Vehicle 52092
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) | |
| 05/06/77 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 19/08/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Modifications
5w/e 10/07/71 - Dual AWS fitted
Jul-75 - WR AWS removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52092 | 59824 | 59829 | 52102 | As delivered to CDF - May 1963 | |||||
| 52092 | 59820 | 59238 | 52097 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1 | |||||
| 52092 | 59238 | 52097 | Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak2 | ||||||
| 52092 | 59820 | 59238 | 52097 | Noted 08/04/70 - at Royal Oak2 | |||||
| RDG512 | 52092 | 59238 | 59820 | 52097 | Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70 | ||||
| 52092 | 59824 | 52094 | Noted 19/11/70 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| L712 | 52092 | 59820 | 59238 | 52097 | Noted 8th June 1974 - Noted on 1Z15 08:35 Paddington - Exeter with L715 W52095+59822+52096 and L709 W52104+59827+52089. | ||||
| L712 | 52092 | 59820 | 59238 | 52097 | Noted 10/08/74 - on 1Z67 0743 Swansea-Paddington with L708 | ||||
| L712 | 52092 | 59238 | 59820 | 52097 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2 | ||||
| 52092 | 59238 | 59820 | 52097 | Noted 06/06/1975 - 1821 special from Paddington to Henley for Regatta. Part of 7 car set 52096-59822-52095 + 52097-59820-59238-52092 | |||||
| L712 | 52092 | 59238 | 59820 | 52097 | Noted 04/08/1975 - on 19:55 Birmingham New Street to Oxford? at Solihull3 | ||||
| C712 | 52092 | 59820 | 52097 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C712 | 52092 | 59820 | 52097 | Noted 11/10/76 - on 2C28 1123 Gloucester-Newport | |||||
| C712 | 52092 | 59820 | 52097 | Noted 30/10/76 - on 2M67 1505 Cardiff-Crewe with C510 | |||||
| C712 | 52092 | 59820 | 52097 | Noted 09/11/76 - on 2V67 1919 Crewe-Cardiff | |||||
| C712 | 52092 | 59820 | 52097 | Noted 22/11/76 - on 2B53 1831 Newport-Gloucester then 2C52 1932 Gloucester-Cardiff | |||||
| C712 | 52092 | 59820 | 52097 | Noted 24/03/77 - on 2B61 1947 Cardiff-Cheltenham | |||||
| 52092 | 59820 | 52097 | Transfer to BG - 05/06/77 - from WR | ||||||
| 52092 | 59823 | 52105 | Noted 27/05/78 - on 0635 Hull-Manchester Piccadilly | ||||||
| 52092 | 51972 | 52103 | Noted 30/05/19794 | ||||||
| 52092 | 51970 | 59819 | 52103 | Noted 15/09/19794 | |||||
| 52092 | 51984 | 59766 | 51951 | Noted 27/10/19794 | |||||
| 52092 | 59771 | 51956 | Noted 11/04/19804 | ||||||
| 52092 | 59821 | 51970 | 51966 | Noted 19/07/19804 | |||||
| 52092 | 51978 | 59236 | 51955 | Noted 27/10/19804 | |||||
| 52092 | 59824 | 59770 | 51964 | Noted 01/11/19804 | |||||
| 52097 | 59771 | 59824 | 52092 | Noted 03/01/19814 | |||||
| 52092 | 59768 | 59821 | 52097 | Noted Aug-82 - see image on flickr | |||||
| 52092 | 59768 | 59824 | 51956 | Noted circa 19834 | |||||
| C712 | 52092 | 59820 | 52097 | Noted 11/06/1983 - Noted at Doncaster still carrying WR set number | |||||
| 51954 | 59238 | 59236 | 52092 | Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield4 | |||||
| 51966 | 59239 | 59768 | 52092 | Noted 03/01/1984 - at Manchester Picc4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
23rd March 1975
Set number: L712
Class 123 DMU set L712 in Reading station with a Paddington - Banbury service on 23 March 1975. Closest is presumably W52092. Stuart Mackay Collection.
25th July 1975
Set number: L712
Class 123 DMU set L712 in platform 10a of Birmingham New Street station ready to work the 19:55 to Oxford on 25 July 1975. Michael Mensing.
2nd April 1977
Set number: C712
Three-car Class 123 set C712 (W52092 and presumably 59820 + 52097) at Newport with an e.c.s. to form the 09:55 to Gloucester on 2 April 1977. Robert Thomas.
30th April 1977
Set number: C712
Three-car Class 123 set C712 (W52092 closest, 52097 at the far end) departs from Newport with the 09:55 to Gloucester on 30 April 1977. Robert Thomas.
20th September 1977
Set number: C712
Class 123 power car E59092 (along with E59820 + E52097) is seen in Garden Sidings, Doncaster, on 20 September 1977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
12th May 1979
A Swindon DMU with Class E52092 leading arriving at Manchester Piccadilly from Sheffield on 12 May 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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 E52092, E59768, E59821, E52097 and awaits departure at Manchester (Piccadilly) on a Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City) service, 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 up of E52092, E59768, E59821, E52097 and is seen arriving into Manchester Piccadilly, 8/82. Hugh Llewelyn.
August 1982
A line up of DMUs in Manchester Piccadilly in August 1982. Left to right are a Class 123 (52092), 104, 108 and 124. Hugh Llewelyn.
August 1982
Class 123 power car E52092 in Manchester Piccadilly in August 1982. Hugh Llewelyn.
11th June 1983
Set number: C712
Class 123 DMU no. 52092 leading a short three-car set formed with 59820 and 52097 at Doncaster on 11/Jun/1983. Note that it still bears it's former Western Region set number C712. Robert Chilton.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 30th April 1977
Set number: C712
W52097 on the front of Class 123 set C712 (52092 is on the rear) departing Newport with the 09:55 to Gloucester, 30 April 1977. A few weeks later it would be transferred to Hull. Robert Thomas.
Date: 8th June 1979
E52092 leads a Swindon-built mixed Inter-City / Trans-Pennine set into Huddersfield on 8 June 1979. Malcolm Clements.
Date: 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.E52097 (IC 123/1), E59821 (IC 183), E59768 (TP 180), E52092 (IC 123/2) 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.
Date: 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.E52097 (IC 123/1), E59821 (IC 183), E59768 (TP 180), E52092 (IC 123/2) with plated-up headcodes and front gangway doors in BR Inter City Rail Blue & Grey livery and all yellow front ends arriving at Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service from Leeds (City), 08/82 Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 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.E52097 (IC 123/1), E59821 (IC 183), E59768 (TP 180), E52092 (IC 123/2) 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 Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City) service, Hugh Llewelyn.