Vehicle 59423
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
| 3w/e 21/03/59 | New to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| circa Jun-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| 4w/e 26/05/79 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| p/e 12/12/87 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | As delivered to 82B - 3w/e 21/03/59 | ||||||
| 51064 | 59423 | 7804 | 51092 | Noted Sep-61 | |||||
| 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted circa Mar-68 - in plain blue with small yellow panel | ||||||
| 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 30/10/70 - at Bristol Bath Road depot1 | ||||||
| 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 06/11/70 - at Swansea1 | ||||||
| 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol2 | ||||||
| 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 01/08/1973 - at Gloucester3 | ||||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 06/09/73 - at Cheltenham4 | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 27/04/74 - on 14:20 Weston SM-Cardiff with C533 50732 + 59279 + 50694 | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 23/06/74 - on 18:10 Bristol TM-Weston SM | |||||
| 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 25/08/1974 - at Carmarthen2 | ||||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 03/09/74 - at Cardiff4 | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Listed at BR - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 07/09/76 - on Bristol Philips March depot4 | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 11/03/77 - on 2C36 1405 Cardiff-Bristol TM with B581 | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 08/04/77 - on 2B76 1910 Cardiff-Taunton | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 08/05/77 - on 2H67 0830 Birmingham New Street-Manchester Piccadilly | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 12/07/77 - on 2C30 1305 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B575 | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 27/07/77 - on 2B30 1600 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 08/11/77 - on 2C44 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 16/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Listed at BR - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 01/07/1978 - South Wales Area5 | |||||
| B578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 11/10/1978 - at Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| 578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Transfer to RG - 4w/e 26/05/79 - from BR | |||||
| L578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| L578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted circa 04/19836 | |||||
| L578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
| L578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Listed at Reading - Spring 1986 | |||||
| L578 | 51064 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted circa 04/19866 | |||||
| L578 | 51068 | 59423 | 51092 | Formation change - Jun-86 - 51068 (ex-582) replaced 51064 | |||||
| L578 | 51075 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 21/04/87 - at Royal Oak4 | |||||
| L578 | 51075 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 01/08/19876 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 22nd September 1961
Hawksworth vehicle W7804W has been inserted into a GRCW Cross-Country set (formed W51064 + W59423 + W51092) (with a Swindon Cross-Country at the rear). The train is the 3.45pm Oxford - Paddington seen at Didcot on the 22nd September 1961. Michael Mensing.
Date: 20th April 1975
Sun 20 Apr 1975 at 16:04. A GRCW 3-car Cross Country dmu set near Warminster forming [1V28] the 15:40 Salisbury-Cardiff Central. The handle of the tail lamp obscures the last digit of the st number but it could be B578 (W51064, W59423 and W51092). Mr Deltic.
Date: 4th June 1975
Set number: B578
The 12:15 Weymouth to Bristol is seen passing Witham down distant on 4th June 1975. This photo of B578 (presumably 51092 + 59423 + 51064) was taken from Gare Bridge. Adrian Vaughan.
Date: 28th July 1979
Set number: L578
Unit L578 (W51064 closest, presumably with 59423 + 51092) awaits departure from Tonbridge on the 11.49 to Reading on a hot July day (July 28, 1979) during the period when the Tonbridge-Redhill-Reading service was being operated by Western Region DMUs. Tom Burnham.
Date: 16th May 1981
Set number: L578
GRC&W Cross-Country Class 119 set L578 (presumably 51064 + 59423 + 51092) seen at Bedwyn on the 16th May 1981. Steve Davies Collection.
Date: unknown
Set number: L578
With 51064 leading (and presumably 59423 + 51092) class 119 set L578 is on a Tonbridge service at Guildford. Ian Buck.
Date: 12th November 1982
Set number: L578
Class 119 set L578 (51064 and presumably 59423 + 51092) on an e.c.s. working at Gloucester on 12 November 1982. Robert Thomas.
Date: 22nd March 1984
Set number: L578
Arriving at North Camp on the 22nd March 1984 is class 119 set L578 with 51064 leading (presumably with 59423 + 51092). Ian Buck.
Date: 12th October 1985
Set number: L578
Class 119 set L578 with 51092 leading at Nutfield on 12th October 1985 (presumably with 59423 + 51064). Ian Buck.
Date: 6th April 1986
Set number: L578
A class 119 (L578, presumably 51092 + 59423 + 51064) and a class 117 exiting Sonning Cutting on 6 April 1986. Robert28194.
Date: 7th February 1987
Set number: L578
Class 119 DMU set L578 (presumably 51092 + 59423 + 51064) at Guildford on 7 February 1987. Stuart Parkinson.