Vehicle 59414
Class 119
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Lot Number: 30423
Diagram: 542
Allocations
| Nov-58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| 30/07/62 | Transferred to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| 2w/e 17/03/67 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CH | |
| 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) | |
| 03/11/88 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |
Notes
w/e 22/10/77 - listed as transferred to WR, later cancelled and remained on LMR
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 | |||||
| 51057 | 59414 | 51086 | Noted 08/08/68 - in Chester1 | ||||||
| 51072 | 59414 | 51085 | Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot1 | ||||||
| 51076 | 59414 | 51099 | Noted 18/04/73 - on Chester depot2 | ||||||
| 51059 | 59414 | 51102 | Noted 13/08/1973 - on 15:18 Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury3 | ||||||
| 51076 | 59414 | 51099 | Noted 11/08/74 - on 1700 Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton | ||||||
| 51076 | 59414 | 51099 | Noted 08/07/1975 - at Wolverhampton 3 | ||||||
| 51076 | 59414 | 51099 | Noted 31/07/76 - at Shrewsbury2 | ||||||
| 51076 | 59414 | 51099 | Noted 10/09/76 - on Chester depot2 | ||||||
| 50931 | 59414 | 51565 | Noted 30/08/1977 - Worked 17.25 Crewe - Llandudno service, seen at Prestatyn.4 | ||||||
| 50931 | 59414 | 51565 | Noted 09/09/77 - at Aberystwyth2 | ||||||
| 50930 | 59414 | 51562 | Noted 16/07/1978 - on 17:00 Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton with 50980 and 562633 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 02/19864 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Noted 13/09/19864 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Noted circa 08/19874 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51100 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51095 | Noted circa 03/19884 | |||||
| L589 | 51057 | 59414 | 51095 | Noted 16/04/19884 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
Unknown date
A GRC&W Cross-Country set in Wolverhampton station with TSRBL M59414 in view. Undated, but circa early to mid-1970s, during this period the vehicle was allocated to Chester depot. Graham Clark.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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.
Date: unknown
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Date: 28th February 1987
Set number: L589
Class 119 set L589 (presumably 51057 + 59414 + 51100) at Reading on 28th February 1987. Ian Buck.
Date: 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.