Vehicle 52095
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
| Jun-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) | |
| 09/04/78 | Stored U. | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| w/e 05/11/78 | Reinstated | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 19/08/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Modifications
Jan-72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jul-75 - WR AWS removed
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52095 | 59827 | 59832 | 52105 | As delivered to CDF - June 1963 | |||||
| 52095 | 59822 | 52096 | Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1 | ||||||
| RDG515 | 52095 | 59822 | 52096 | Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70 | |||||
| 52095 | 59822 | 52096 | Noted 12/04/71 - with 52101-59818-59236-52086 / 52088-59819-52099 on 1Z35 09:05 Paddington - Plymouth footex (Fulham v Plymouth) and return departure at 18:15. | ||||||
| 52095 | 59822 | 52096 | Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington with 52087/59826/59235/521031 | ||||||
| 52095 | 59822 | 52096 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2 | ||||||
| L715 | 52095 | 59822 | 52096 | Noted 8th June 1974 - Noted on 1Z15 08:35 Paddington - Exeter with L709 W52104+59827+52089 L712 W52092+59820+59238+52097. | |||||
| L715 | 52095 | 59822 | 52096 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3 | |||||
| 52095 | 59822 | 52096 | Noted 06/06/1975 - 1821 special from Paddington to Henley for Regatta. Part of 7 car set 52096-59822-52095 / 52097-59820-59238-52092 | ||||||
| C715 | 52095 | 59822 | 52096 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C715 | 52095 | 59822 | 52096 | Noted 15/09/76 - on 2V67 1000 Crewe-Cardiff | |||||
| C715 | 52095 | 59822 | 52096 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| 52095 | 59771 | 51974 | 52097 | Noted 05/04/19804 | |||||
| 51952 | 59772 | 51983 | 52095 | Noted 14/05/19804 | |||||
| 52095 | 59825 | 52099 | Noted 17/09/19804 | ||||||
| 51967 | 59822 | 51983 | 52095 | Noted 27/10/19804 | |||||
| 51963 | 59825 | 51979 | 52095 | Noted 02/01/19814 | |||||
| 52095 | 59826 | 59773 | 52105 | Noted circa 10/19824 | |||||
| 52095 | 59820 | 59766 | 52090 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||
| 52098 | 59827 | 59770 | 52095 | Noted circa 02/19834 | |||||
| 52096 | 59767 | 59818 | 52095 | Noted circa 03/19834 | |||||
| 52095 | 59237 | 59771 | 51965 | Noted circa 07/19834 | |||||
| 51952 | 59772 | 59236 | 52095 | Noted 08/05/19844 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
10th August 1974
Set number: L715
W52095 - a Reading allocated vehicle at the time - is seen in Cardiff Central with a relief from London on 10 August 1974. Robert Thomas.
circa 1979
A three-car Class 123/123/124 DMU is seen in Buxton Cutting circa 1979. E52095 appears to be the leading car. Stuart Mackay Collection.
3rd June 1980
E52095 + E59822 + E51983 + E52100 in platform 2a of Sheffield station on Tuesday 3 June 1980. David Russon.