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Vehicle 51100


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

Jul-59 New to 84E (Tyseley)
01/01/63Boundary change84Etransferred from WR to LMR stock
Sep-63Depot code change2A
2w/e 16/03/67 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
06/05/73Depot code changeCH
2w/e 20/10/79 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
2w/e 29/12/79 Transferred to RG (Reading)
Mar-80 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
31/05/81 Transferred to RG (Reading)
Mar-88 Withdrawn from RG (Reading)

Modifications

p/e 26/01/80 - Leyland engines fitted

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51072 59431 51100 As delivered to Tyseley - July 1959
51059 59432 51100 Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury1
51059 59433 51100 Noted 06/08/72 - on 15:18 Wolverhampton High Level to Chester with 50398 + 56357 (CR207)
51057 59416 51100 Noted 20/03/76 - on 09.40 Wolverhampton – Chester2
51057 59416 51100 Noted 01/05/76 - on 17.40 Chester – Wolverhampton2
51057 59414 51100 Transfer to CF - 2w/e 20/10/79
589 51057 59414 51100 Transfer to RG - 2w/e 29/12/79
589 51057 59414 51100 Transfer to CF - Mar-80 - from RG
C589 51057 59414 51100 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
51057 59414 51100 Noted 02/10/80 - on 19.50 Cardiff – Bristol TM2
589 51057 59414 51100 Transfer to RG - 31/05/81
L589 51057 59414 51100 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L589 51057 59414 51100 Listed at RG - 01/01/85
L589 51057 59414 51100 Noted circa 02/19863
L589 51057 59414 51100 Listed at Reading - Summer 1986
L589 51057 59414 51100 Noted 13/09/19863
L589 51057 59414 51100 Noted circa 08/19873
L589 51057 59414 51100 Listed at RG - Aug-87
T589 51057 51100 Noted circa 05/19883

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Phil Shatford
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 119 DMU at Wolverhampton Low Level

circa late 1959

A GRC&W DMU in Wolverhampton Low Level Spa station, date unknown. Closest is W51100 - still looking fairly new - so this could be circa late 1959. It was a Tyseley vehicle from delivery in July 1959 until moving to Chester in March 1967. A couple of items of note - the left marker lamp has a white lens slotted in, and there is a coach board fitted but turned inwards to hide the text. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 119 DMU at Albrighton

22nd May 1976

A Class 119 DMU arrives into Albrighton station with the 12:44 Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury service on 22 May 1976. DMCL W51100 leads. Michael Mensing.

Class 119 DMU at Albrighton

22nd May 1976

A passenger boards Class 119 W51100 on the 12:44 Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury service at Albrighton station on 22 May 1976. Michael Mensing.

Class 119 DMU at Deepdene

Unknown date

Set number: L589

Class 119 DMU set L589 (presumably 51100 + 59414 + 51057) arrives into Deepdene station on the North Downs line, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Class 119 DMU at Coulsdon North

1st April 1987

Set number: L589

Working a diverted Reading to Gatwick Airport service on 1st April 1987 class 119 set L589 (presumably 51100 + 59414 + 51057) passes Coulsdon North. Ian Buck.

Class 119 DMU at Old Oak Common

22nd December 1989

Class 119 vehicles 51100 and 51056 are seen at Old Oak Common on the 22nd December 1989. Robert Chilton.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 16th June 1979

An unusual combination of a Class 119 DMSL and plain blue Class 105 DTCL or DMCL seen at Swindon on 16 June 1979. With no brake van in the set they are probably ex-works en-route to their home depots. With "Chesterfield" on the destination blind the 119 could be a Chester vehicle - on this date it only had one set, the DMSL being 51100. Nicholas T Smith.

DMU

Date: 1st January 1980

Set number: L589

Class 119 set L589 (presumably 51057 + 59414 + 51100) at Enborne on the first day of the 1980s - January 1st, 1980. Steve Davies Collection.

DMU

Date: August 1982

Set number: L589

Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Set No.L589 (presumably 51057 + 59414 + 51100) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front ends arriving at Worcester (Shrub Hill) on a service from Oxford via Evesham, 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 6th August 1983

Set number: L589

Class 119 DMU set L589 (51057 and presumably 59414 + 51100) is seen passing Dr Days Junction at Bristol forming a special connection to Bristol Parkway on 6 August 1983. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 14th September 1983

Set number: L589

Radley station on Wednesday 14 September 1983. The 14.01 Paddington-Oxford has just stopped here for a handful of passengers to disembark; the DMU is Reading depot's L589 (formed 51057/59414/51100). Note the cooling towers of Didcot power station steaming away on the horizon. Lewis Bevan.

DMU

Date: 20th April 1985

Set number: L589

Western Region Class DMU L589 (51057 leads, presumably with 59414 + 51100) at Clapham Junction, 20 April 1985. Though to be a Gatwick - Reading service diverted because of engineering works. Nigel Menzies.

DMU

Date: 28th February 1987

Set number: L589

Class 119 set L589 (presumably 51057 + 59414 + 51100) at Reading on 28th February 1987. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 17th February 1990

Set number: L574

WIthdrawn Class 119 vehicles 51056 (L574) and 51100 (L589) at Old Oak Common on 17 February 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.