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Vehicle 51082

Class 119

BR Diagram 541

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: 30422
Diagram: 541

Allocations

Oct-58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
30/07/62 Transferred to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
06/05/73Depot code changeBR
4w/e 18/06/77 Transferred to LA (Laira)
2w/e 09/07/77 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
w/e 30/09/79 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
2w/e 10/05/80 Transferred to RG (Reading)
2w/e 13/03/88 Withdrawn from RG (Reading)

Notes

03/10/58 - Two DMSLs 51082 + 51083 delivered to Swindon from GRC&W

Modifications

09/08/73 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 25/06/77 - WR AWS removed
p/e 11/04/78 - Leyland engines fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51054 59413 51082 As delivered to 86C - October 1958
CDF533 51054 59415 51082 Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60
522 51054 59413 51082 Noted Nov-68 - now in blue/grey
51054 59413 51082 Noted 31/12/68 - at Swansea1
51054 59413 51082 Noted 30/10/70 - at Bristol Temple Meads1
51054 59413 51082 Noted 25/08/1971 - at Cardiff2
51054 59413 51082 Noted 19/05/72 - at Bristol1
B572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 30/06/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads2
B572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 18/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth between C504 50665 + 59588 + 50715 and B580 51066 + 59425 + 51094
B572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 03/09/743
B572 51054 59413 51082 Listed at BR - 01/05/1976
51054 59413 51082 Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol1
B572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 24/05/77 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Weston Super Mare and 2C36 1545 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff
51054 59413 51082 Transfer to LA - 4w/e 18/06/77
51054 59413 51082 Transfer to BR - 2w/e 09/07/77
B572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 09/09/1977 - Cardiff Central4
P572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 26/09/77 - on 2C36 1540 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff
P572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 16/12/1977 - Cardiff Central4
B572 51054 59413 51082 Listed at BR - 31st December 1977
B572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 21/05/78 - on 2B22 1215 Cardiff-Bristol TM
B572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 01/07/1978 - South Wales Area4
B572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 16/07/78 - on 2B21 1405 Cardiff-Cheltenham
B572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 22/07/78 - on 2C10 0644 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff
B572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 29/08/78 - on 2O71 1715 Bristol TM-Salisbury
B572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 05/10/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford
B572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 28/08/1979 - At Swindon P2 Bay 14594
51054 59413 51082 Transfer to CF - w/e 30/09/79
C572 51054 59413 51082 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
572 51054 59413 51082 Transfer to RG - 2w/e 10/05/80
L572 51054 59413 51082 Noted circa 04/19825
L572 51054 59413 51082 Formation change - circa Aug-82
L572 51054 59413 51082 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L572 51054 59413 51082 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L572 51054 59413 51082 Noted circa 11/19855
L572 51054 59413 51082 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 21/06/1986 - at Reading6
L572 51054 59413 51082 Noted 21/06/19865
L572 51054 59540 51082 Formation change - circa Jun-87 - 59540 replaces 59413 (to spare)
L572 51054 59540 51082 Listed at RG - Aug-87
L572 51052 59540 51082 Noted 05/02/19885
L572 51052 59540 51082 Formation change - RG - w/e 07/02/88 - 51052 replaced 51054

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

Images:

Class 119 DMU at Tufts Junction

22nd March 1969

A GRC&W Cross-Country set (Class 119), W51082 closest, W51054 is on the rear, the centre car is presumably 59413. It is working the Branch Line Society 'Gloucestershire rail tour' on 22 March 1969 and is about to cross Tufts Bridge approaching Tufts Junction between Whitecroft and Norchard. Walter Burt Collection.

Class 119 DMU at Sudbrook

22nd March 1969

W51082 on the end of the BLS 'Gloucestershire rail tour' at Sudbrook on 22 March 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 119 DMU at Mells, Hempstead branch

22nd March 1969

W51082 on the end of the BLS 'Gloucestershire rail tour' at Mells on the Hempstead branch, Gloucester, on 22 March 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 119 DMU at Pembroke Dock

3rd April 1980

Set number: C572

Class 119 DMU set C572 (W51082 and presumably 59413 + 51054) in Pembroke Dock station on 3 April 1980. Brian Daniels.

Class 119 DMU at Godstone

Unknown date

Set number: L572

Class 119 set L572 (51082 and presumably 59413 + 51054) at Godstone on a Tonbridge service. Ian Buck.

Class 119 DMU at Shalford

Unknown date

Set number: L572

Class 119 DMU set L572 arrives into Shalford station from the Guildford direction. Date unknown - it was London set from May 1980. W51082 leads, presumably with 59413 + 51054. Paul Redmond.

Class 119 DMU at Guildford

Unknown date

Set number: L572

Class 119 DMU set L572 (51082 and presumably 59413 visible) in Guildford station with a Gatwick Airport service. Date unknown - it was London set from May 1980. Paul Redmond.

Class 119 DMU at Redhill

13th January 1987

Set number: L572

In the snow class 119 set L572 (51082 and presumably 59413 + 51054) is berthed at Redhill on 13th January 1987. Ian Buck.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: January 1973

Set number: B572

GRC&W Cross-Country DMU set B572 (presumably 51054 + 59413 + 51082) at Cardiff in January 1973. Mel Smith.

DMU

Date: 7th September 1974

Set number: B572

7th of September 1974 and its a grey and rainy day in Gloucester Eastgate station. Class 119 DMU set B572 is working the 07.35 Swindon to Cheltenham service. If the set was in correct formation it would have comprised 51054 + 59413 + 51082. The KDH Archive.

DMU

Date: 25th September 1979

Set number: B572

Class 119 GRC&W Cross-Country set B572 (51054 and presumably 59413 + 51082) at Cardiff Central on September 15, 1979. Steve Jones.

DMU

Date: 16th April 1980

Set number: C572

W51054 is the DMBC in C572 (presumably with 59413 + 51082) when seen at Milford Haven on the 15:15 from Swansea, 16th April 1980. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 1982

Set number: L572

Class 119 set L572 (presumably 51054 + 59413 + 51082) at the rear of a nine-car formation in London Victoria during the 1982 ASLEF strike. John Law.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L572

Class 119 set L572 (presumably 51052 + 59413 + 51082) arriving into Bletchworh station. Date unknown, circa early 1980s. Ian Docwra.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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