Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Lot Number: 30423
Diagram: 542
4w/e 16/05/59 | 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 | |
2w/e 05/11/77 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
w/e 13/05/78 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
15/05/83 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
11/05/86 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
Nov-87 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
Feb-88 | Reinstated | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
May-88 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) | |
19/07/88 | Withdrawn from | LE (Swansea Landore) |
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
51069 | 59428 | 51097 | As delivered to 82B - 4w/e 16/05/59 | ||||||
533 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted Nov-68 - now in blue/grey | |||||
BL533 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted circa Dec-69 - in blue grey livery | |||||
LA506 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Listed at Laira - circa Apr-71 - ex-BL533 | |||||
51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Transfer to 84A - 3w/e 03/04/71 | ||||||
51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted 13/11/71 - at Newton Abbot1 | ||||||
51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted 19/05/72 - at Exeter1 | ||||||
P583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted 03/06/72 - worked last passenger train to Okehampton with a Class 103 (possibly P201) and Class 122 set P118. | |||||
P583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted 31/10/72 | |||||
P583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted 03/07/1973 - at Plymouth2 | |||||
P480 | 51311 | 59428 | 51326 | Noted 02/09/74 - at Penzance3 | |||||
P583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted 27/08/75 - on Laira depot3 | |||||
P583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Listed at LA - 01/05/1976 | |||||
P583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted 07/09/76 - at Exeter3 | |||||
C583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area4 | |||||
51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Transfer to CF - 2w/e 05/11/77 | ||||||
C583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Transfer to RG - w/e 13/05/78 | ||||||
L583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
L583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
B583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Transfer to BR - 15/05/83 - Now B prefix | |||||
B583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted circa 08/19835 | |||||
B583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
B583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted 19/10/19855 | |||||
C583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Transfer to CF - 11/05/86 - from BR, was B583 | |||||
C583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | |||||
C583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted circa 06/19865 | |||||
C583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted 30/04/87 - on 15:40 Cardiff Central to Crewe with C317 53858 + 59034 + 539114 | |||||
C583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Noted circa 08/19875 | |||||
C583 | 51069 | 59428 | 51097 | Listed at CF - Aug-87 | |||||
spare | 59428 | Listed at CF - 2w/e 13/03/88 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Shayne Lewis
5: Eddie Knorn
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Class 119 DMU set P583 (51069 + 59428 + 51097) in Paignton station - date unknown. Glyn Weigh.
Class 119 GRC&W Cross-Country DMU set P583 (presumably 51069 + 59428 + 51097) at Crediton on an Exeter to Barnstaple Junction service in July 1976. John Jarvis.
A Par to Newquay service reaches its destination on 25/9/76. The Signalbox and most of the layout would disappear 12 months later. Class 119 set P583 is presumably formed of 51097 + 59428 + 51069. Stephen Burdett.
Gloucester RC&W Class 119 Set P583 (presumably W51069-W59428-W51097) gets underway from Falmouth Docks with a single car unit in overall blue livery attached at the rear, September 1977. Steve Carter.
Class 119 DMU set L583 (W51097 and presumably 59428 + 51069) in Worcester Foregate Street station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
After fuelling class 119 set L583 (presumably 51097 + 59428 + 51069) sits on 12 road at Selhurst Depot waiting to return ecs to Redhill. Ian Buck.
Class 119 DMU set L583 (W51069 and presumably 59428 + 51097) arriving into Worcester Foregate Street station with an Oxford service, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Class 119 set L583 (presumably 51097 + 59428 + 51069 about to enter Newbury Racecourse station circa early 1980s. Steve Davies Collection.
B583, led by 51097 presumably with 59428 + 51069, during a stop at Moreton-in-Marsh in November 1983. Mike Cooper.
B583 departs from Moreton-in-Marsh in November 1983. W51097 is the far-away vehicle, presumably with 59428 + 51069. Mike Cooper.
Class 119 DMU set B583 (presumably 51079 + 59428 + 51097) heads away from Dorchester in mid-1984. Michael Mensing.
B583 emerging from the tunnel at Gare Junction on the 27th October 1984, presumably formed 51097 + 59428 + 51069. Steve Davies Collection.
A Class 119 DMU, Bristol set B583 (presumably 51069 + 59428 + 51097), runs into Worcester Shrub Hill from Birmingham. Taken during the week ending 16th November 1985. Paul James.