Vehicle 51072
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
| Jul-59 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| 2w/e 18/03/67 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CH | |
| w/e 22/10/77 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| w/e 03/05/80 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 3w/e 15/11/80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| May-82 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 06/07/87 | Stored U. | ||
| p/e 02/08/87 | Withdrawn |
Modifications
3w/e 17/12/77 - Leyland engines fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51072 | 59431 | 51100 | As delivered to Tyseley - July 1959 | ||||||
| 51072 | 59416 | 51101 | Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury1 | ||||||
| 51072 | 59414 | 51085 | Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot2 | ||||||
| 51072 | 59418 | 51085 | Noted 04/09/74 - at Wrexham1 | ||||||
| CR555 | 51072 | 59418 | 51085 | Noted 02/07/1975 - at Wolverhampton3 | |||||
| 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Noted 01/05/76 - on 09.30 Wolverhampton – Shrewsbury4 | ||||||
| CR555 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Noted 31/07/76 - at Shrewsbury, set number only on 510721 | |||||
| 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Noted 13/04/1977 - Chester5 | ||||||
| CR555 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Noted 13/09/77 - at Shrewsbury, set number only on 510721 | |||||
| C593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51088 | Noted 16/07/1978 - Cardiff Central6 | |||||
| C593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Noted 12/04/1979 - at Cardiff Central Station6 | |||||
| C593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Noted 16/04/1979 - At Llanelli Station6 | |||||
| 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Noted 11/12/79 - on 05:50 Whitland - Pembroke Dock and 06:58 Pembroke Dock - Whitland4 | ||||||
| C593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Transfer to LA - w/e 03/05/80 | |||||
| 593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Transfer to CF - 3w/e 15/11/80 | |||||
| L593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Noted circa 11/19845 | |||||
| L593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Noted circa 02/19865 | |||||
| L593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L593 | 51072 | 59431 | 51085 | Noted 31/01/19875 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Phil Shatford
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Shayne Lewis
Images:
September 1965
Set number: 511
A Gloucester RC&W Cross-Country DMU and a Derby suburban set (one vehicle lined) are seen with the 4.05pm Birmingham Snow Hill - Reading - Paddington service north of Croperdy in September 1965. Leading is M51072 with Tyseley set number 511 in the cab window, Michael Mensing.
2nd February 1975
The 12:38 Wolverhampton - Chester service exits Shifnal station on 2 February 1975 formed of a Class 119 DMU. The far car is M51085, closest is presumably M51072. Michael Mensing.
28th June 1978
Set number: C593
Class 119 DMU set C593 (presumably 51072 + 59431 + 51085) is seen passing Chetnole with the 14:30 Weymouth - Westbury - Bristol service on 28 June 1978. Michael Mensing.
13th September 1979
Set number: L593
The DMBC from L593 - presumably 51072 - on stands in Swindon Works on the 13th September 1979. Steve Davies Collection.
23rd August 1980
Set number: C593
Class 119 set C593 (presumably 51072 + 59431 + 51085) is seen on the overcast afternoon of Saturday August 23rd 1980 in Par station. A recent transfer from Cardiff to Laira, it is between local services on the Newquay branch. Gerard Fletcher.
Unknown date
Set number: L593
Class 119 car 51072 leads set L593 (presumably with 59431 + 51085) into Tonbridge. Set L580 is on the left. Ian Buck.
1984
Set number: L593
The cross-country route from Tonbridge to Reading was dominated by three car Gloucester class 119 DMUs in the 1980s. Unit L593 (presumably formed 51072 + 59431 + 51085) here enters Dorking's Deepdene station with a Reading train in 1984. Ian Docwra.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1981
Set number: C593
Class 119 set C593 (presumably 51085 + 59431 + 51072) in Weston-Super-Mare in the early 1980s; it was a Cardiff set from November 1980 to May 1982. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: unknown
Set number: L593
At the old un-rebuilt Guildford class 119 set L593 with car 51085 leading, presumably with 59431 + 51072. Ian Buck.
Date: 2nd April 1983
Set number: L593
Class 119 DMU set L593 (presumably 51085 + 59431 + 51072) seen east of Didcot on 2 April 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 22nd March 1984
Set number: L593
Class 119 set L593 (51085 and presumably 59431 + 51072) narriving at Deepdene on 22nd March 1984. Ian Buck.
Date: 29th September 1990
Set number: L593
One of the Class 119 power cars from L593 (51072 or 51085) hides behind ex-CIE 201 Class no. 221 at Berry's yard in Leicester on 29 September 1990. Lewis Bevan.