Vehicle 59430
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
| Jul-59 | New to | 84E (Tyseley) | |
| 01/01/63 | Boundary change | 84E | transferred from WR to LMR stock |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 2A | |
| 2w/e 18/03/67 | Transferred to | 6A (Chester) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | CH | |
| w/e 22/10/77 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| w/e 03/05/80 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 3w/e 15/11/80 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 15/05/83 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| p/e 28/01/89 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NSBX | |
| 14/05/90 | Sector Change to | RG (Reading) NWXX | |
| 22/01/93 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX | |
| 27/10/93 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) NWRX |
Disposal
Scrapped by Gwent Demolition, Margam
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51071 | 59430 | 51099 | As delivered to 84E - July 1959 | ||||||
| TYS510 | 51071 | 59430 | 51099 | Listed at TYS - circa Oct-60 | |||||
| 51071 | 59430 | 51099 | Noted circa Mar-67 - all vehicles in plain blue | ||||||
| CR556 | 51073 | 59430 | 51102 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 19/09/71 - on Chester depot1 | ||||||
| 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 17/08/1974 - at Chester2 | ||||||
| CR557 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 05/07/1975 - at Wolverhampton 3 | |||||
| 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 31/07/76 - at Shrewsbury4 | ||||||
| 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 02/10/76 - on 09.40 Wolverhampton – Chester5 | ||||||
| C595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 19/11/77 - on 2C40 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| C595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 14/06/78 - on 2C66 2212 Cheltenham-Cardiff | |||||
| C595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 01/07/1978 - Cardiff Central6 | |||||
| C595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 19/12/78 - on 5C99 2202 Swansea-Cardiff Canton with C612 | |||||
| C595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 27/02/1980 - At Cardiff Central 10196 | |||||
| C595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Transfer to LA - w/e 03/05/80 | |||||
| P595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 06/11/1980 - working Cardiff Central to Barry Island and back 6 | |||||
| 595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Transfer to CF - 3w/e 15/11/80 | |||||
| L595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| B595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Transfer to BR - 15/05/83 - Now B prefix | |||||
| B595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted circa 07/19837 | |||||
| B595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted circa 03/19847 | |||||
| B595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted circa 03/19857 | |||||
| B595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 27/11/19857 | |||||
| B595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 01/05/19867 | |||||
| L595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Transfer to RG - 11/05/86 - from BR, was B595 | |||||
| L595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted circa 06/19867 | |||||
| L595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 13/09/19867 | |||||
| L595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Listed at RG - Aug-87 | |||||
| L595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Listed at RG - 15/05/89 | |||||
| 51074 | 59430 | 55031 | Noted circa 07/19907 | ||||||
| L595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Listed at RG - 21/01/91 | |||||
| L595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 16/02/1991 - Arriving at London Paddington.8 | |||||
| L595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Listed at RG - 24/02/92 - NSE NWXX pool | |||||
| L595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Listed at RG - 12/08/92 | |||||
| L595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Listed at RG - November 1992 - Sector NWXX | |||||
| L595 | 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted circa 11/19927 | |||||
| 51074 | 59430 | 51086 | Noted 20/11/92 - On 12:26 Gatwick - Reading9 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Phil Shatford
6: Shayne Lewis
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Dave Warby
9: David Bellamy
Images:
July 1990
Set number: L595
Class 119 centre car 59430 in between 51086 and 51074 (set L595) departing Southall in July 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 28th October 1978
Set number: C595
Class 119 DMU set C595 (51074 and presumably 59430 visible) enters Droitwich station with the 13:00 Birmingham New Street - Worcester Shrub Hill and Foregate Street via Kidderminster on 28 October 1978. The train had a Class 116 on the rear. Michael Mensing.
Date: 28th October 1978
Set number: C595
Class 119 DMU set C595 (51074 and presumably 59430 + 51086) with a Class 116 on the rear is seen at Droitwich with the 13:00 Birmingham New Street - Worcester Shrub Hill and Foregate Street via Kidderminster on 28 October 1978. Michael Mensing.
Date: 24th July 1980
Set number: C595
51086 leads Class 119 set C595 (presumably with 59430 + 51074) into Newton Abbot with an evening local working from Paignton on the 24th July 1980. It had been transferred from Cardiff to Laira in May, the C prefix had yet to be changed. Andy Hoare.
Date: September 1980
Set number: P595
Class 119 set P595 at Dawlish Warren in September 1980. This is presumably 51074 + 59430 + 51086 which spent six months at Laira that year. Andrew Pilkington.
Date: 7th October 1981
Set number: C595
Class 119 DMU set C595 (presumably 51086 59430 51074) on a Cardiff-Gloucester service, Newport 7th October 1981. Paul James.
Date: 7th October 1981
Set number: C595
Class 119 DMU set C595 (presumably 51074 59430 51086) on a Cardiff-Gloucester service, Newport, 7th October 1981. Paul James.
Date: June 1982
Set number: L595
Passing Salfords in June 1982 is class 119 set L595 (presumably 51074 + 59430 + 51086). Ian Buck.
Date: 29th January 1983
Set number: L595
Class 119 cross-country set L595, W51074 (nearest) + W59430 + W51086, pass Salfords on the Brighton line up fast towards Redhill on a Gatwick Airport to Reading service, Saturday 29th January 1983 Iain Reid.
Date: 18th June 1983
Set number: B595
Class 119 DMU set B595, presumably formed of 51074 + 59430 + 51086, passing Churchdown on the northern outskirts of Gloucester on 18th June 1983. Paul James.
Date: 1984
Set number: B595
B595 (W51074 + W59430 + W51086) at Ashton Gate after working from Bristol TM on a Billy Graham special in 1984. Robert Tarling.
Date: September 1984
Set number: B450
A 6 car DMU service from Birmingham New Street to Hereford heads away from Yarkhill bridge. The train comprises Class 119 set B595 (presumably 51074 59430 51086) and Class 117/101 hybrid set B450 (presumably 51394 59539 51352), which is seen here at the rear. September 1984. John Crooks.
Date: September 1984
Set number: B595
A 6 car DMU service for Hereford from Birmingham New Street, comprising class 119 set B595 (presumably 51086 59430 51074) + Class 117/101 hybrid set B450 (presumably 51352 59539 51394), about to pass under Yarkhill bridge with a service bound for Hereford. September 1984. John Crooks.
Date: 6th October 1984
Set number: B595
Class 119 DMU set B595 (presumably 51086 + 59430 + 51074) arriving at Westbury at 10.30am on 6th October 1984 with a 9.15am special from Reading, Newbury line through trains were being diverted via Bristol. Michael Mensing.
Date: 3rd August 1985
Set number: B595
Class 119 set B595 (presumably 51086 + 59430 + 51074) passes the Brunellian station building at Culham in the direction of Didcot on 3rd August 1985. Ian Buck.
Date: November 1985
Set number: B595
Class 119 DMU Bristol set B595 (presumably 51074 + 59430 + 51086), southbound at Coedmoor Bridge, between Tram Inn and Hereford, with a Hereford-Cardiff-Hereford service. November 1985. John Crooks.
Date: November 1985
Set number: B595
Class 119 DMU Bristol set B595 (presumably 51086 59430 51074), northbound at Coedmoor Bridge, between Tram Inn and Hereford, with a Cardiff-Hereford service. November 1985. John Crooks.
Date: 7th February 1987
Set number: L595
Speeding past Brockham on its way to Redhill is class 119 car 51074 on the front of set L595 (presumably with 59430 + 51086) 7th February 1987. Ian Buck.
Date: April 1987
Set number: L595
Class 119 DMU set L595 (presumably 51074 + 59430 + 51086) departs from Worcester in April 1987. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 15th November 1988
Set number: L595
With car 51086 leading class 119 set L595 (presumably with 59430 + 51074) at Godstone on 15th November 1988. Ian Buck.
Date: 18th August 1989
Set number: L595
For a number of years before Western Region DMU sets ceased to be used on the Tonbridge-Redhill / Gatwick Airport-Reading route one of the late evening trains off the Redhill to Tonbridge line used to run through to Ashford Chart Leacon as ECS for fuel and cleaning. The train would generally be the 21.51 Reigate to Tonbridge. After servicing at Ashford Chart Leacon the stock would be recessed in the old works yard east of Ashford station prior working the early morning 04.10 Ashford to Tonbridge staff train which called all station except Pluckley and Marden. In in the Wheel Shop Yard in the early hours prior to running ECS to Ashford station on 18/8/89 is Class 119 set L595 comprising 51086 + 59430 + 51074. Adrian Nicholls.
Date: July 1990
Set number: L595
Class 119 set L595 with 51086 and 59430 visible at Southall in July 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: July 1990
Set number: L595
Class 119 DMU set L595 (51074 + 59430 + 51086) departing Southall in July 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: August 1990
Set number: L595
Network Southeast liveried Gloucester RC&W class 119 Diesel Multiple Unit L595 with DMBC 51074 leading, trailer 59430 and a class 121 single car substituting for the DMS, arrives at Banbury with a service from Oxford in August 1990. Lead car 51074 is preserved at the Swindon and Cricklade Railway. Chris Morrison.
Date: circa 1991
Set number: L595
Class 119 L595 (with 51086 at the front, presumably with 59430 + 51074) and a suburban set (of which the DMBS has been replaced by a Class 121) are seen in Southall station circa 1991. The destination blind displays Henley-on-Thames. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 17th April 1992
Set number: L595
51074 is at the rear of set L595 (presumably with 59430 + 51086) seen departing from Hanwell on the 07:52 Paddington - Slough 17/4/92. Gazza Prescott.
Date: 17th April 1992
Set number: L595
The 06:42 from Reading is seen at its destination of Paddington on 17/4/92 formed of L595 (51074 + 59430 + 51086). Gazza Prescott.