Vehicle 51070
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) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| 3w/e 30/06/73 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 2w/e 10/05/75 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| w/e 07/06/75 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 28/02/76 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 16/06/80 | On loan to | LA (Laira) | |
| 12/09/80 | Ex-loan back to | RG (Reading) | |
| 07/04/86 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |
Modifications
p/e 31/03/73 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 21/02/76 - Leyland engines fitted
p/e 02/04/77 - WR AWS removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | As delivered to 82B - 4w/e 16/05/59 | ||||||
| 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted circa May-68 - in blue grey with full yellow ends | ||||||
| 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 26/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| P584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 10/04/73 - on 1910 Cheltenham-Cardiff | |||||
| 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Transfer to LA - 3w/e 30/06/73 | ||||||
| 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 02/07/1973 - at Exeter2 | ||||||
| P584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 05/07/1973 - at Plymouth2 | |||||
| P584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 02/09/74 - at Exeter3 | |||||
| 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Transfer to BR - 2w/e 10/05/75 | ||||||
| 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Transfer to LA - w/e 07/06/75 | ||||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 19th April 1976 | |||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area4 | |||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 26/05/1977 - Oxford Station4 | |||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 06/10/1977 - Oxford to Didcot area4 | |||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 22/10/1977 - Reading Station4 | |||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 19/01/1980 - At Reading Station4 | |||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Transfer to LA - 16/06/80 - From RG | |||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted 28/07/80 - at St Erth4 | |||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L584 | 51070 | 59429 | 51098 | Noted circa 11/19855 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
17th October 1975
Set number: P584
Class 119 Cross-Country DMU set P584 (presumably 51070 + 59429 + 51098) at Par station on 17 October 1975. Another set sits in a siding in the distance. George Woods.
1977
Set number: L584
Class 119 set L584 - presumably 51070 + 59429 + 51098 - seen at Calthorpe in 1977. Steve Davies Collection.
circa January 1978
Set number: L584
Class 119 DMU set L584. Location unknown, the slide process date was January 1978. The power cars were noted as 51070 and 51098, the centre car is presumably 59429. Stuart Mackay Collection.
30th December 1978
Set number: L584
Car 51070 of class 119 set L584 (presumably with 59429 + 51098) at Slough on 30th December 1978. Ian Buck.
Unknown date
Set number: L584
Class 119 DMU set L584 (W51070 and presumably 59429 + 51098) stabled in the sidings alongside the Reigate line at Redhill - date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Unknown date
Set number: L584
Class 119 set L584 is seen departing Newbury, date unknown. W51070 is closest, presumably with 59429 + 51098. Steve Davies Collection.
27th May 1983
Set number: L584
DMBC 51070 leads Class 119 set L584 (presumably with 59429 + 51098) into Kidderminster with the 13-37 to Birmingham New Street on 27-5-83. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
February 1985
Set number: L584
Class 119 set L584 (presumably 51070 + 59429 + 51098) departing Clapham Junction for Kensington Olympia in February 1985. The passenger service seems to be signalled under a shunt disc (left of the train) rather than a 'service' signal. Ian Docwra.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1971
A three-car class 119 at Weymouth circa 1971, W51098 closest, presumably with 59429 + 51070. John Law.
Date: unknown
Set number: P584
Class 119 set P584 (presumably 51098 + 59429 + 51070) with two suburban sets at Paignton in the early 1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 15th June 1975
Set number: P584
Class 119 DMU set P584, presumably 51098 + 59429 + 51070, with the 14:08 Exeter - Paignton service at Teignmouth on 15 June 1975. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: unknown
Set number: L584
Class 119 DMU set C584 (W51098 and presumably 59429 + 51070) in Reading station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: 24th April 1984
Set number: L584
On 24 April 1984, set L584 is seen arriving at Gatwick Airport with a service from Reading via Guildford. This Gloucester RC&W Co cross-country set was presumably formed 51098 + 59429 + 51070. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: February 1985
Set number: L584
A Western Region DMMU waits at Clapham Junction, unusually forming the 'Kenny Belle' shuttle to Kensington Olympia, on a very frosty morning in February 1985. Set L584 is presumably formed 51098 + 59429 + 51070. Ian Docwra.
Date: February 1985
Set number: L584
L584 (presumably 51098 + 59429 + 51070) in platform 2 at Clapham Junction with a 'Kenny Belle' service in February 1985. Ian Docwra.
Date: circa April 1986
Set number: L584
Class 119 DMU set L584 arriving at Paddington, slide process date April 1986. Closest is DMBC W51085 which was a recent addition to the set replacing 51070 which was withdrawn that month, and in the set number the 4 is a sticker over the 5 altering its previous formation of L585. The other two vehicles are presumably 59429 and 51098. Stuart Mackay Collection.