Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Lot Number: 30423
Diagram: 542
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 | |
w/e 07/06/75 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
w/e 08/05/76 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
4w/e 26/05/79 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
4w/e 03/12/88 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NSBX | |
14/05/90 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWXX | |
23/11/90 | Withdrawn from | RG (Reading) NXXZ |
Scrapped by Mayer Parry, Snailwell
51065 | 59424 | 51093 | As delivered to 82B - 3w/e 21/03/59 | ||||||
51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 24/08/1971 - at Newport1 | ||||||
51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 07/09/73 - in Bristol Temple Meads2 | ||||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 16/04/74 - on 1745 Cardiff-Bristol TM with C351 50884 + 59369 + 50917 | |||||
51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 25/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 24/06/74 - on 2B36 14:15 Cardiff-Weston SM and 2C38 1624 Weston SM-Cardiff | |||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 15/07/74 - on 1630 Taunton-Cardiff with C338 50856 + 59364 + 50909 | |||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 16/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth with C552 51573 + 59285 + 51582 and P557 51578 + 59580 + 51587 | |||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 03/10/74 - on 2C50 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff with B477 | |||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 24/12/74 - on 2C46 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff | |||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 12/01/75 - on 1O69 1140 Cardiff-Salisbury with B462 | |||||
51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Transfer to LA - w/e 07/06/75 | ||||||
51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Transfer to BR - w/e 08/05/76 | ||||||
P579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 25/06/76 - on 2B88 2115 Cardiff-Taunton with C318 + B478 | |||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 29/09/76 - on 2B46 1625 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 07/01/77 - on 2O69 1218 Cardiff-Portsmouth Harbour with C510 | |||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 16/08/77 - on 2B50 1600 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 09/12/77 - on 2B12 0720 Cardiff-Taunton | |||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Listed at BR - 31st December 1977 | |||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 07/03/78 - on 2B36 1355 Cardiff-Weston Super Mare then 2C36 1540 Weston Super Mare-Cardiff | |||||
B579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 29/09/1978 - at Bristol Temple Meads3 | |||||
579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Transfer to RG - 4w/e 26/05/79 - from BR | |||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Noted 23/07/83 - at Newbury Racecourse2 | ||||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51093 | Listed at RG - 01/01/85 | |||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51319 | Formation change - Jul-85 - 51319 added (from P462) replacing 51093 (W) | |||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51319 | Noted 26/10/1985 - Monmouthshire Railway Society Sharpness Shunter Railtour L418+L579 | |||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51319 | Noted circa 04/19864 | |||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51103 | Formation change - RG - 2w/e 15/05/86 - 51103 replaced 51319 (to spare) | |||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51103 | Listed at Reading - Summer 1986 | |||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51103 | Noted 21/06/19864 | |||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51103 | Noted 21/06/1986 - at Reading5 | |||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51103 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
51065 | 59424 | 51103 | Noted 24/10/87 - on 17:05 Redhill - Tonbridge6 | ||||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51103 | Noted circa 04/19884 | |||||
L579 | 51065 | 59424 | 51103 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Shayne Lewis
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Robert Chilton
6: Martin Baumann
Class 119 centre car 59424 inside Laira depot. Date unknown, id was allocated there mid-1975 to mid-1976. Ian Francis.
Class 119 centre car 59424 in Snailwell on 21st Fenruary 1992. Nicholas Youngman.
GRC&W Cross-Country set B579 (presumably 51093 + 59424 + 51065) seen at Fareham circa 1971. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A Class 119 DMU carrying set number B579 (51093 and presumably 59424 + 51065) is seen passing the former Limpley Stoke station in July 1979. The set is recorded as having been transferred to Reading in May that year. Michael Mensing.
Class 119 set L579 with car 51103 leading (presumably with 59424 + 51065) at Shalford. Ian Buck.
Bescot's 47113 looks on as Gloucester RCW class 119 3 car set L579, led by DMS W51093 (presumably with 59424 + 51065), arrives at Reading with the 13:31 local service from Paddington. 28th July 1982. Bruce Galloway.
Running past Ranmore Common near Dorking is class 119 set L579 (51065 and presumably 59424 + 51093) on 22nd March 1984. Ian Buck.
Leaving Deepdene for Redhill class 119 set L579 with car 51103 trailing (presumably with 59424 + 51065) on 22nd March 1984. Ian Buck.
Class 118/119 hybrid set L579 at Edenbridge on 12th October 1985, presumably 51319 + 59424 + 51065. Ian Buck.
The 'Sharpness Shunter' railtour seen in Gloucester Docks on the 26th October 1985, formed 51319 + 59424 + 51065. Chris Lings.
A Reading-Redhill route train (Class 119 set L579 presumably 51103 + 59424 + 51065) stands at Guildford station in 1986, shortly before it was rebuilt. Ian Docwra.
A failed Class 119 set at London Bridge in 1986, presumably 51103 + 59424 + 51065. John Law.
Class 119 DMU set L579 (presumably 51103 + 59424 + 51065) at Clapham Junction on 21 September 1988. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
At Reading class 119 set L579 (presumably 51065 + 59424 + 51103) on 5th November 1988. Ian Buck.
Class 119 L579 made up of 51065 + 59424 + 51103 draws into Tonbridge with the 10:51 from Reigate, 18th April 1990. Waddo Rail Archive.
A hybrid DMU departs from Reading station with the 10:35 service to Gatwick Airport on 3 February 1991. Class 119 DMBC 51065 leads, labelled as set L579. The other two vehicles are presumably Class 117s - TSL 59424 and DMS 51103 from set L404, its DMBS 51337 had been withdrawn the previous October. Robert Thomas.