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Vehicle 51078

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

Dec-59	New to	86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61	Depot code change	88A
by Jun-62	Transferred 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
29/02/76	Transferred to	RG (Reading)
p/e 24/02/88	Withdrawn from	RG (Reading)

Modifications

p/e 13/05/72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 24/07/76 - Leyland engines fitted
p/e 02/04/77 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51078	59436	51106		As delivered to 86C - December 1959
	51078	7804	59436	51106	Noted 8th August 1963
	51078	59436	51106		Noted 14/05/66 - R.C.T.S. Central Wales Scenic Tour with with 50656 + 59265 + 50723
	51078	59436	51106		Noted circa Nov-67 - in blue grey with full yellow ends
537	51078	59436	51106		Noted Nov-68 - now in blue/grey
LA508	51078	59436	51106		Listed at Laira - circa Apr-71 - ex-BL537
	51078	59436	51106		Transfer to 84A - 3w/e 03/04/71
	51078	59436	51106		Noted 22/04/73 - on 1415 Paignton-Newton Abbot
	51078	59436	51106		Noted 04/07/1973 - at Exeter¹
	51078	59436	51106		Noted 08/1974 - at Exeter St Davids²
L587	51078	59436	51106		Listed at RG - 01/05/1976
L587	51078	59436	51106		Noted 05/08/76 - on 5Z55 0145 Reading TMD-Canton CS ECS
L587	51078	59436	51106		Noted 08/08/1976 - 12:20 Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads with set B803²
L587	51078	59436	51106		Noted 25/09/1976 - Oxford Railway Society Bristol Area Branch Line Tour L586 + L587 51077-59420-51105 + 51078-59436-51106
L587	51078	59436	51106		Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area³
L587	51078	59436	51106		Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area³
	51078	59436	51106		Noted 29th October 1977
L587	51078	59436	51106		Listed at RG - 31st December 1977
L587	51078	59436	51106		Noted 26/01/1978 - At Oxford Station³
L587	51078	59543	51106		Noted 17/09/1978 - Reading³
L587	51078	59436	51106		Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L587	51078	59436	51106		Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L587	51078	59436	51106		Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L587	51078	59436	51106		Noted circa 04/1986⁴
L587	51078	59436	51106		Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L587	51078	59436	51106		Noted 13/09/1986⁴
L587	51078	59543	51106		Noted circa 08/1987⁴
L587	51078	59543	51106		Listed at RG - Aug-87

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

14th May 1966

Cross-Country DMUs of GRC&W and Swindon types with the R.C.T.S. DMU Central Wales Scenic Tour at Llanwrtyd Wells on 14 May 1966. The Six Bells website lists the vehicles as DMU 50723 + 59265 + 50656 and 51106 + 59436 + 51078 (closest). Norman Thomas courtesy S V Blencowe collection.

18th October 1975

Set number: P587

Two Class 119 sets at Liskeard on 18 October 1975. The closest set, P587 (presumably W51078 + W59436 + W51106) would move to Reading the following February where it would remain until withdrawal. George Woods.

7th April 1979

Set number: L587

Following the handover of the Reading-Tonbridge line to WR DMMUs, Class 119 L587 leaves Dorking Town (now West) towards Redhill on 7 April 1979. Tony Watson.

28th April 1979

Set number: L587

Class 119 DMU set L587 (presumably 51078 + 59436 + 51106) with a Paddington - Banbury service after arriving at Banbury on 28 April 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Unknown date

Set number: L587

Passing Earlswood is class 119 set L587, presumably 51078 + 59436 + 51106. Ian Buck.

early 1980s

Set number: L587

A class 119 D.M.U. (set L587, presumably 51078 + 59436 + 51106) on a Swindon to Cheltenham service joins the main line at Standish Junction in the early 1980s. Curly42.

March 1983

Set number: L587

Class 119 set L587 (presumably 51078 + 59436 + 51106) is seen at Haresfield (Glos.) in May 1983. Mike Cooper.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 14th May 1966

The R.C.T.S. DMU Central Wales Scenic Tour at Llandovery on 14 May 1966. The Six Bells website lists the vehicles as DMU 50723 + 59265 + 50656 and 51078 + 59436 + 51106, Swindon and GRC&W Cross-Country sets. Norman Thomas courtesy S V Blencowe collection.

Date: 14th May 1966

The RCTS Central Wales Scenic Tour at Llandeilo on 14 May 1966. M50723 is closest, the Six Bells Junction website lists the other Swindon vehicles as 59265 + 50656 and the Gloucester as 51106 + 59436 + 51078. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1988

Set number: L587

Class 119 DMU set L587 (presumably 51106 + 59436 + 51078) with what seems to be a Class 121 DTS attaches at Swindon. The slide process date was sometime in 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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