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Vehicle 59820

Class 123

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Inter City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30705
Diagram: 567

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)
05/06/77	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
20/05/84	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	52088	59820	59237	52098	As delivered to CDF - February 1963
	52092	59820	59238	52097	Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington¹
	52092	59820	59238	52097	Noted 08/04/70 - at Royal Oak²
RDG512	52092	59238	59820	52097	Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70
	52091	59820	59238	52098	Noted 19/11/70 - at Paddington¹
L712	52092	59820	59238	52097	Noted 8th June 1974 - Noted on 1Z15 08:35 Paddington - Exeter with L715 W52095+59822+52096 and L709 W52104+59827+52089.
L712	52092	59820	59238	52097	Noted 10/08/74 - on 1Z67 0743 Swansea-Paddington with L708
L712	52092	59238	59820	52097	Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak²
	52092	59238	59820	52097	Noted 06/06/1975 - 1821 special from Paddington to Henley for Regatta. Part of 7 car set 52096-59822-52095 + 52097-59820-59238-52092
L712	52092	59238	59820	52097	Noted 04/08/1975 - on 19:55 Birmingham New Street to Oxford? at Solihull³
C712	52092	59820	52097		Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C711	52091	59820	52097		Noted 11/06/76 - on 2V67 1210 Crewe-Cardiff
C712	52092	59820	52097		Noted 11/10/76 - on 2C28 1123 Gloucester-Newport
C712	52092	59820	52097		Noted 30/10/76 - on 2M67 1505 Cardiff-Crewe with C510
C712	52092	59820	52097		Noted 09/11/76 - on 2V67 1919 Crewe-Cardiff
C712	52092	59820	52097		Noted 22/11/76 - on 2B53 1831 Newport-Gloucester then 2C52 1932 Gloucester-Cardiff
C712	52092	59820	52097		Noted 24/03/77 - on 2B61 1947 Cardiff-Cheltenham
	52092	59820	52097		Transfer to BG - 05/06/77 - from WR
L711	52091	59820	52097		Noted 13/03/78
	52099	59820	52091		Noted 01/06/1978⁴
	52088	59820	52100		Noted 05/08/1978⁴
	52088	59820	52097		Noted 12/04/1979⁴
	51954	51981	59820	52105	Noted 14/07/1979⁴
	52094	51977	59820	51954	Noted 10/11/1979⁴
	52096	59820	51970	52090	Noted 06/04/1980⁴
	52096	59820	51970	52090	Noted 08/04/1980⁴
	52096	59820	51970	52090	Noted 09/04/1980⁴
	52090	59820	52096		Noted 11/04/1980⁴
	52090	59820	59767	52099	Noted 03/05/1980 - 1551 Hull to Manchester Victoria
	52097	59834	59820	52105	Noted 17/07/1981 - Seen at Doncaster⁴
	52095	59820	59766	52090	Noted circa 02/1983⁴
C712	52092	59820	52097		Noted 11/06/1983 - Noted at Doncaster still carrying WR set number

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 2nd April 1977

Set number: C712

Three-car Class 123 set C712 (W52092 and presumably 59820 + 52097) at Newport with an e.c.s. to form the 09:55 to Gloucester on 2 April 1977. Robert Thomas.

Date: 13th March 1978

Set number: C712

Swindon Inter-City set 712 (E52097 + E59820 + E52091) arrives into Selby on the 13th March 1978. Ian Francis.

Date: 13th March 1978

Set number: L711

Swindon Class 123 Inter-City set L711 seen at Hull station on the 13th March 1978, formed of E52091 + E59820 + E52097. Ian Francis.

Date: 1979

Set number: L711

Class 123 Swindon Inter-City set L711 at Sheffield in 1979. E52091 is on the front (probably with 59820 + 52097) and a Met-Camm set is at the rear, an oval-buffered 114 to the left. John Law.

Date: 17th July 1981

A Class 123 DMU, noted as 52097 + 59834 (ex Cl 124 MBSL 51969) + 59820 + 52105, depart platform 3 at Doncaster bound for Sheffield, 17th July 1981. Paul James.

Date: 11th June 1983

Set number: C712

Class 123 DMU no. 52092 leading a short three-car set formed with 59820 and 52097 at Doncaster on 11/Jun/1983. Note that it still bears it's former Western Region set number C712. Robert Chilton.

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