Vehicle 52091
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
| May-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) | |
| 13/06/77 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 19/08/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Modifications
Oct-71 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52091 | 59823 | 59828 | 52101 | As delivered to CDF - May 1963 | |||||
| 52090 | 59829 | 59824 | 52091 | Noted 19/09/64 - at Gloucester | |||||
| 52091 | 59823 | 52098 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| 52091 | 59823 | 52098 | Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak2 | ||||||
| RDG511 | 52091 | 59823 | 52098 | Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70 | |||||
| 52091 | 59820 | 59238 | 52098 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Paddington1 | |||||
| L711 | 52091 | 59823 | 52098 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2 | |||||
| C711 | 52091 | 59823 | 52098 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| 52091 | 59823 | 52098 | Noted 31st May 1976 | ||||||
| C711 | 52091 | 59820 | 52097 | Noted 11/06/76 - on 2V67 1210 Crewe-Cardiff | |||||
| L711 | 52091 | 59823 | 52098 | Noted 04/09/76 - at Newport2 | |||||
| L711 | 52091 | 59820 | 52097 | Noted 13/03/78 | |||||
| 52099 | 59820 | 52091 | Noted 01/06/19783 | ||||||
| 52091 | 59823 | 52098 | Noted 31st May 1979 | ||||||
| 51958 | 51977 | 59769 | 52091 | Noted 09/06/19793 | |||||
| 51953 | 51968 | 59772 | 52091 | Noted 08/04/19803 | |||||
| 52091 | 51983 | 59821 | 52105 | Noted 10/04/19803 | |||||
| 51962 | 59237 | 51980 | 52091 | Noted 06/09/19803 | |||||
| 52091 | 59824 | 59770 | 52098 | Noted 27/10/19803 | |||||
| 51954 | 59768 | 59827 | 52091 | Noted circa 09/19823 | |||||
| 51961 | 59766 | 59826 | 52091 | Noted circa 19833 | |||||
| 52091 | 59772 | 59825 | 52097 | Noted circa 03/19833 | |||||
| 51961 | 59766 | 59826 | 52091 | Noted circa 07/19833 | |||||
| 52091 | 59238 | 59767 | 51952 | Noted circa 09/19833 | |||||
| 51960 | 59768 | 59772 | 52091 | Noted circa 10/19833 | |||||
| 51966 | 59238 | 59841 | 52091 | Noted circa 05/19843 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
Images:
1976
Set number: L711
Inter-City DMU set L711 (presumably 52091 closest) is seen in Hereford yard in 1976 after a failure. These sets appeared to be on their last legs, so I was surprised when they were sent North to join the Trans-Pennine units. John Crooks.
1976
Set number: L711
A Class 123 (set L711, presumably 52091) in the yard at Hereford in 1976 after a failure. John Crooks.
12th March 1976
Set number: L711
1976 was famous for the amazing Summer but March was a bit grim as seen on the 12th at Cardiff. L711 is arriving (presumably 52091 at the front), in the set was 59823 and completed the set for me! Remember when they kept dmu's together? The loco, by deduction, is probably 47504. It doesn't really matter at this distance in time. It's Cardiff and it's 42 years ago! Arnie Furniss.
August 1976
Set number: L711
A class 37 is collecting a failed Class 123 unit (thought to be L711 / 52091) from the wall siding at Hereford in August 1976. These units seemed to be on their last legs, and I was surprised when they went to the Eastern Region, rather than the scrapyard...! John Crooks.
6th August 1977
Set number: L711
52091 waits to depart Hull Paragon on 6th August 1977 for Sheffield or Manchester (Via Sheffield) on 6th August 1977, and still had the original gangway covers on. David Scott.
1978
Set number: L711
E52091 at the end of set L711 seen in Manchester Piccadilly in 1978. Malcolm Clements.
13th March 1978
Set number: L711
Swindon Class 123 Inter-City set L711 seen at Hull station on the 13th March 1978, formed of E52091 + E59820 + E52097. Ian Francis.
10th July 1978
Set number: L711
Swindon Inter-City Class 123 set L711 enters Selby station with E52091 leading on July 10, 1978. Malcolm Clements.
10th July 1978
Set number: L711
Class 123 Swindon Inter-City set L711 at Selby on July 10, 1978. E52091 is closest. Malcolm Clements.
3rd November 1978
Set number: L711
E52091 still carries it's L711 set number when seen at Hull Paragon, 3rd November 1978. Syd Young.
1979
Set number: L711
Class 123 Swindon Inter-City set L711 at Sheffield in 1979. E52091 is on the front (probably with 59820 + 52097) and a Met-Camm set is at the rear, an oval-buffered 114 to the left. John Law.
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.
21st October 1982
E52091 heads a four-car Class 123/124 DMU in Manchester Piccadilly with the 13:45 Manchester - Hull service on 21 October 1982. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 13th March 1978
Set number: C712
Swindon Inter-City set 712 (E52097 + E59820 + E52091) arrives into Selby on the 13th March 1978. Ian Francis.
Date: 4th March 1982
Swindon vehicles E52104, E59825, E59767 and E52091 at Sheffield Midland on 04-03-82. Vincent Haworth.
Date: 29th October 1983
A Swindon-built DMU formation departs from Sheffield with a Manchester - Cleethorpes service on 29 October 1983. The formation is 52102 + 59827 + 59772 + 52091, three being Class 123 vehicles and the fourth a Class 124 Trans-Pennine. Stuart Mackay Collection.