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Vehicle 51069

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 16/05/59	New to	82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
3w/e 03/04/71	Transferred to	84A (Laira)
May-73	Depot code change	LA
2w/e 05/11/77	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
w/e 13/05/78	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
15/05/83	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
11/05/86	Transferred to	CF (Cardiff Canton)
Oct-87	Withdrawn from	CF (Cardiff Canton)
w/e 07/02/88	Reinstated	CF (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 20/05/88	Transferred to	BR (Bristol Bath Road)
19/07/88	Withdrawn from	BR (Bristol Bath Road)

Notes

19/12/88 - withdrawn vehicles 51063/9/91/7, 51302/17, 59039, 59422/69/79 (for Snailwell) and 59030/6, 59363, 59474 (for V Berry) departed Canton leaving 51322 as the only condemned vehicle there

Modifications

4w/e 06/05/72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 24/07/76 - Leyland engines fitted
p/e 25/06/77 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51069	59428	51097	As delivered to 82B - 4w/e 16/05/59
533	51069	59428	51097	Noted Nov-68 - now in blue/grey
BL533	51069	59428	51097	Noted circa Dec-69 - in blue grey livery
LA506	51069	59428	51097	Listed at Laira - circa Apr-71 - ex-BL533
	51069	59428	51097	Transfer to 84A - 3w/e 03/04/71
	51069	59428	51097	Noted 13/11/71 - at Newton Abbot¹
	51069	59428	51097	Noted 19/05/72 - at Exeter¹
P583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 03/06/72 - worked last passenger train to Okehampton with a Class 103 (possibly P201) and Class 122 set P118.
P583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 31/10/72
P583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 03/07/1973 - at Plymouth²
P583	51069	59365	51097	Noted 02/09/74 - at St Blazey³
P583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 27/08/75 - on Laira depot³
P583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at LA - 01/05/1976
P583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 07/09/76 - at Exeter³
C583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area⁴
	51069	59428	51097	Transfer to CF - 2w/e 05/11/77
C583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
	51069	59428	51097	Transfer to RG - w/e 13/05/78
L583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
B583	51069	59428	51097	Transfer to BR - 15/05/83 - Now B prefix
B583	51069	59428	51097	Noted circa 08/1983⁵
B583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 19/10/1985⁵
C583	51069	59428	51097	Transfer to CF - 11/05/86 - from BR, was B583
C583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
C583	51069	59428	51097	Noted circa 06/1986⁵
C583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 30/04/87 - on 15:40 Cardiff Central to Crewe with C317 53858 + 59034 + 53911⁴
C583	51069	59428	51097	Noted circa 08/1987⁵
C583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at CF - Aug-87
C583	51069	51097		Formed at CF w/e 07/02/88
B583	51069	51097		Formed at BR circa May-88 - Was C583

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Unknown date

Set number: P583

Class 119 DMU set P583 (51069 + 59428 + 51097) in Paignton station - date unknown. Glyn Weigh.

July 1976

Set number: P583

Class 119 GRC&W Cross-Country DMU set P583 (presumably 51069 + 59428 + 51097) at Crediton on an Exeter to Barnstaple Junction service in July 1976. John Jarvis.

Class 119 DMU at Worcester Foregate Street

Unknown date

Set number: L583

Class 119 DMU set L583 (W51069 and presumably 59428 + 51097) arriving into Worcester Foregate Street station with an Oxford service, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

November 1983

Set number: B583

B583 departs from Moreton-in-Marsh in November 1983. W51097 is the far-away vehicle, presumably with 59428 + 51069. Mike Cooper.

1984

Set number: B583

Class 119 DMU set B583 (presumably 51079 + 59428 + 51097) heads away from Dorchester in mid-1984. Michael Mensing.

November 1985

Set number: B583

A Class 119 DMU, Bristol set B583 (presumably 51069 + 59428 + 51097), runs into Worcester Shrub Hill from Birmingham. Taken during the week ending 16th November 1985. Paul James.

Unknown date

Set number: C583

Class 119 C583 (51069/51097) at Llanishen station, North Cardiff, circa 1989. Mac Winfield.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 25th September 1976

Set number: P583

A Par to Newquay service reaches its destination on 25/9/76. The Signalbox and most of the layout would disappear 12 months later. Class 119 set P583 is presumably formed of 51097 + 59428 + 51069. Stephen Burdett.

Date: September 1977

Set number: P583

Gloucester RC&W Class 119 Set P583 (presumably W51069-W59428-W51097) gets underway from Falmouth Docks with a single car unit in overall blue livery attached at the rear, September 1977. Steve Carter.

Date: 1981

Set number: L583

Class 119 DMU set L583 contains a suburban centre car when seen arriving at Guildford with a Reading to Gatwick Airport service in the first half of 1981. The power cars are presumably 51097 and 51069. Rob Paterson.

Date: unknown

Set number: L583

Class 119 DMU set L583 (W51097 and presumably 59428 + 51069) in Worcester Foregate Street station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Date: unknown

Set number: L583

After fuelling class 119 set L583 (presumably 51097 + 59428 + 51069) sits on 12 road at Selhurst Depot waiting to return ecs to Redhill. Ian Buck.

Date: unknown

Set number: L583

Class 119 set L583 (presumably 51097 + 59428 + 51069 about to enter Newbury Racecourse station circa early 1980s. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: November 1983

Set number: B583

B583, led by 51097 presumably with 59428 + 51069, during a stop at Moreton-in-Marsh in November 1983. Mike Cooper.

Date: 27th October 1984

Set number: B583

B583 emerging from the tunnel at Gare Junction on the 27th October 1984, presumably formed 51097 + 59428 + 51069. Steve Davies Collection.

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