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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07/04/86	Withdrawn from	RG (Reading)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. The image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay 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.

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