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Vehicle 51073

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

Aug-59	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
30/07/62	Transferred to	84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63	Boundary change	84E	transferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63	Depot code change	2A
2w/e 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)
16/05/82	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
p/e 28/01/89	Sector Change to	RG (Reading) NSBX
14/05/90	Sector Change to	RG (Reading) NWXX	- as L594
06/12/93	Sector Change to	RG (Reading) NWRX	- as L594
26/05/94	Transferred to	TS (Tyseley) RDTH
Jun-95	Withdrawn from	TS (Tyseley)

Modifications

p/e 11/02/78 - Leyland engines fitted

Disposal

Sold to Gwent Demolition, Margam then sold to preservation in 1994
Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51073	59432	51101	As delivered to 86C - August 1959
CR556	51073	59430	51102	Noted circa Jun-69
	51073	59432	51101	Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot¹
	51073	59432	51101	Noted 14/08/1973 - at Wolverhampton²
	51073	59432	51101	Noted 30/05/1974 - at Wolverhampton³
	51073	59432	51101	Noted 10/09/76 - in Chester station⁴
	51073	59432	51101	Noted 12/08/1977 - 2G66, 17.40 Chester to Wolverhampton⁵
	51073	59432	51101	Noted 13/09/77 - at Shrewsbury⁴
C594	51073	59435	51104	Noted 16/12/1977 - Cardiff Central⁶
C594	51073	59435	51104	Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C594	51073	59435	51104	Noted 08/1978 - Cardiff Central⁶
C594	51073	59435	51104	Noted 10/10/78 - on 1528 Bristol TM-Cardiff
C594	51073	59435	51104	Noted 11/11/78 - on 2133 Bristol TM-Cardiff
C594	51073	59435	51104	Listed at CF - 03/03/80
594	51073	59435	51104	Transfer to LA - w/e 03/05/80
P594	51073	59435	51104	Noted circa 07/1980 - at Exeter St Davids⁵
594	51073	59435	51104	Transfer to CF - 3w/e 15/11/80
L594	51073	59435	51104	Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L594	51073	59435	51104	Noted circa 11/1984⁵
L594	51073	59435	51104	Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L594	51073	59435	51104	Noted circa 04/1986⁵
L594	51073	59435	51104	Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L594	51073	59435	51104	Listed at RG - Aug-87
L594	51073	59435	51104	Noted 31/03/1988⁵
L594	51073	59435	51104	Listed at RG - 15/05/89
L594	51073	59435	51104	Noted circa 06/1989⁵
L594	51073	59435	51104	Listed at RG - 21/01/91
L594	51073	59435	51104	Noted circa 04/1992⁵
L594	51073	59435	51104	Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWXX pool
L594	51073	59435	51104	Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWXX
L594	51073	59435	51104	Noted 22nd July 1993
L594	51073	59435	51104	Noted 3rd September 1993
L594	51073	59435	51104	Listed at RG - November 1993 - Sector NWXX
119021	51073	51104		Listed at TS - late Nov-94
119021	51073	51104		Listed at TS - 4w/e 22/07/95

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

Images:

7th June 1965

A GRC&W Cross-Country DMU led by M51073 (allocated to Tyseley) passes the site of Llanvihangel station (closed in 1958) on the Welsh Marches line while working the 4.50pm Cardiff General - Hereford on Whit Monday, 7 June 1965. Michael Mensing.

Unknown date

Set number: L594

At Edenbridge is class 119 set L594, 51073 presumably with 59435 + 51104. Ian Buck.

Unknown date

Set number: C594

Class 119 DMU set C594 (W51073 and presumably 59435 + 51104) in Plymouth station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Unknown date

Set number: C594

Class 119 DMU set C594 (51073 + 59435 + 51104) at Maidenhead - date unknown. Glyn Weigh.

April 1984

Set number: L594

Seen at Penshurst in April 1985 is class 119 set L594, 51073 presumably with 59435 + 51104. Ian Buck.

30th May 1985

Set number: L594

Class 119 DMU set L594 at Tonbridge on 30th May 1985. The DMBC closest is presumably 51073. Jonathan Hazan.

7th February 1986

Set number: L594

Class 119 set L594 at Betchworth on 7th February 1986, 51073 presumably with 59435 + 51104. Ian Buck.

13th August 1987

Set number: L594

Class 119 set No. L594 (Nos. 51073, 59435 and 51104) stands at Reigate working service to Tonbridge on 13 August 1987. Brian Creasey.

15th August 1988

Set number: L594

Reading allocated class 119 set L594 (51073 and presumably 59435 + 51104) waits to leave Ashford with the 04.10 staff train to Tonbridge on August 15, 1988. For several years one of the late evening trains off the Redhill to Tonbridge line used to run through to Ashford Chart Leacon ECS for fuel and cleaning. It would then make this unusual working in the morning the 04.10 Ashford to Tonbridge staff train which called at all station except Pluckley and Marden. It was unusual in being a WR DMU set on what was an electrified normally EMU only passenger route. Primarily for railway staff going to work it would connect at Tonbridge into the 04.58 to London Charing Cross passenger service. Some 'normal passengers' made use of it but it could be withdrawn at short notice for overnight engineering work and replaced with a mini-bus. At Tonbridge the DMU would then start off the first or second train of the day up the Redhill line which was not yet electrified. Adrian Nicholls.

circa September 1994

Set number: 119431

Class 119 driving motor 51073, set 119 431, on the blocks in Platform 2 at Chester September-October 1994. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

4th August 1995

Set number: 119021

I was personally responsible for bringing 119021 (51073 & 51104) to Cornwall from Tyseley to help out on the St Ives branch. Unfortunately just too much work was needed to make it serviceable so it went back again. Penzance depot, 4th August 1995. Ian Buck.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 30th June 1979

Set number: C594

Class 119 DMU set C594 (presumably 51104 + 59435 + 51073) with another 119 behind and Class 120 set C600 (presumably 50702 + 50664) on Swansea Landore depot on 30 June 1979. Brian Daniels.

Date: 17th April 1981

Set number: C616

GRC&W and Swindon Cross-Country DMUs stabled in Maliphant Sidings (Swansea) on 17 April 1981. Left to right are C594 (presumably 51104 + 59435 + 51073), C616 (presumably 51782 + 59681 + 51790), C622 and C559. Robert Thomas.

Date: unknown

Set number: L594

Class 119 DMU set L594 (W51104 and presumably 59435 + 51073) at Salfords station - date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Date: unknown

Set number: C594

Class 119 DMU set C594 (W51104 and presumably 59435 + 51073) approaching Plymouth station from the west - date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Date: unknown

Set number: C594

Class 119 DMU set C594 (W51104 and presumably 59435 + 51073) outside Plymouth Laira depot, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Date: 9th September 1993

Set number: L594

51104 + 59435 + 51073 (Class 119 set L594) head out of Gatwick Airport on 9/9/93 with the 14:26 to Reading. Sparegang.

Date: 15th July 1994

150794 A mixed formation of 51375+51073+51332 call at Blake Street with the 1839 Longbridge to Lichfield Jason Hall.

Date: circa September 1994

Set number: 119431

Three-car DMU 119431 in the bay at Chester. Closest is 51104, 51073 is at the far end, in the middle is an unknown Class 117 DMBS. Reading Class 119 set L594 (51073 + 59435 + 51104) was transferred to Tyseley in May 1994, centre car 59435 is recorded as being transferred back to Reading in June 1994. On Tour With The Class 13 Army.

Date: October 1994

Set number: 119021

GRC&W set 119021 on Nottingham '4 middle' road in October 1994. Presumably 51104 + 51073, with a suburban DMS attached. They were based at Tyseley at the time. David Page.

Date: 29th October 1995

51104 + 51073, 51409, 59485 (75423 distant right), Gwent Demolition, Margam 29-10-95. Kevin Dowd.

Date: 25th March 1996

Set number: 119021

Three Class 119 vehicles - 51104, 51074 and 51073 - sit at Margam on 25 March 1996 waiting to move to their new lives in preservation. Nick Lander.

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