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A Class 119 set in an early variation of rail blue livery, and unusual as most of the Class went from green straight into blue / grey. Taken at 3.32pm on the 4th June 1967 just north of Dorchester West and believed to be a relief for a loco-hauled Westbury - Weymouth that passed 20 minutes earlier. Michael Mensing.
Gloucester RC&W Co. Class 119 Cross Country 3-car dmu Nos.W51105 (119/2), W59420 (178), W51077 (119/1) in BR green with small yellow warning panel leaving Paddington, 07/67. Hugh Llewelyn.
The exhibits at Bristol Bath Road open day on 21 October 1967 include a GRC&W Cross-Country DMU. George Woods.
Class 119 Birmingham New Street in May 1968. I had just dropped a lens for my camera onto the platform and was shooting a lot of pictures to finish the film so that I could send it away and see what effect the accident had had on the image quality - quite bad as it turned out. Curly42.
A Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon (Class 119) DMU passes the little halt at Gogarth on Saturday 6 July 1968, working to Wolverhampton Low Level, presumably from Barmouth. The platform was open between 1923 and 1985. Closest appears to be Chester allocation M51101, the rear two cars in blue the DMBC with a small yellow panel. Original image by Alec Swain. Kevin Lane Collection.
A vintage view of Stourbridge Junction station in 1969. The shuttle to Stourbridge Town in the form of a class 122 single unit is in platform 1. Of note are the number of platform trolleys under the canopy. A class 119 can be seen on the right. Stephen Burdett.
A GRC&W Cross-Country set in Birmingham Moor Street station circa 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.
A Class 119 set in Stourbridge Junction station in 1969. This was before rationalisation of the canopies and construction of a massive car park. The Junction looks a little 'rundown'. Today it has one of the best services in the Midlands and the car park invariably full. Stephen Burdett.
W51082 on the end of the BLS 'Gloucestershire rail tour' at Sudbrook on 22 March 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.
W51082 on the end of the BLS 'Gloucestershire rail tour' at Mells on the Hempstead branch, Gloucester, on 22 March 1969. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A GRC&W Cross-Country set (Class 119), W51082 closest, W51054 is on the rear, the centre car is presumably 59413. It is working the Branch Line Society 'Gloucestershire rail tour' on 22 March 1969 and is about to cross Tufts Bridge approaching Tufts Junction between Whitecroft and Norchard. Walter Burt Collection.
A Class 119 DMU with the Branch Line Society Gloucestershire railtour at Mells on the Hempstead branch on 22 March 1969. Closest is thought to be 51054. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A GRC&W Cross-Country DMU at Bath Spa in May 1969. George Woods.
Two Cross-Country DMUs in the bay platforms at the south end of Shrewsbury station. On the right is a three-car GRC&W set, DMBC W51064 closest with 'Excursion' on the destination blind, it was allocated to Bristol. On the left is a two-car Swindon set from the third batch with the four-character route indicator. It has a headlamp fitted for the Central Wales line, in is period circa late 1960s Canton only had two sets from this batch of vehicles, both transferred from Reading in May 1969 and moving on to Bristol in April 1970. These vehicles is believed to be 51583 + 51574, allocated CTN603, so 502 could have been their Reading set number. Graham Clark.
An image of an unidentified Class 26 at Inverness during July 1969, out of context for a DMU website but added as it also includes a very rare capture of the Class 119s that were allocated to the depot, but never used, seen on the left. Curly42.
A GRC&W Cross-Country set has just discharged its passengers at Spring Road on a snowy day circa 1970. Stuart Mackay Collection.
A 'Special' GRC&W Cross-Country set in Paignton station in 1970. Mel Smith.
A GRC&W Cross-Country set Stogumber station on the Taunton to Minehead line, 3rd January 1970. Steve Davies Collection.
A Class 119 sits in Minehead station on January 3, 1970. Steve Davies Collection.