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| p/e 12/12/87 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) |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 | |||||
| 51068 | 59423 | 51092 | Noted 15/06/86 - on 19.42 Paddington – Reading7 | ||||||
| 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
7: Phil Shatford
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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: 7th May 1983
Set number: L576
The annual Spalding Flower Parade would bring many specials to the town and on 7 May 1983 we see two Class 119 sets, including L576 (51062 + 59421 + 51090) either coming out or in of the sidings at Spalding. The sign in the window notes it was Chiltern Trains 1Z49. The July 1983 Railway Observer (p270) notes this as running from West Ruislip with the second set being L578 (51092 + 59423 + 51064). Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.