Class 119 GRC&W Cross-Country 3-car DMUs
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51057
May 1959
A GRC&W Cross-Country DMU, W51057 closest, in Rogerstone station with a Newport High Street service in May 1959. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1st March 1959
This was a picture Peter never printed, possibly because it was just a DMU and around this time, 01/03/1959, steam was everywhere and Snow Hill would never close. The perspective of 2013 is different, Snow Hill has closed and re-opened, the dreaded new DMU has been replaced twice, first by the class 150 and latterly by the class 172 and the two chaps will be late 70's early 80's by now. Why there was such a lovely light effect is unknown, the new diesels should not have produced that amount of smoke, maybe a steam hauled freight had gone through centre road, we will never know and Peter never saw it.
Image taken by Peter Shoesmith. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
51101
Set Number: C592
15th September 1979
Class 119 DMU set C592 (presumably 51101 + 59432 + 51071) with the Branch Line Society South Wales Wanderer No.4 railtour at Rose Heyworth on 15 September 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
51073
9th August 1961
W51073 leads three Cross-Country sets (a GRC&W and two Swindons) working the 12.25 Birmingham Snow Hill - Carmarthen service at Acocks Green on 9 August 1961. Michael Mensing.
51103
Set Number: L708
1991
In 1991 hybrid dmu L708 is seen at Cardiff Central on a Valley Lines service. Class 119 DMSL 51103 was paired with class 104 DMBS 53437 providing a second class only dmu. This unit was based at Old Oak Common at this time, but had clearly been loaned to Regional Railways Cardiff, perhaps for a rugby event at the Arms Park Stadium. Tony Walmsley.