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Class 119 GRC&W Cross-Country 3-car DMUs


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119 DMU

51060

5th December 1970
Boxes of flowers are being loaded, or unloaded, from a Class 119 DMBC thought to be W51060 in Minehead station on 5 December 1970. The centre car is W59419, the other power car should be W51088. Stuart Mackay Collection.

119 DMU

51062

Set Number: L576

7th May 1983
Class 119 sets L576 and L578 have either come out of or are about to enter the empty siding on the right. They are at Spalding on a Flower Parade special from West Ruislip on 7 May 1983. Other details from the July 1983 issue of The Railway Observer (p270): in the sidings on the far left are 53669 + 59256 + 53718 / 50331 + 59125 + 50308 / 53738 + 59262 + 53693 which ran from Burton-on-Trent / Leicester. On the right are 54230 + 53947 / 51929 + 52041 / 78601 + 78851 which ran from Manchester Piccadilly. Stuart Mackay Collection.

119 DMU

51062

Set Number: L576

7th May 1983
The annual Spalding Flower Parade would bring many specials to the town and on 7 May 1983 we see two Class 119 sets, including L576 (51062 + 59421 + 51090) either coming out or in of the sidings at Spalding. The sign in the window notes it was Chiltern Trains 1Z49. The July 1983 Railway Observer (p270) notes this as running from West Ruislip with the second set being L578 (51092 + 59423 + 51064). Stuart Mackay Collection.

119 DMU

51098

Set Number: L584

circa November 1984
Class 119 set L584 (51098) and L580 (51094), presumably in their home depot at Reading. The slide process date was November 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

119 DMU

59421

Set Number: B576

14th October 1972
The RCTS Rhymney No.2 railtour at Penrhiwfelin Hengoed on 14 October 1972. The TSRB is thought to be W59421, between power cars W51062 and W51090. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Details about preserved Class 119s can be found here.

Thanks to Jim Poor (Gloucester Railcar Trust) for additional information.