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Vehicle 52090

Class 123

BR Diagram 566

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

Apr-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)
19/08/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Modifications

Oct-73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jul-75 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


52090 59822 59239 52100 As delivered to CDF - April 1963
52090 59829 59824 52091 Noted 19/09/64 - at Gloucester
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 59239 52100 Noted 30/08/74 - at Banbury, fourth vehicle if there was one unrecorded, set number on 521002
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
710 52090 59827 52100 Noted 03/02/79
52090 59827 52100 Noted 03/02/1979 - Noted on a Hull service at Sheffield
52090 59827 52100 Noted 03/02/1979 - Noted on a Hull service at Sheffield
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
51957 59769 59235 52090 Noted 06/09/19804
52090 59826 51984 52096 Noted 27/10/19804
52090 59238 59821 52104 Noted 05/05/1981 - at Hull forming 14:50 to Leeds3
52090 59819 59838 52096 Noted 27/08/82
51961 59770 59825 52090 Noted circa 10/19824
52090 59826 59238 51956 Noted circa 02/19834
52095 59820 59766 52090 Noted circa 02/19834
52090 59238 59819 51960 Noted circa 08/19834
52090 59825 59835 52104 Noted 18/02/19844

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

Images:

Inside a Class 123 DMU

16th February 1963

Official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR254) of the drivers compartment in W52090 on 16th February 1963. British Railways.

Inside a Class 123 DMU

16th February 1963

An official image (Swindon Works negative 5CR 252) showing the two second class saloons in DMBSL 52090 on 16/2/63. Each seated just sixteen with two seating bays on each side of the aisle, the (open) sliding door divided smoking from non-smoking. British Railways.

Class 123 DMU at Oxford

circa early/mid 1970s

Class 123 DMBSL W52090 at Oxford, circa early/mid 1970s. Brian Daniels.

Class 123 DMU at London Paddington

17th June 1975

Set number: L710

Two Class 123 DMUs, L710 and presumably W52090 closest, entering Paddington on 17 June 1975. Phil Bevan.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

1978

Set number: 710

E52090 is part of set 710 when seen at Manchester Piccadilly in 1978. Malcolm Clements.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester PIccadilly

Unknown date

Set number: 710

Class 123 Swindon Inter-City set 710 in Manchester Picaddilly. Note the 1 on centre car door, and on the refurbished liveried Class 108 on the left. Date unknown, probably late 1970s. Peter Heppenstall.

Class 123 DMU at Hull Botanic Gardens

July 1981

Set number: 710

A Swindon-built set on Hull Botanic Gardens diesel depot in July 1981. Closest is a Class 123 DMBS, formerly set 710, and presumably 52090. Lewis Bevan.

Class 123 DMU at Morecambe Promenade

27th August 1982

E52090 + E59819 + E59838 + E52096 at Morecambe Promenade after an arrival from Leeds on 27 August 1982. Robert Frise.

Class 123 DMU at Lancaster

11th September 1982

Class 123 DMBS no. E52090 looked to be recently ex-works when seen at the rear of a 4-car formation departing Lancaster on 11/09/1982, presumably on a Leeds service. In their final years, these Inter-City units were transferred to the Eastern Region to join the similar Class 124 Trans-Pennine units, making up mixed formations on services connecting Hull, Doncaster, Sheffield and Manchester. Class 31/4s took over these services from May 1984, leading to the mass withdrawal of all Class 123 / 124 vehicles - none survived. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 123 DMU at Skipton

11th September 1982

A mixed Class 123/124 Trans-Pennine formation arrives into Skipton station on 11 September 1982. The Class 123 DMBSL leading is thought to be E52090. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

26th July 1983

A class 123 unit at Manchester Piccadilly on 26th July 1983, 52090 closest. Ian Buck.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

26th July 1983

Class 123 set at Manchester Piccadilly on 26th July 1983, 52090 closest. Ian Buck.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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