Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Inter City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30705
Diagram: 567
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) | |
2w/e 09/07/77 | Stored | RTC (Derby RTC) | |
09/04/78 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
19/02/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
52087 | 59819 | 59236 | 52097 | As delivered to CDF - February 1963 | |||||
52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Noted 08/04/70 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Noted 12/04/71 - with 52101-59818-59236-52086 / 52095-59822-52096 on 1Z35 09:05 Paddington - Plymouth footex (Fulham v Plymouth) and return departure at 18:15. | ||||||
L708 | 52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
C708 | 52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
C708 | 52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Noted 31/08/76 - on 2M67 0532 Cardiff-Crewe | |||||
C708 | 52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
52088 | 59819 | 52098 | Noted May-78 | ||||||
52092 | 51970 | 59819 | 52103 | Noted 15/09/19792 | |||||
52093 | 59770 | 59819 | 52094 | Noted 19/07/19802 | |||||
51955 | 59819 | 51973 | 51953 | Noted 01/11/19802 | |||||
52099 | 59837 | 59819 | 51952 | Noted circa 04/19822 | |||||
52099 | 59837 | 59819 | 51952 | Noted 13/04/1982 - R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch) The Bevercotes Collier Railtour 56407-50218 + 52099-59837-59819-51952 | |||||
52090 | 59819 | 59838 | 52096 | Noted 27/08/82 | |||||
52090 | 59238 | 59819 | 51960 | Noted circa 08/19832 | |||||
52102 | 59819 | 59767 | 52094 | Noted circa 01/19842 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
Official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR259) of trailer composite W59819 on 16th February 1963. British Railways.
Official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR260) of a first class compartment in trailer composite W59819 on 16th February 1963. Note the MkII style luggage racks. British Railways.
Swindon Inter-City Class 123 Trailer Composite E59819 at Selby on July 10, 1978. It contained four first class and three second class compartments. Malcolm Clements.
A three-car Class 123 set in Leeds station on May 30th 1978 formed of 52088 + 59819 + 52098. Rex Holt.
The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.
The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.
"The Bevercotes Collier" railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Chris Lings.
A fine study of 51952 (with 59819 behind) at Bevercotes Colliery while on the RCTS "The Bevercotes Collier" railtour from Doncaster, 13/4/82. Chris Lings.
E52090 + E59819 + E59838 + E52096 at Morecambe Promenade after an arrival from Leeds on 27 August 1982. Robert Frise.