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Vehicle 52099

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: 30704
Diagram: 574

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)
2w/e 09/07/77	Stored	RTC (Derby RTC)
09/04/78	Transferred to	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
12/02/84	Withdrawn from	BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)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:

	52089	59821	59238	52099	As delivered to CDF - March 1963
	52088	59819	52099		Noted 08/04/70 - at Royal Oak¹
	52088	59819	52099		Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak¹
	52088	59819	52099		Noted 12/04/71 - with 52101-59818-59236-52086 / 52095-59822-52096 on 1Z35 09:05 Paddington - Plymouth footex (Fulham v Plymouth) and return departure at 18:15.
L708	52088	59819	52099		Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak¹
C708	52088	59819	52099		Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C708	52088	59819	52099		Noted 31/08/76 - on 2M67 0532 Cardiff-Crewe
C708	52088	59819	52099		Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
	52099	59820	52091		Noted 01/06/1978²
	52098	51973	59821	52099	Noted 12/04/1979²
	51960	59236	51980	52099	Noted 09/06/1979²
	52087	59822	52099		Noted 27/10/1979²
	51964	51982	59825	52099	Noted 06/04/1980²
	51964	51982	59825	52099	Noted 10/04/1980²
	51964	51982	59766	52099	Noted 11/04/1980²
	52090	59820	59767	52099	Noted 03/05/1980 - 1551 Hull to Manchester Victoria
	52095	59825	52099		Noted 17/09/1980²
	52094	59823	59769	52099	Noted 27/10/1980²
	52094	59822	59769	52099	Noted 01/11/1980²
	51961	59768	51982	52099	Noted 05/05/1981 - at Hull was to form 14:50 to Leeds but was failed before departure, replaced by 52090, 59238, 59821 and 52104³
	52099	59837	59819	51952	Noted circa 04/1982²
	52099	59837	59819	51952	Noted 13/04/1982 - R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch) The Bevercotes Collier Railtour 56407-50218 + 52099-59837-59819-51952
	52099	59840	59236	51965	Noted circa 02/1983²
	52100	59822	59839	52099	Noted circa 03/1983²
	52088	59766	59826	52099	Noted circa 09/1983²
	52094	59769	59821	52099	Noted circa 10/1983²
	52103	59822	59839	52099	Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield²

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

Images:

1967

A Swindon Inter-City DMU, including W52099, in platform 5 of an unknown station with a service for Cardiff in 1967. Terry Bye.

23rd May 1978

E52099 stabled in the through sidings at Sheffield station 23rd May 1978. Keith Long.

Unknown date

Set number: C708

A three-car Class 123 Inter-City DMU in Manchester Piccsdilly, date inknown, alongside a refurbished-liveried Class 108. The DMSL is presumably 52099, still carrying its set number from its previous allocation. Stuart Mackay Collection.

7th April 1979

Set number: C708

A Inter-City Class 123 DMU on a service to Hull at Doncaster on 7th April 1979. It appears it may be 52099 / set L708. David Scott.

29th May 1979

Set number: C708

A Class 123 Swindon Inter-City set arrives at Hull Paragon with a service from Manchester Piccadilly on 29th May 1978. E52099, complete with lamp and end doors brings up the rear. Also in this view are a Cravens Class 105 2-car set waiting to travel up the Scarborough line, a Metro-Cammell Class 101 unit and a Class 124 Trans-Pennine set. On the right, 03073 with it's match truck ticks over in the parcels sidings. Syd Young.

24th May 1980

Set number: C708

Huddersfield 24th May 1980. A Swindon 123 set (C708 presumably with 52099 closest) is about to head west Trans Pennine. The Class 101 is probably waiting to take a Huddersfield Penistone line train. Robert Forsythe.

31st August 1980

Set number: C708

First generation DMU's gather in the sidings at Longsight Depot on August 31st 1980. Centre stage is former Western Region Swindon Intercity Class 123 Driving Motor Corridor Second E52099. To the right is a Class 108, whilst on the left a Class 104 keeps company with a Gloucester Class 100. Martyn Hilbert.

31st October 1980

Set number: C708

I have fond memories of this photo. The day before I turned 21 last day of October 1980. Keadby traversing bridge which moves out of the way of the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation and a Class 123 is crossing. I had first come here in the summer of 1973 as a 13 year old Norfolk child boating into Northern England for the first time. Robert Forsythe.

2nd May 1981

Set number: C708

A four-car Class 123/124 combo (E52099 closest) stabled at Sheffield on 2 May 1981. Rob Edwards.

13th April 1982

The RCTS Bevercotes Collier railtour just after arriving into Bevercotes Colliery on 13 April 1982. The vehicles in view are 52099 + 59837 + 59819 + 51952. Stuart Mackay Collection.

10th December 1983

Carrying Trans-Pennine branding Class 123 DMSL E52099 leads a Class 123/124 hybrid set at Sheffield on 10 December 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 13th April 1982

The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.

Date: 13th April 1982

The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.

Date: 13th April 1982

"The Bevercotes Collier" railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Chris Lings.

Date: 13th April 1982

The RCTS "Bevercoves Collier" railtour is seen at Bevercotes Colliery on 13th April 1982. The vehicles in view, from left to right, are 51952, 59819, 59837 and 52099. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 13th April 1982

The RCTS "Bevercoves Collier" railtour is seen at Bevercotes Colliery on 13th April 1982. The vehicles in view, from left to right, are 51952, 59819, 59837 and 52099. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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