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Vehicle 51085


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: 30422
Diagram: 541

Allocations

4w/e 29/11/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
30/07/62 Transferred to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
2w/e 17/03/67 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
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)
06/07/87 Stored U.
p/e 02/08/87 Withdrawn from Su

Modifications

3w/e 17/12/77 - Leyland engines fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


CDF534 51057 59414 51085 Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60
51074 59433 51085 Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury1
51057 59416 51085 Noted 22/05/71 - at Wolverhampton2
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
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

Images:

Class 119 DMU at Shifnal

2nd February 1975

M51085 leads a Class 119 into Shifnal station with the 12:38 Wolverhampton - Chester service on 2 February 1975. Michael Mensing.

Class 119 DMU at Swindon Works

13th September 1979

Set number: L593

This seems to the DMS from L593 - so probably 51085 - on stands in Swindon Works on the 13th September 1979. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 119 DMU at Weston-Super-Mare

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.

Class 119 DMU at Guildford

Unknown date

Set number: L593

At the old un-rebuilt Guildford class 119 set L593 with car 51085 leading, presumably with 59431 + 51072. Ian Buck.

Class 119 DMU at east of Didcot

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.

Class 119 DMU at Deepdene

22nd March 1984

Set number: L593

Class 119 set L593 (51085 and presumably 59431 + 51072) narriving at Deepdene on 22nd March 1984. Ian Buck.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L593

Class 119 car 51072 leads set L593 (presumably with 59431 + 51085) into Tonbridge. Set L580 is on the left. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.