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Vehicle 52104


Class 123

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Inter City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Engines: Albion 230hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30704
Diagram: 574

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)
09/04/78 Stored U. BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 08/10/78 Reinstated BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
27/05/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Modifications

4w/e 30/12/72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


52094 59826 59831 52104 As delivered to CDF - June 1963
RDG509 52089 59827 52104 Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70
509 52089 59827 52104 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington1
52089 59827 52104 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading1
L709 52104 59827 52089 Noted 8th June 1974 - Noted on 1Z15 08:35 Paddington - Exeter with L715 W52095+59822+52096 and L712 W52092+59820+59238+52097.
52087 59827 52104 Noted 03/06/1975 - at Birmingham New Street on 19:55 to Reading?2
L709 52089 59827 52104 Noted 08/1975 - at Solihull on a weekday between 11th and 15th August 19752
52089 59827 52104 Noted 25/04/76 - at Crewe3
C709 52089 59827 52104 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
52089 59827 52104 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff3
C709 52089 59827 52104 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
52104 59826 51969 51953 Noted 14/07/19794
52104 59827 51978 52100 Noted 10/11/19794
51956 59772 51982 52104 Noted 23/03/1981 - Seen at Sheffield4
52090 59238 59821 52104 Noted 05/05/1981 - at Hull forming 14:50 to Leeds2
52104 59237 59838 51960 Noted circa 04/19824
52104 59772 59835 51952 Noted circa 19834
52104 59772 59835 51952 Noted circa 07/19834
51954 59841 59827 52104 Noted circa 09/19834
51957 59772 59842 52104 Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield4
52090 59825 59835 52104 Noted 18/02/19844
51960 59825 59834 52104 Noted circa 05/19844

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 123 DMU at Hull Paragon

17th February 1979

It seems as if some farewells are occurring as a Hull - Manchester Trans-Pennine service with E52104 leading awaits departure from a sub-zero Paragon Station on 17th February 1979. Syd Young.

Class 123 DMU at Hull Paragon

21st February 1979

Various members of the train crew are engaged in conversation as a Class 123 (E52104) and Class 124 stand side by side in the snow at Hull Paragon on 21st February 1979. Syd Young.

Class 123 DMU at Selby

31st August 1979

E52104 + E59824 + E51977 and E50379 + E56473 at Selby with a Hull-Leeds service on 1979-08-31. John Carter.

Inside a Class 123 DMU

Unknown date

On an unknown date, the driving position of 52104 is photographed at speed, by an enthusiast who boarded the service at Carnforth. 52089, whose cab was occupied by a driver of course, was the leading car in the formation. Daniel Hopkins.

Class 123 DMU at London Paddington

Unknown date

Class 123 DMSKL W52104 in London Paddington station. Date unknown but presumably before its transfer from Reading to Cardiff in February 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 123 DMU at Sheffield

4th March 1982

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

Class 123 DMU at Sheffield

April 1982

A Swindon DMU in Sheffield station on April 1982. Three of the four vehicles appear to be Class 123s (E52104 closest) the other (the third in the formation) seems to be a Class 124 TSL. George Woods.

Class 123 DMU at Hull Paragon

6th October 1982

A 4-car Trans-Pennine set, with Swindon Inter City E52104 closest, sits under the roof at Paragon Station on 6th October 1982. Syd Young.

Class 123 DMU at Broomfleet

5th April 1983

Back in the day when there were two main and two relief lines between Melton and Gilberdyke, E52104 leads a Trans-Pennine working from Hull to Manchester through Broomfleet on April 5th 1983. On this occasion, the train is made up of a four-car Swindon-built Inter-City set with a two-car Metro Cammell on the rear. Syd Young.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 26th June 1981

Contrast in 'Trans Pennine' cab ends at Sheffield on Friday 26 June 1981. From L-R are DMC 51955 (Class 124), DMBS 52091 (class 123) and DMS 52104 (class 123). The headcode boxes have been removed from 52091 too. John Atkinson.