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-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) | |
| 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| 01/04/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |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:
| 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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Date: 17th April 1981
Set number: C708
E52088 + E59771 + E59237 + E51957 stabled at Sheffield on Friday 17 April 1981. David Russon.
Date: 25th April 1983
51962 + 59824 + 59237 + 52088 at Doncaster with a Manchester - Cleethorpes service on 25 April 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.