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Vehicle 59237


Class 123

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Inter City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30706
Diagram: 568

Allocations

Feb-63 New to 88A (Cardiff Canton)
Sep-63Depot code change86A
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
28/02/76 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
26/06/77 Stored U. LN (Lincoln)
5w/e 05/03/78 Reinstated LN (Lincoln)
2w/e 25/03/78 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
01/04/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50819 59237 50872 Noted 25th November 1957 - at Liverpool Street for official inspection
52088 59820 59237 52098 As delivered to CDF - February 1963
52093 59237 59821 52105 Noted 08/04/70 - at Royal Oak1
RDG513 52093 59237 59821 52105 Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70
L713 52093 59237 59821 52105 Noted 16/04/1972 - L.C.G.B. The Somerset Quarryman Railtour
L713 52105 59821 59237 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak, thought be only one power car running with L712 + L714 as 10-car1
C713 52093 59237 59821 52105 Noted 17/05/76 - on 2V67 1210 Crewe-Cardiff
51962 59237 51980 52091 Noted 06/09/19802
51961 51981 59237 51964 Noted 27/10/19802
52104 59237 59838 51960 Noted circa 04/19822
52087 59237 59823 52089 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc2
51955 59836 59237 51966 Noted circa 09/19822
52095 59237 59771 51965 Noted circa 07/19832
53210 59237 59771 51962 Noted 15/07/1983 - Manchester Picc2
51963 59237 59838 52105 Noted circa 10/19832

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 123 DMU at Huddersfield

8th June 1979

Inter-City trailer second E59237 is seen in Huddersfield station on June 8th, 1979. It is part of a mixed set of Swindon-built Class 123 and Trans-Pennine Class 124 vehicles. It has B4 bogies, the vehicle on the right has standard Swindon DMU bogies showing it is a Class 124. Malcolm Clements.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 16th April 1972

Set number: L713

L713 (W52093 + W59237 + W59821 + W52105) at Andover with the LCGB 'The Somerset Quarryman' railtour on the 16th April 1972. John Law.

DMU

Date: 16th April 1972

Set number: L713

L713 (W52093 + W59237 + W59821 + W52105) at Ludgershall with the LCGB 'The Somerset Quarryman' railtour on the 16th April 1972. John Law.

DMU

Date: 16th April 1972

Set number: L713

L713 (W52105 + W59821 + W59237 + W52093) at old Swindon Town (M&SWJR) station with the LCGB 'The Somerset Quarryman' railtour on the 16th April 1972. John Law.

DMU

Date: 16th April 1972

Set number: L713

L713 (W52093 + W59237 + W59821 + W52105) at Cranmore with the LCGB 'The Somerset Quarryman' railtour on the 16th April 1972. John Law.

DMU

Date: 16th April 1972

Set number: L713

L713 (W52105 + W59821 + W59237 + W52093) at Merehead with the LCGB 'The Somerset Quarryman' railtour on the 16th April 1972. John Law.

DMU

Date: 6th July 1978

Set number: 710

E52100 has some side damage when seen at Sheffield on July 6th, 1978. Behind is TS E59237, and on the left a Class 114. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 25th April 1983

51962 + 59824 + 59237 + 52088 at Doncaster with a Manchester - Cleethorpes service on 25 April 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.