Vehicle 59415
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
| Dec-58 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| 30/07/62 | Transferred to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| circa Jun-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| w/e 30/06/79 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 24/08/87 | Stored U. | ||
| p/e 11/10/87 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| CDF533 | 51054 | 59415 | 51082 | Listed at CDF - circa Sep-60 | |||||
| BL524 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted circa Dec-67 - in blue grey with full yellow ends | |||||
| BL524 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted circa Feb-68 - in plain blue with small yellow panels | |||||
| 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 30/07/69 - at Bristol Temple Meads1 | ||||||
| 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 01/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads2 | ||||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 02/07/1973 - at Bath2 | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 22/09/73 - on 1910 Cheltenham-Cardiff | |||||
| 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 27/05/1974 - at Bristol TM3 | ||||||
| 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 26/08/74 - at Cardiff2 | ||||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 21/12/74 - on 0910 Bristol TM-Cardiff with C602 | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 14/01/75 - on 2C18 0906 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B408 | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 31/01/75 - on 2B46 1620 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C506 + B462 | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Listed at BR - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Bristol4 | ||||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 26/09/1976 - on Bulmers Open Day Shuttle from and to Hereford station 51084-59415-51056 + 50706-59296-50648 (B574 + C501) | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 16/03/77 - on 2C44 1625 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 01/05/77 - on 2C60 1925 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 15/09/77 - on 2C30 1305 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B571 | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 16/12/1977 - Severn Tunnel Junction area5 | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Listed at BR - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 30/06/1978 - At Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 07/07/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 19/07/78 - on 2C44 1528 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B573 | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 29/09/1978 - at Bristol Temple Meads5 | |||||
| B574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 19/11/78 - on 2H67 0745 Rugby-Manchester Piccadilly | |||||
| 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Transfer to RG - w/e 30/06/79 | ||||||
| L574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted circa 04/19826 | |||||
| L574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 55020 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 24/02/1987 - at Paddington7 | ||||||
| L574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L574 | 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted circa 08/19876 | |||||
| 51056 | 59415 | 51084 | Noted 24/10/87 - on 15:15 Reading - Redhill8 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
7: Robert Chilton
8: Martin Baumann
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1971
Set number: B574
Class 119 set B574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) and a suburban set heading for Portsmouth Harbour arrives at Fareham in 1971. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: circa 1972
Set number: B574
Class 119 set B574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) arrives at Southampton circa 1972. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 10th July 1972
Set number: B574
Class 119 DMU set B574 (51084 and presumably 59415 + 51056) in Westbury station with the 16.42 to Salisbury on 10 July 1972. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: October 1973
Set number: B574
Class 119 set B574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) and another set on the 12:15 Weymouth to Bristol, passing Witham down advance starting signal. October 1973. Adrian Vaughan.
Date: May 1974
Set number: B574
B574 is seen at Bradford-on-Avon in May 1974, presumably 51084 + 59415 in view. Adrian Vaughan.
Date: 26th July 1975
Set number: B574
Class 119 DMU set B574 (51084 and presumably 59415 + 51056) is seen at Pritchatt's Road, Edgbaston, just north of the site of the future University station. It is working the 11:15 Worcester Shrub Hill - Birmingham New Street service on 26 July 1975. Michael Mensing.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: C501
Class 120 set C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 set B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Bulmers, Hereford, with a shuttle for the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976 Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: C501
Class 120 C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: C501
Class 120 C501 (50706 + 59296 + 50648) and Class 119 B574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976, and is waiting for the points to be clipped. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: B574
Class 119 B574 (51056 + 59415 + 51084) and Class 120 C501 (50648 + 59296 + 50706) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 26th September 1976
Set number: B574
Class 119 B574 (51056 + 59415 + 51084) and Class 120 C501 (50648 + 59296 + 50706) at Hereford. This was a shuttle to the Bulmers Railway Centre open day on 26th September 1976. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 1978
Set number: B574
Class 119 set B574 (presumably 51084 + 59415 + 51056) makes a smoky departure from Bristol in 1978. Rex Holt.
Date: August 1978
Set number: B574
Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Set No.B574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front ends passing Chelvey, near Nailsea & Backwell, on a Cardiff - Weston-super-Mare service, 08/78. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 12th January 1980
Set number: L574
In the fading light on the 12th January 1980 Class 119 set L574 (presumably 51084 + 59415 + 51056) enters Twyford station with a Paddington service. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 17th June 1980
Set number: L574
Heading away from Betchworth on 17th June 1980 is class 119 set L574 (presumably 51084 + 59415 + 51056) on 17th June 1980. Ian Buck.
Date: unknown
Set number: L574
Class 119 DMU set L574 - W51084 and presumably 59415 + 51056 - seen at Reading from the 'Southern' platform, date unknown. 'Tonbridge' is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.
Date: unknown
Set number: L574
Class 119 DMU set L574 - W51056 and presumably 59415 + 51084 - seen at Reading from the 'Southern' platform, date unknown. 'Tonbridge' is on the destination blind. Paul Redmond.
Date: 1985
Set number: L574
L574 (presumably 51084 + 59415 + 51056) is seen on the up fast line at Reading in the Spring of 1985. Andy Hoare.
Date: 22nd July 1985
Set number: L574
Class 119 Cross-Country set L574 (51084 + 59415 + 51056) in Slough station with an Oxford service on 22/7/85. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 28th August 1987
Set number: L574
Class 119 set L574 (presumably 51056 + 59415 + 51084) is seen at Didcot with a local service to Oxford on the 28th August 1987. Hamish Stevenson.