Vehicle 59433
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
| w/e 05/09/59 | New to | 86C (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Jan-61 | Depot code change | 88A | |
| 30/07/62 | Transferred 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) | |
| 16/05/82 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 15/05/83 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 19/04/87 | Transferred to | TS (Tyseley) | |
| 11/10/87 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 30/10/88 | Withdrawn from | NH (Newton Heath) |
Notes
27/08/82 - L591 (51059 + 59433 + 51102) was an unusual site at Twickenham. The the unit spent the whole day parked in the bay platform after failing due to a hot box the night before while on a Redhill to Reading via Clapham Junction mail train.
Disposal
Scrapped by Vic Berry, Leicester
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51074 | 59433 | 51102 | As delivered to 86C - w/e 05/09/59 | ||||||
| 51074 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 03/10/59 - in Birmingham Snow Hill | ||||||
| 51074 | 59433 | 51085 | Noted Aug-68 - at Shrewsbury1 | ||||||
| CR557 | 51074 | 59433 | 51086 | Noted circa Jun-69 | |||||
| 51059 | 59433 | 51100 | Noted 06/08/72 - on 15:18 Wolverhampton High Level to Chester with 50398 + 56357 (CR207) | ||||||
| 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 15/09/72 - at Wolverhampton2 | ||||||
| 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 03/07/1975 - at Wolverhampton3 | ||||||
| 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 26/08/75 - at Severn Tunnel Junction1 | ||||||
| 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 31/07/76 - at Shrewsbury1 | ||||||
| 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 01/02/1977 - Worked 2G66 13.30 Chester to Wolverhampton, coupled to 50310-59130-50330.4 | ||||||
| C591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 27/12/77 - on 2C34 1528 Bristol TM-Cardiff with B468 | |||||
| C591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| C591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 10/03/1978 - At Oxford Station5 | |||||
| C591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 02/06/78 - on 2C60 1820 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| C591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 17/06/78 - on 2C68 2315 Bristol TM-Cardiff | |||||
| C591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 02/07/1978 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| C591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 27/12/78 - on 1115 Swansea-Milford Haven | |||||
| C591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 29/01/1980 - At Newport Station5 | |||||
| C591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Listed at CF - 03/03/80 | |||||
| L591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| B591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Transfer to BR - 15/05/83 - Now B prefix | |||||
| B591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted circa 06/19844 | |||||
| B591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted circa 02/19854 | |||||
| B591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted circa 06/19854 | |||||
| B591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Noted 18/01/19864 | |||||
| C591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Transfer to CF - 11/05/86 - from BR, was B591 | |||||
| C591 | 51059 | 59433 | 51102 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| TS356 | 53857 | 59433 | 53839 | Noted circa 06/19874 | |||||
| 356 | 53839 | 59433 | 53857 | Noted 13/06/87 - at Norwich1 | |||||
| T356 | 53839 | 59433 | 53857 | Listed at TS - Jul-87 | |||||
| TS356 | 53839 | 59433 | 53857 | Noted 15/08/87 - at Norwich - prefixes SC53839 + W59433 + M538571 | |||||
| 53839 | 59433 | 53857 | Noted October 1987 | ||||||
| TS356 | 53839 | 59433 | 53857 | Noted circa 01/19884 | |||||
| N361 | 53839 | 59433 | 53922 | Listed at NH - May-88 | |||||
| N361 | 53839 | 59433 | 53922 | Noted 13/05/88 - at Manchester Victoria |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Shayne Lewis
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1969
Set number: CR557
A Chester-based GRC&W Cross-Country DMU at Shrewsbury circa late 1960s. DMBC M51074 carries set number CR557 in the left cab window, and Railway Observer noted the other two vehicles in the set in June 1969 as 59433 and 51086. Graham Clark.
Date: 18th April 1978
Set number: C591
Class 119 DMU set C591 (presumably 51059 + 59433 + 51102) passing through Northfield station with a Worcester - Birmingham service on 18 April 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1979
Set number: C591
Class 119 set C591 (presumably 51102 + 59433 + 51059) at Milford Haven in 1979. John Law.
Date: 10th November 1979
Set number: C591
Class 119 Cross-Country set C591 (presumably 51059 + 59433 + 51102) is seen at Castle Cary on the 10th November 1979. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 16th April 1980
Set number: C591
W51102 is the closest vehicle in set C591 seen at Manorbier with the 10:16 Pembroke Dock - Swansea on 16/04/1980. The other two vehicles are presumably 59433 + 51059. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 19th March 1981
Set number: C591
Class 119 set C591 (presumably 51059 + 59433 + 51102) leads a six-car DMU formation into Westbury with the 06:57 Cardiff Central - Westbury service on 19 March 1981. Michael Mensing.
Date: 11th April 1981
Set number: C591
Gloucester RC&W Co class 119 "Cross Country" diesel unit C591 is seen at Pembroke Dock on 11 April 1981. Car W51102 is nearest the camera, presumably with 59433 + 51059. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 11th April 1981
Set number: C591
On 11 April 1981, a three-car Gloucester RC&W Co class 119 "cross country" diesel unit is seen at Pembroke Dock. The formation is probably 51059 + 59433 + 51102. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 7th July 1981
Set number: C591
GRC&W Cross-Country set C591 at Milford Haven on 7/7/81, led by 51059, presumably with 59433 + 51102. Chris Lings.
Date: unknown
Set number: B591
On an unknown date class 119 set B591 (51102, 59433, 51059) at Newport. Ian Buck.
Date: unknown
Set number: C591
Class 119 DMU set C591 (51102 + 59433 + 51059) seen at Waltham St.Lawrence, Milley Bridge, date unknown. Glyn Weigh.
Date: 1983
Set number: L591
L591 with DMS(L) W51102 nearest the camera at Reigate in 1983, presumably with 59433 + 51059. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: 1st May 1984
Set number: B591
Class 119 set B591 (presumably 51059 + 59433 + 51102) departs from Stroud on 1 May 1984. Nicholas T Smith.
Date: 1st May 1984
Set number: B591
Class 119 set B591 (presumably 51102 + 59433 + 51059) at Stroud on 1 May 1984. Nicholas T Smith.
Date: 14th June 1985
Set number: B591
At Yeovil Pen Mill on 14/6/85 DMU set B591 (presumably formed 51059 + 59433 + 51102) and another form a Weymouth-Bristol service. 33044 is on a Cardiff - Weymouth service. The signal shown controls the lines to Maiden Newton and Yeovil Junction with the aid of a route indicator. Stephen Burdett.
Date: 6th July 1985
Set number: B591
Class 119 no B591 (presumably 51059 + 59433 + 51102) at Exeter St Davids July 1985 on an Exmouth working. Robert Phipps.
Date: 13th May 1988
Set number: N361
Class 116/119 hybrid set N361, M53839 + M59433 + M53922, at Manchester Victoria on May 13, 1988. John Carter.