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Vehicle 59819

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)
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19/02/84	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	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
	51956	59767	59819	52093	Noted 02/05/81 - on 11.45 Manchester – Hull³
	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
3: Phil Shatford

Images:

16th February 1963

Official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR259) of trailer composite W59819 on 16th February 1963. British Railways.

16th February 1963

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.

10th July 1978

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.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 30th May 1978

A three-car Class 123 set in Leeds station on May 30th 1978 formed of 52088 + 59819 + 52098. Rex Holt.

Date: 13th April 1982

The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.

Date: 13th April 1982

The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.

Date: 13th April 1982

The RCTS Bevercotes Collier railtour just after arriving into Bevercotes Colliery on 13 April 1982. The vehicles in view are 52099 + 59837 + 59819 + 51952. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 13th April 1982

"The Bevercotes Collier" railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Chris Lings.

Date: 13th April 1982

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.

Date: 13th April 1982

The RCTS "Bevercoves Collier" railtour is seen at Bevercotes Colliery on 13th April 1982. The vehicles in view, from left to right, are 51952, 59819, 59837 and 52099. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 13th April 1982

The RCTS "Bevercoves Collier" railtour is seen at Bevercotes Colliery on 13th April 1982. The vehicles in view, from left to right, are 51952, 59819, 59837 and 52099. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 27th August 1982

E52090 + E59819 + E59838 + E52096 at Morecambe Promenade after an arrival from Leeds on 27 August 1982. Robert Frise.

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