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Vehicle 59428

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

Jun-59	New to	82B (Bristol Marsh Junction)
circa Jun-64	Transferred to	82A (Bristol Bath Road)
15/03/71	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Nov-87	Withdrawn from	CF (Cardiff Canton)
w/e 07/02/88	Reinstated	CF (Cardiff Canton)
May-88	Transferred to	LE (Swansea Landore)
19/07/88	Withdrawn from	LE (Swansea Landore)

Disposal

Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	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
	51069	59428	51097	Transfer to 84A - 15/03/71
LA506	51069	59428	51097	Listed at Laira - circa Apr-71 - ex-BL533
	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 Class 103 set 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
P583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 17/10/1976 - Plymouth⁴
C583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 05/1977 - Oxford Didcot Reading area⁵
P583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 30/10/1977 - Plymouth⁴
	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	Noted 05/05/1979 - Reading⁴
L583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at RG - 03/03/80
L583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at RG - 01/03/81
L583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at RG - 28/11/81
L583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at RG - 15/12/1982
L583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 20/04/1983 - on Reading depot ⁴
L583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 21/04/1983 - Redhill with 19.07 Gatwick Airport-Reading⁶
B583	51069	59428	51097	Transfer to BR - 15/05/83 - Now B prefix
B583	51069	59428	51097	Noted circa 08/1983⁷
B583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 03/08/1983 - Swindon - bay platform 2 then monopolised by Gloucester services⁶
B583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at BR - 01/01/85
B583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 19/10/1985⁷
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 06/1986⁷
C583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 02/06/1986 - Whitland⁶
C583	51069	59428	51097	Noted 30/04/87 - on 15:40 Cardiff Central to Crewe with C317 53858 + 59034 + 53911⁵
C583	51069	59428	51097	Listed at CF - Aug-87
C583	51069	59428	51097	Noted circa 08/1987⁷
spare	59428			Listed at CF - 2w/e 13/03/88

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Martin Lumley
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Alan N Walker
7: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: unknown

Set number: P583

Class 119 DMU set P583 (51069 + 59428 + 51097) in Paignton station - date unknown. Glyn Weigh.

Date: July 1976

Set number: P583

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.

Date: 25th September 1976

Set number: P583

A Par to Newquay service reaches its destination on 25/9/76. Class 119 set P583 is presumably formed of 51097 + 59428 + 51069. Stephen Burdett.

Date: September 1977

Set number: P583

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.

Date: unknown

Set number: L583

Class 119 DMU set L583 (W51097 and presumably 59428 + 51069) in Worcester Foregate Street station, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Date: unknown

Set number: L583

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.

Date: unknown

Set number: L583

Class 119 DMU set L583 (W51069 and presumably 59428 + 51097) arriving into Worcester Foregate Street station with an Oxford service, date unknown. Paul Redmond.

Date: unknown

Set number: L583

Class 119 set L583 (presumably 51097 + 59428 + 51069 about to enter Newbury Racecourse station circa early 1980s. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: November 1983

Set number: B583

B583, led by 51097 presumably with 59428 + 51069, during a stop at Moreton-in-Marsh in November 1983. Mike Cooper.

Date: November 1983

Set number: B583

B583 departs from Moreton-in-Marsh in November 1983. W51097 is the far-away vehicle, presumably with 59428 + 51069. Mike Cooper.

Date: 1984

Set number: B583

Class 119 DMU set B583 (presumably 51079 + 59428 + 51097) heads away from Dorchester in mid-1984. Michael Mensing.

Date: 27th October 1984

Set number: B583

B583 emerging from the tunnel at Gaer Junction on the 27th October 1984, presumably formed 51097 + 59428 + 51069. Steve Davies Collection.

Date: 1st September 1985

Set number: B583

Class 119 GRCW Cross Country unit B583 (presumably formed 51097 + 59428 + 51069) passes over Frampton Mansell viaduct on a service from Swindon, Sunday 1/9/85. Iain Reid.

Date: November 1985

Set number: B583

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.

Date: circa Spring 1988

Set number: C853

Hybrid DMU set C853 departs from Maiden Newton circa Spring 1988, presumably with 51799 closest. The set was normally formed with a Class 110 centre car at this time but here it has a Class 119 in the middle, likely 59428. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 19th April 1988

Set number: C853

Canton DMU set C853 at Cardiff on 19 April 1988. It comprises Class 101 power cars 51808 and 51799 with a Class 119 centre car, which seems to be 59428, in between. It looks to be arriving with the driver at this end and probably the guard in the cab, the marker lamps are red so it has likely changed platforms or they are set for its departure. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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