Vehicle 59235
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-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 28/02/76 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 26/06/77 | Stored U. | LN (Lincoln) | |
| w/e 13/05/79 | Stored | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| by Sep-80 | Reinstated | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 22/04/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Notes
31/07/76 - 59235, 59238 & 59239 noted on their own at Shrewsbury
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52086 | 59818 | 59235 | 52096 | As delivered to CDF - February 1963 | |||||
| 507 | 52087 | 59235 | 59826 | 52103 | Noted circa Jan-70 - Reading set | ||||
| 52087 | 59826 | 59235 | 52103 | Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington with 52095/59822/520961 | |||||
| 51957 | 59769 | 59235 | 52090 | Noted 06/09/19802 | |||||
| 52094 | 59825 | 59235 | 52096 | Noted 18/04/1981 - Seen at Selby2 | |||||
| 51954 | 59837 | 59235 | 51961 | Noted circa 02/19832 | |||||
| 51952 | 59235 | 59823 | 52088 | Noted circa 03/19832 | |||||
| 51957 | 59235 | 59842 | 52103 | Noted circa 09/19832 | |||||
| 51961 | 59823 | 59235 | 52094 | Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield2 | |||||
| 51957 | 59235 | 59821 | 52094 | Noted 03/01/1984 - at Manchester Picc2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 17th May 1969
Set number: 507
Two Swindon Inter-City DMUs, a four-car and a three-car, depart from Paddington on 17 May 1969. Closest is set 507, presumably 52087 + 59826 + 59235 + 52103. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 2nd June 1983
A Swindon-built DMU formation (51954 + 59838 + 59235 + 51958) is seen in Sheffield station with a Manchester - Hull service on 2/6/83. Most vehicles are Class 124 Trans-Pennines, the third in the formation is a Class 123 trailer second. Stuart Mackay Collection.