Vehicle 52086
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: 30703
Diagram: 566
Allocations
| Feb-63 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Feb-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 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) | |
| 2w/e 08/04/79 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Modifications
Jul-70 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52086 | 59818 | 59235 | 52096 | As delivered to CDF - February 1963 | |||||
| 52086 | 59236 | 59818 | 52101 | Noted 08/04/70 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| RDG506 | 52086 | 59236 | 59818 | 52101 | Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70 | ||||
| 52086 | 59818 | 59236 | 52101 | Noted 11/08/70 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| 52086 | 59818 | 59236 | 52101 | Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| 52086 | 59236 | 52101 | Noted 12/04/71 - with 52088-59819-52099 / 52095-59822-52096 on 1Z35 09:05 Paddington - Plymouth footex (Fulham v Plymouth) and return departure at 18:15. | ||||||
| 506 | 52086 | 59818 | 59236 | 52101 | Noted 26/10/1971 - at Paddington2 | ||||
| 52086 | 59236 | 59818 | 52101 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2 | |||||
| L706 | 52086 | 59818 | 59236 | 52101 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||
| C706 | 52086 | 59818 | 52101 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 52086 | 59821 | 52105 | Noted 04/09/76 - in Cardiff Central1 | ||||||
| C706 | 52086 | 59818 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
Images:
1967
A Swindon Class 123 Inter-City vehicle inside Swindon Works in the summer of 1967. This is thought to be W52086, the first of the class to be so treated. David Faircloth.
circa 1980
A rather forlorn Swindon InterCity DMBS W52086 at Doncaster circa 1980. It has had its B4 bogies removed, it is sitting on what was probably reclaimed Mk1 bogies for its trip to Snailwell. Stuart Pearce.
circa 1980
A Class 123 DMBS at Doncaster, probably 52086. Behind is a drab-olive coloured departmental Class 122. Date unknown, circa 1980. Malcolm Clements.