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Vehicle 59825


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

Jun-63 New to 88A (Cardiff Canton)
Sep-63Depot code change86A
Apr-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
28/02/76 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
w/e 18/12/76 Stored CF (Cardiff Canton)
w/e 05/03/78 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20/05/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)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:


52093 59825 59830 52103 As delivered to CDF - June 1963
510 52090 59239 59825 52100 Noted circa Jan-70 - Reading set
RDG510 52090 59239 59825 52100 Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70
510 52090 59239 59825 52100 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington1
L710 52090 59825 59239 52100 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2
C710 52090 59825 52100 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
52090 59825 52100 Noted 14/09/1977 - at Gloucester3
C710 52090 59825 52100 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
52090 59825 52100 Noted 01/06/19784
52090 59825 52102 Noted 05/08/19784
52090 59825 52102 Noted 17/09/19784
51964 51982 59825 52099 Noted 06/04/19804
51964 51982 59825 52099 Noted 10/04/19804
51963 59825 51969 52089 Noted 28/06/19804
52095 59825 52099 Noted 17/09/19804
51963 59825 51979 52095 Noted 02/01/19814
52094 59825 59235 52096 Noted 18/04/1981 - Seen at Selby4
52087 59767 59825 51953 Noted circa 04/19824
51961 59770 59825 52090 Noted circa 10/19824
52100 59769 59825 52087 Noted circa 02/19834
52091 59772 59825 52097 Noted circa 03/19834
52090 59825 59835 52104 Noted 18/02/19844
51960 59825 59834 52104 Noted circa 05/19844

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 123 DMU at Swindon Works

14th June 1965

An official image from the Swindon Works Accident series, negative 5AB/101. Damaged parts on the top of a bogie on W59825, 14/6/65. British Railways.

Class 123 DMU at Swindon Works

14th June 1965

An official image from the Swindon Works Accident series, negative 5AB/102. Inter-City trailer composite W59825 on 14/6/65. British Railways.

Class 123 DMU at Swindon Works

14th June 1965

An official image from the Swindon Works Accident series, negative 5AB/103. Inter-City trailer composite W59825 on 14/6/65. British Railways.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 4th March 1982

Swindon vehicles E52104, E59825, E59767 and E52091 at Sheffield Midland on 04-03-82. Vincent Haworth.