on 9 May 1964. Michael Mensing.

6th April 1974

Seen at Sutton Bridge Junction (Shrewsbury) working what is thought to be the late running 14:33 to Aberystwyth on 6 April 1974 is a Class 119 set with M51058 closest, at the time allocated to Chester. Robert Thomas.

22nd April 1978

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51058 + 59418 + 51087) during the Aberpergwm stop of the Branch Line Society Swansea Valleys railtour on 22 April 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

circa 1982

Set number: L590

Class 119 DMU set L590 (51087 at the far end, the others are presumably 59418 + 51058) departing Oxford station. Undated, it was only a Reading set from May 1981 to May 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

May 1983

Set number: L590

Class 119 set L590 (51058 and presumably 59418 + 51087) heads away from Yatton in late May 1983, the set had recently been trasnferred to Bristol Bath Road. Michael Mensing.

Unknown date

Set number: C590

Unknown date, class 119 set C590 (presumably 51058 + 59418 + 51087) pauses at Gomshall on the North Downs line. Ian Buck.

3rd July 1985

Set number: B590

Class 119 DMU set B590 (presumably 51058 + 59418 + 51087) at Stourbridge Junction in July 1985. Robert28194.

6th July 1985

Set number: B590

Class 119 Cross-Country set B590 (51087 + 59418 + 51058) was entering Droitwich Spa station with a Birmingham New Street (via Bromsgrove) to Hereford when I took this image on 6 July 1985. The main point of this viewpoint was to include the centre pivot lower quadrant signals in case they were replaced with colour lights in the near future. They weren't, and still are in use in 2024 unlike the trackwork leaving the former coal yard which has long been removed. Peter Tandy.

12th April 1986

Set number: B590

Class 119 51058, set number B590 (presumably with 59418 + 51087), is seen on the fuel lines at Tyseley in BR blue and grey livery on 12.04.1986. Andy Cole.

24th April 1986

Set number: B590

Class 119 DMU set B590 (51058 + 59418 + 59087) in Bristol Temple Meads station on 24 April 1986. Keith Miller.

9th October 1987

Set number: C590

An unusual sight of a Class 119 at Battersby, North Yorkshire, on the rural Esk Valley line between Middlesbrough and Whitby. Taken on on the 09/10/1987, closest is 51058, the car furthest from the camera is a suburban type, either Class 116 or 118. Graeme Phillips Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 22nd April 1978

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51058 + 59418 + 51087) during the Craig-y-Nos stop of the Branch Line Society Swansea Valleys railtour on 22 April 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1979

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 at Newport in late 1979. DMSL W51087 has signs of roof repairs at the back of the cab dome and at cantrail level above the first passenger door. The other two vehicles are presumably 59418 and 51058. Michael Mensing.

Date: 7th July 1979

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) in Bristol Temple Meads station with the 14:25 service to Cardiff Central on 7 July 1979. Michael Mensing.

Date: 18th August 1979

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (51087 and presumably 59418 + 51058) leads a suburban set near Avoncliff working the 5.40pm Weymouth - Bristol Temple Meads on 18 August 1979. Michael Mensing.

Date: late 1979

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) arrives into Severn Tunnel Junction station in late 1979. Michael Mensing.

Date: spring 1980

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) arrives into Nailsea and Backwell station in the spring of 1980. Michael Mensing.

Date: circa 1982

Set number: L590

Class 119 DMU set L590 (51087 and presumably 59418 + 51058) in Oxford station, Worcester on the destination blind. Undated, it was only a Reading set from May 1981 to May 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: unknown

Set number: B590

Class 119 DMU set B590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) stabled at Hereford alongside a Class 37 and 56. Date unknown. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.

Date: September 1985

Set number: B590

Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Set No.B590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) passing Parson Street, Bristol, on a Bristol (Temple Meads) - Taunton service, 09/85. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: July 1986

Set number: C590

Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Set No.C590 (51087 and presumably 59418 + 51058) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front ends near Chepstow on a Gloucester - Cardiff service, 07/86. Hugh Llewelyn.

Date: 18th July 1987

Set number: C590

C590 (51087 presumably with 59418 + 51058) shunts out of Cardiff Central platform 2 on an ECS to Canton, 18/7/87. PJ Evans.

Date: 13th August 1989

A Class 119 DMBC - 51058 or 51059 - alongside 45 041 on Thornaby depot, 13 August 1989. Both vehicles were withdrawn. Keith Miller.

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