Vehicle 59420
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 24/01/59 | 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-73 | Depot code change | LA | |
| 28/02/76 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 15/05/83 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 11/05/86 | Stored S. | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 24/02/87 | Withdrawn from | BR (Bristol Bath Road) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51061 | 59420 | 51089 | As delivered to WR - 4w/e 24/01/59 | ||||||
| 51061 | 59420 | 51089 | 16th February 1959 - Arrived at Weymouth for crew training (1 week) | ||||||
| 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted July 1967 | ||||||
| 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| LA507 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Listed at Laira - circa Apr-71 - ex-BL536 | |||||
| 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Transfer to 84A - 3w/e 03/04/71 | ||||||
| 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 13/11/71 - on Laira depot1 | ||||||
| P586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 03/07/1973 - at Exeter2 | |||||
| P586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 07/09/73 - at Par3 | |||||
| 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 15th July 1974 | ||||||
| P586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 02/09/74 - on Laira depot3 | |||||
| P586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 27/08/75 - on Laira depot3 | |||||
| L586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Listed at RG - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| L586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 25/09/1976 - Oxford Railway Society Bristol Area Branch Line Tour L586+L587 51077-59420-51105 + 51078-59436-51106 | |||||
| L586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area4 | |||||
| L586 | 51077 | 59420 | 55031 | 51105 | Noted 14/06/1977 - Oxford Station4 | ||||
| L586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 12/11/1977 - Oxford Station4 | |||||
| L586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Listed at RG - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| L586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 12/01/1978 - Reading4 | |||||
| L586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 10/03/1978 - At Oxford Station4 | |||||
| L586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 01/07/1978 - Gloucester Cheltenham Area4 | |||||
| L586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 28/08/1979 - At Acton Mainline4 | |||||
| L586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| B586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Transfer to BR - 15/05/83 - Now B prefix | |||||
| B586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted circa 07/19835 | |||||
| B586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted circa 11/19855 | |||||
| B586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 18/02/19865 | |||||
| B586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 26/04/19865 | |||||
| B586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Noted 10/05/19865 | |||||
| 586 | 51077 | 59420 | 51105 | Listed at WR - Summer 1986 - stored at BR |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1967
Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Nos.W51105 (119/2), W59420 (178), W51077 (119/1) in BR green with small yellow warning panel leaving Paddington, 07/67. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 10th July 1975
Set number: P586
Class 119 3 car DMU built by Gloucester RC&W in 1958 nos. 51105, 59420 + 51077 wait at Newquay to work the 1034 to Par on July 10, 1975. Suthen Softy.
Date: June 1976
Set number: L586
A Class 119 DMU, set L586 (presumably 51105 + 59420 + 51077), in June 1976. Location thought to be Kintbury. The KDH Archive.
Date: 23rd July 1976
Set number: L586
A Class 119 sets L586 (presumably 51105 59420 51077) arrives at Ealing Broadway station on 23 July 1976. Nigel Menzies.
Date: 19th August 1976
Set number: L586
Didcot on the 19th of August 1976 with the Power Station overlooking everything. The slide mount gave Class 119 DMU set L586 as on the 2B40 service to Paddington, but given the tail lamp, headcode and track I think we can assume that was from Paddington. It was probably made up of 51077/59420/51105. In the yard we have 08835 and 47024. 08835 was a Reading loco as you would expect and 47024 spent 1976 flitting between Laira, Canton and Bath Road. The KDH Archive.
Date: 25th September 1976
Set number: L586
The Oxford Railway Society Bristol Area Branch Line Tour at an unknown stop. The tour began in Reading and was operated by Class 119 sets L586 + L587, the vehicles visible here are presumably 51077 + 59420. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 28th March 1977
Set number: L586
Ledbury railway station (view west). Monday 28 March 1977. The six-car DMU has Class 119 set L586 closest, presumably 51077 + 59420 + 51105. Ian 10B.
Date: 9th April 1977
Set number: L586
Class 119 DMU set L586 (W51105 and presumably 59420 + 51077) with a suburban set in the rear departs from Stourbridge Junction station with the 12:14pm Lichfield City - Worcester Foregate Street service on 9 April 1977. Michael Mensing.
Date: 9th April 1977
Set number: L586
Class 119 DMU set L586 (W51105 and presumably 59420 + 51077) with a suburban set in the rear arrives into Stourbridge Junction station with the 12:14pm Lichfield City - Worcester Foregate Street service on 9 April 1977. Michael Mensing.
Date: 20th January 1979
Set number: L586
Class 119 set L586 (presumably 51077 + 59420 + 51105) is about to enter Bedwyn station on the 20th January 1979. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: 6th October 1979
Set number: L586
Class 119 set L586 (51077 closest, presumably with 59420 + 51105) at Tonbridge, 6 October 1979. Nigel Menzies.
Date: 17th June 1980
Set number: L586
These are easily my favourite dmus simply because I worked on them when at Selhurst Depot. Class 119 set L586 (51077 closest, presumably with 59420 + 51105) halts at the timeless station of Betchworth on a Tonbridge to Reading stopping service on 17th June 1980. Ian Buck.
Date: unknown
Set number: L586
Class 119 DMU set L586 (W51105 and presumably 59420 + 51077) at Redhill - date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: unknown
Set number: L586
Class 119 set L586 (51077 closest, presumably with 59420 + 51105) arriving at Gatwick Airport. Ian Buck.
Date: unknown
Set number: L586
Car 51077 on class 119 set L586 leads into Shalford, presumably with 59420 + 51105. Ian Buck.
Date: unknown
Set number: L586
Class 119 set L586 (51105 closest, presumably with 59420 + 51077) at Edenbridge. Ian Buck.
Date: 18th June 1983
Set number: B586
Class 119 DMU set B586 (presumably 51077 + 59420 + 51105) arrives onto Castle Cary station with a suburban set on the rear on 18 June 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1984
Set number: B586
Class 119 set B586 (51105 + 59420 + 51077) passes Avoncliff in 1984. Robert Forsythe.
Date: October 1984
Set number: B586
GRC&W Cross-Country Class 119 set B586 (presumably 51105 + 59420 + 51077) is seen at Frome in early October 1984. Michael Mensing.
Date: circa 1985
Set number: B586
Class 119 set B586 (51105 closest, presumably with 59420 + 51077) at Southall circa 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 24th August 1985
Set number: B586
Class 119 set B586 (presumably 51105 + 59420 + 51077) with the 13:10 Westbury - Weymouth is seen arrived at Weymouth (at 14:45) on Saturday 24th August 1985. Colin Brooks.
Date: 23rd November 1985
Set number: B586
Class 119 set B586 (presumably 51105 + 59420 + 51077) at Cheltenham Spa waiting to leave with the 6.43pm to Swindon on 23 November 1985. Michael Mensing.