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Vehicle 59418


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

4w/e 27/12/58 New to 86C (Cardiff Canton)
Jan-61Depot code change88A
by Jun-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)
31/05/81 Transferred to RG (Reading)
15/05/83 Transferred to BR (Bristol Bath Road)
11/05/86 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
06/09/87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
09/09/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


CR553 51076 59418 51099 Noted circa Jun-69
51076 59418 51099 Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot1
51058 59418 51087 Noted 01/07/1973 - at Bristol Temple Meads2
51072 59418 51085 Noted 04/09/74 - at Wrexham3
CR555 51072 59418 51085 Noted 02/07/1975 - at Wolverhampton4
51058 59418 51087 Noted 31/07/76 - at Aberystwyth3
51058 59418 51087 Noted 20/06/1977 - Seen at Prestatyn en route to Llandudno5
51058 59418 51087 Noted 07/09/77 - at Shrewsbury3
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 05/12/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff
C590 51058 59418 51087 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 10/01/78 - on 2C30 1305 Bristol TM-Cardiff with C592
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 18/03/78 - at Cardiff
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 22/04/1978 - Branch Line Society Swansea Valleys Railtour
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 10/05/78 - on 2B60 1755 Cardiff-Bristol TM
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 18/05/78 - on 1E73 1745 Cardiff-Sheffield
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted circa 08/1978 - Cardiff Central6
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 30/11/78 - on 2C83 1030 Milford Haven-Swansea
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 21/04/1979 - At Cardiff Central6
C590 51058 59418 51087 Listed at CF - 03/03/80
590 51058 59418 51087 Transfer to RG - 31/05/81
L590 51058 59418 51087 Noted circa 04/19825
L590 51058 59418 51087 Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
B590 51058 59418 51087 Transfer to BR - 15/05/83 - Now B prefix
B580 51058 59418 51087 Noted 23/07/83 - at Southall3
B590 51058 59418 51087 Noted circa 03/19845
B590 51058 59418 51087 Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B590 51058 59418 51087 Noted circa 03/19855
51058 59418 51087 Noted 07/12/85 - on 15:50 Cardiff - Crewe service7
B590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 15/03/19865
C590 51058 59418 51087 Transfer to CF - 11/05/86 - from BR, was B590
C590 51058 59418 51087 Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986
C590 51058 59418 51087 Noted 02/05/87 - at Riverside Sidings Canton
51058 59418 51087 Noted 09/06/87
C590 51058 59418 51087 Listed at CF - Aug-87

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 119 DMU at Snailwell

10th September 1989

Class 119 TSRB 59418 at Snailwell on 10th September 1989. It has spent most of its final year at Heaton. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 22nd April 1978

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51058 + 59418 + 51087) during the Aberpergwm stop of the Branch Line Society Swansea Valleys railtour on 22 April 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 22nd April 1978

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51058 + 59418 + 51087) during the Craig-y-Nos stop of the Branch Line Society Swansea Valleys railtour on 22 April 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 1979

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 at Newport in late 1979. DMSL W51087 has signs of roof repairs at the back of the cab dome and at cantrail level above the first passenger door. The other two vehicles are presumably 59418 and 51058. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 7th July 1979

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) in Bristol Temple Meads station with the 14:25 service to Cardiff Central on 7 July 1979. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 18th August 1979

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (51087 and presumably 59418 + 51058) leads a suburban set near Avoncliff working the 5.40pm Weymouth - Bristol Temple Meads on 18 August 1979. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: late 1979

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) arrives into Severn Tunnel Junction station in late 1979. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: spring 1980

Set number: C590

Class 119 DMU set C590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) arrives into Nailsea and Backwell station in the spring of 1980. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: circa 1982

Set number: L590

Class 119 DMU set L590 (51087 and presumably 59418 + 51058) in Oxford station, Worcester on the destination blind. Undated, it was only a Reading set from May 1981 to May 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: circa 1982

Set number: L590

Class 119 DMU set L590 (51087 at the far end, the others are presumably 59418 + 51058) departing Oxford station. Undated, it was only a Reading set from May 1981 to May 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: B590

Class 119 DMU set B590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) stabled at Hereford alongside a Class 37 and 56. Date unknown. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.

DMU

Date: May 1983

Set number: L590

Class 119 set L590 (51058 and presumably 59418 + 51087) heads away from Yatton in late May 1983, the set had recently been trasnferred to Bristol Bath Road. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: C590

Unknown date, class 119 set C590 (presumably 51058 + 59418 + 51087) pauses at Gomshall on the North Downs line. Ian Buck.

DMU

Date: 3rd July 1985

Set number: B590

Class 119 DMU set B590 (presumably 51058 + 59418 + 51087) at Stourbridge Junction in July 1985. Robert28194.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1985

Set number: B590

Class 119 Cross-Country set B590 (51087 + 59418 + 51058) was entering Droitwich Spa station with a Birmingham New Street (via Bromsgrove) to Hereford when I took this image on 6 July 1985. The main point of this viewpoint was to include the centre pivot lower quadrant signals in case they were replaced with colour lights in the near future. They weren't, and still are in use in 2024 unlike the trackwork leaving the former coal yard which has long been removed. Peter Tandy.

DMU

Date: September 1985

Set number: B590

Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Set No.B590 (presumably 51087 + 59418 + 51058) passing Parson Street, Bristol, on a Bristol (Temple Meads) - Taunton service, 09/85. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 12th April 1986

Set number: B590

Class 119 51058, set number B590 (presumably with 59418 + 51087), is seen on the fuel lines at Tyseley in BR blue and grey livery on 12.04.1986. Andy Cole.

DMU

Date: 24th April 1986

Set number: B590

Class 119 DMU set B590 (51058 + 59418 + 59087) in Bristol Temple Meads station on 24 April 1986. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: July 1986

Set number: C590

Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Set No.C590 (51087 and presumably 59418 + 51058) in BR Rail Blue & Grey with all yellow front ends near Chepstow on a Gloucester - Cardiff service, 07/86. Hugh Llewelyn.

DMU

Date: 18th July 1987

Set number: C590

C590 (51087 presumably with 59418 + 51058) shunts out of Cardiff Central platform 2 on an ECS to Canton, 18/7/87. PJ Evans.