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| 20/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |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: 20th September 1977
Set number: C712
Class 123 power car E59092 (along with E59820 + E52097) is seen in Garden Sidings, Doncaster, on 20 September 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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
A three-car Class 123 DMU, recorded as 52091 + 59820 + 52097, departs from Rotherham station circa 1979. Image by http://www.the-transport-photo-interchange.co.uk. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.