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Vehicle 51097

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

4w/e 16/05/59 New to 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
3w/e 03/04/71 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
May-73Depot code changeLA
2w/e 05/11/77 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
w/e 13/05/78 Transferred to RG (Reading)
15/05/83 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
11/05/86 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
Oct-87 Withdrawn from CF (Cardiff Canton)
w/e 07/02/88 Reinstated CF (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 20/05/88 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
19/07/88 Withdrawn from BR (Bristol Bath Road)

Notes

19/12/88 - withdrawn vehicles 51063/9/91/7, 51302/17, 59039, 59422/69/79 (for Snailwell) and 59030/6, 59363, 59474 (for V Berry) departed Canton leaving 51322 as the only condemned vehicle there

Modifications

4w/e 06/05/72 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 24/07/76 - Leyland engines fitted
p/e 25/06/77 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51069 59428 51097 As delivered to 82B - 4w/e 16/05/59
533 51069 59428 51097 Noted Nov-68 - now in blue/grey
BL533 51069 59428 51097 Noted circa Dec-69 - in blue grey livery
LA506 51069 59428 51097 Listed at Laira - circa Apr-71 - ex-BL533
51069 59428 51097 Transfer to 84A - 3w/e 03/04/71
51069 59428 51097 Noted 13/11/71 - at Newton Abbot1
51069 59428 51097 Noted 19/05/72 - at Exeter1
P583 51069 59428 51097 Noted 03/06/72 - worked last passenger train to Okehampton with a Class 103 (possibly P201) and Class 122 set P118.
P583 51069 59428 51097 Noted 31/10/72
P583 51069 59428 51097 Noted 03/07/1973 - at Plymouth2
P583 51069 59365 51097 Noted 02/09/74 - at St Blazey3
P583 51069 59428 51097 Noted 27/08/75 - on Laira depot3
P583 51069 59428 51097 Listed at LA - 01/05/1976
P583 51069 59428 51097 Noted 07/09/76 - at Exeter3
C583 51069 59428 51097 Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area4
51069 59428 51097 Transfer to CF - 2w/e 05/11/77
C583 51069 59428 51097 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
51069 59428 51097 Transfer to RG - w/e 13/05/78
L583 51069 59428 51097 Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L583 51069 59428 51097 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
B583 51069 59428 51097 Transfer to BR - 15/05/83 - Now B prefix
B583 51069 59428 51097 Noted circa 08/19835
B583 51069 59428 51097 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B583 51069 59428 51097 Noted 19/10/19855
C583 51069 59428 51097 Transfer to CF - 11/05/86 - from BR, was B583
C583 51069 59428 51097 Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
C583 51069 59428 51097 Noted circa 06/19865
C583 51069 59428 51097 Noted 30/04/87 - on 15:40 Cardiff Central to Crewe with C317 53858 + 59034 + 539114
C583 51069 59428 51097 Noted circa 08/19875
C583 51069 59428 51097 Listed at CF - Aug-87
C583 51069 51097 Formed at CF w/e 07/02/88
B583 51069 51097 Formed at BR circa May-88 - Was C583

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

Images:

Class 119 DMU at Newquay

25th September 1976

Set number: P583

A Par to Newquay service reaches its destination on 25/9/76. The Signalbox and most of the layout would disappear 12 months later. Class 119 set P583 is presumably formed of 51097 + 59428 + 51069. Stephen Burdett.

Class 119 DMU at Guildford

1981

Set number: L583

Class 119 DMU set L583 contains a suburban centre car when seen arriving at Guildford with a Reading to Gatwick Airport service in the first half of 1981. The power cars are presumably 51097 and 51069. Rob Paterson.

Class 119 DMU at Selhurst Depot

Unknown date

Set number: L583

After fuelling class 119 set L583 (presumably 51097 + 59428 + 51069) sits on 12 road at Selhurst Depot waiting to return ecs to Redhill. Ian Buck.

Class 119 DMU at Newbury Racecourse

Unknown date

Set number: L583

Class 119 set L583 (presumably 51097 + 59428 + 51069 about to enter Newbury Racecourse station circa early 1980s. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 119 DMU at Worcester Foregate Street

Unknown date

Set number: L583

Class 119 DMU set L583 (W51097 and presumably 59428 + 51069) in Worcester Foregate Street station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 119 DMU at Moreton-in-Marsh

November 1983

Set number: B583

B583, led by 51097 presumably with 59428 + 51069, during a stop at Moreton-in-Marsh in November 1983. Mike Cooper.

Class 119 DMU at Moreton-in-Marsh

November 1983

Set number: B583

GRC&W Class 119 W51097 (B583) awaits departure from Moreton-in-Marsh, November 1983. Mike Cooper.

Class 119 DMU at Gare Junction

27th October 1984

Set number: B583

B583 emerging from the tunnel at Gare Junction on the 27th October 1984, presumably formed 51097 + 59428 + 51069. Steve Davies Collection.

Class 119 DMU at Snailwell

15th January 1989

Set number: C583

Class 119 DMS W51097 at Snailwell on 15 January 1989. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: P583

Class 119 DMU set P583 (51069 + 59428 + 51097) in Paignton station - date unknown. Glyn Weigh.

DMU

Date: July 1976

Set number: P583

Class 119 GRC&W Cross-Country DMU set P583 (presumably 51069 + 59428 + 51097) at Crediton on an Exeter to Barnstaple Junction service in July 1976. John Jarvis.

DMU

Date: September 1977

Set number: P583

Gloucester RC&W Class 119 Set P583 (presumably W51069-W59428-W51097) gets underway from Falmouth Docks with a single car unit in overall blue livery attached at the rear, September 1977. Steve Carter.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: L583

Class 119 DMU set L583 (W51069 and presumably 59428 + 51097) arriving into Worcester Foregate Street station with an Oxford service, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

DMU

Date: November 1983

Set number: B583

B583 departs from Moreton-in-Marsh in November 1983. W51097 is the far-away vehicle, presumably with 59428 + 51069. Mike Cooper.

DMU

Date: 1984

Set number: B583

Class 119 DMU set B583 (presumably 51079 + 59428 + 51097) heads away from Dorchester in mid-1984. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: November 1985

Set number: B583

A Class 119 DMU, Bristol set B583 (presumably 51069 + 59428 + 51097), runs into Worcester Shrub Hill from Birmingham. Taken during the week ending 16th November 1985. Paul James.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: C583

Class 119 C583 (51069/51097) at Llanishen station, North Cardiff, circa 1989. Mac Winfield.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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