Class 119 (Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Cross-Country 3-car)

The Class 119 was built for cross-country services by the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon  Company to a BR Swindon and Derby influenced design and is similar mechanically to the company's single-car Class 122. The Class 119 three-car sets included toilets, buffet facilities and first class compartments though the buffets were later removed [1].

Preserved Class 119 DMBC at Duffield

Information
Number built:	81 cars (in 27 3-car sets)
Built:	1958
Builder:	Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company
Engine:	2 BUT AEC 6-cyl later 2 Leyland 680-1595 diesels per power car
Power:	600 hp (447 kW)
Formation:	Driving Motor Brake Composite (DMBC)+ Trailer Brake Second (Lavatory) (TBS(L))+ Driving Motor Standard (Lavatory) (DMS(L))

The Class 119 originally worked throughout Western Region, later on working on Reading-Guildford services plus the extension through to Gatwick Airport (where extra luggage space was provided) and services around South West London. They were withdrawn in 1992.

On Southern Region the Class 119 were known as "glasshouses" by SR drivers as the large cab windows were unlike those usually found on SR allocated multiple units [2]. Three cars have been preserved including Driving Motor Brake Composite W51073 on the EVR.

W51073 at Wirksworth

Cab view

First class section on the DMBC

W51073 at Idridgehay

Passanger Luggage Stowage Area on W51073

[1] Colin J Marsden, DMU & EMU Recognition Guide (Ian Allan, 2013) p. 76
[2] Brian Haresnape, Diesel Multiple Units: The First Generation (Ian Allan, 1985) p. 53