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Vehicle 52102


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

May-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)
09/04/78 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
27/05/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Modifications

15/10/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

52102 was involved in the following incident:


12/03/79 - Sheffield

Collision involving Class 108 / Class 123

8:17 Chesterfield to Sheffield formed E52102/E59826/E52093 ran away at Heeley, entered Sheffield station at speed and collided with empty DMU M52043/M51923. The brakes on the 8:17 failed due to inadequate maintenance of brake cylinders at Hull Dairycoates.


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
514 52094 59824 52102 Noted circa Jan-70 - Reading set
52094 59824 52102 Noted 08/04/70 - at Royal Oak1
RDG514 52094 59824 52102 Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70
52094 59824 52102 Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak1
L714 52094 59824 52102 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1
C714 52094 59824 52102 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C714 52094 59824 52102 Noted 26/09/76 - on 2V67 1345 Crewe-Cardiff with C600
C714 52094 59824 52102 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
52090 59825 52102 Noted 05/08/19782
52090 59825 52102 Noted 17/09/19782
52093 59826 52102 12th March 1979 - Unit collided with 2-car 108 at Sheffield station.
52102 59766 51975 51951 Noted 28/06/19802
52102 51975 59766 51951 Noted 19/07/19802
51951 51975 59818 52102 Noted 27/10/19802
51951 51975 59818 52102 Noted 02/01/19812
52102 59766 59826 52093 Noted circa 04/19822
52094 59827 59818 52102 Noted circa 19832
52102 59819 59767 52094 Noted circa 01/19842
52102 59765 59838 51954 Noted 18/02/19842

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 123 DMU at Ranelagh Bridge

11th July 1973

A four-car Class 123 DMU (W52102 closest) with a three-car suburban DMU is seen at Ranelagh Bridge on 11 July 1973. Alistair Ness.

Class 123 DMU at Hull

23rd September 1978

Set number: 714

From 1977 the previously-Western Region Inter-City units were moved to Hull and sets were mixed with the mechanically similar Class 124 Trans-Pennine units. This 4-car set has a class 123 car leading as it waits at Hull (Paragon) to form the 15.05 to Doncaster on September 23, 1978. Presume 52102 closest. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 123 DMU at Cottingham

3rd November 1978

Set number: 714

Back in the days of decent trains and station staff, a diagram took these wonderful Trans-Pennine units from Hull to Beverley and back meaning I got to travel to and from work in style. E52102 brings up the rear of the 16:41 Hull - Beverley on 3rd November 1978. Fred the Station Attendant who worked there for many years looks on to make sure I'm not up to no good! Syd Young.

Class 123 DMU at Doncaster

3rd December 1978

Set number: 714

Set 714 at Doncaster on 3/12/78. E52102 has lost the gangway cover, and the inner door has been made unopenable. The obsolete headcode box has effectively turned into marker lights. A 114 can be seen on the left and Met-Camm on the right. Malcolm Clements.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

31st October 1980

Manchester Piccadilly on 31-10-80 contains examples of Class 103, 506, 100 and Swindon Class 124/123, the DMSK closest is 52102. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 123 DMU at Lancaster

August 1982

A Swindon DMU in Lancaster station in August 1982 with DMSKL E52102 closest. George Woods.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

22nd November 1982

A Swindon DMU with Class 123 E52102 closest in Manchester Piccadilly on 11 November 1982. Stuart Parkinson.

Class 123 DMU at Sheffield

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.

Class 123 DMU at Hull Paragon

30th April 1984

Swindon-built "Inter City" set with E52102 nearest the camera has just arrived at Hull Paragon with a train from Manchester on 30th April 1984. In the background, Trans-Pennine DMU E51958 is at the front of another service over the "Backbone of England". This was the last photo I took of these rather wonderful units, as within a few days of this they were all withdrawn from service. Syd Young.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: September 1978

A refurbished Class 114 DMU in Sheffield station with a Lincoln service in December 1978. DTCL E56043 is closest, while on the opposite platform is Class 123 E52102. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 15th June 1980

E51951 leads a Liverpool Lime Street - Hull special into Sheffield on June 15, 1980. The complete rake was E51951, E51975, E59718, E59766, E52102, M51859, M59718, M59723 and M51561. John Carter.