Vehicle 52089
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
| Mar-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) | |
| w/e 18/12/76 | Stored | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 2w/e 09/04/78 | Stored U. | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 08/10/78 | Reinstated | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 19/08/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |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:
| 52089 | 59821 | 59238 | 52099 | As delivered to CDF - March 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. | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 51967 | 59769 | 52089 | Noted 27/10/19794 | ||||||
| 51963 | 59825 | 51969 | 52089 | Noted 28/06/19804 | |||||
| 51967 | 59822 | 51976 | 52089 | Noted 19/07/19804 | |||||
| 52087 | 59237 | 59823 | 52089 | Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc4 | |||||
| 51961 | 59818 | 59770 | 52089 | Noted circa 09/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
8th June 1979
A Class 123 set departs from Huddersfield on June 8, 1979, with DMBS 52089 on the rear. Malcolm Clements.
29th September 1981
A Swindon-built DMU with Inter-City Class 123 52089 nearest the camera, after arrival at Manchester Victoria with a service from Hull on 29th September 1981. David Scott.
August 1982
Hybrid BR (Swindon) "Trans Pennine" Standard Mk.I Class "124" 4-car dmu which include former cars from BR (Swindon) Inter City Class 123 dmu's. The set is made of Nos. E52089 (IC 123/2), E59826 (IC 183), E59773 (TP 180), E52103 (IC 123/1) with plated-up headcodes and front gangway doors in BR Inter City Rail Blue & Grey livery and all yellow front ends departing Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service to Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City), 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.
August 1982
Hybrid BR (Swindon) Trans Pennine Standard Mk.I Class 124 4-car dmu which include former cars from BR (Swindon) Inter City Class 123 dmu's. The set is made of E52089, E59826, E59773, E52103 with plated-up headcodes and front gangway doors in BR Inter City Rail Blue & Grey livery and all yellow front ends awaiting departure at Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service to Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City), 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.
August 1982
Hybrid BR (Swindon) "Trans Pennine" Standard Mk.I Class "124" 4-car dmu formed of #52089 + E59826 + E59773 + E52103 departing Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service to Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City), 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.
August 1982
A Swindon DMU in Manchester Piccadilly in August 1982 with Class 123 E52089 closest. Hugh Llewelyn.
19th August 1982
E52089, E59826, E59773 and E52103 in the old Green Eyre platform at Lancaster Castle on the 19th August 1982. Robert Frise.
9th March 1983
DMBSL E52089 heads a class 123/124 'hybrid' DMU with a service for Sheffield and Manchester at Brocklesby Junction, North Lincolnshire - 09/03/1983. © 2014 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 35mm monochrome negative; photographed by John Turner. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
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.
Date: 19th August 1982
E52103, E59773, E59826 and E52089 are seen in the old Green Eyre platform at Lancaster Castle on the 19th August 1982. Robert Frise.
Date: 19th April 1984
An EMU and DMU line-up at Manchester Piccadilly on 19 April 1984. Right to left are Class 123 E52096 (with E59824 + E59773 + E52089), Class 104 M53450 (with M59187 + M53491), the single-engined Class 104 M78601 (with M78851) and a Class 506 EMU. Keith Long.