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Vehicle 52087


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

Feb-63 New to 88A (Cardiff Canton)
Sep-63Depot code change86A
Feb-68 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
May 1973Depot code changeRG
28/02/76 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
2w/e 01/01/77 Stored CF (Cardiff Canton)
09/04/78 Stored U. BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 05/11/78 Reinstated BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
25/03/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Modifications

Mar-73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


52087 59819 59236 52097 As delivered to CDF - February 1963
507 52087 59235 59826 52103 Noted circa Jan-70 - Reading set
52087 59826 59235 52103 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington with 52095/59822/520961
52087 59827 52104 Noted 03/06/1975 - at Birmingham New Street on 19:55 to Reading?2
C707 52087 59826 52103 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
52087 59826 52103 Noted 04/09/76 - on Cardiff Canton depot3
C707 52087 59826 52103 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
52087 59822 52099 Noted 27/10/19794
51955 59767 52087 Noted 07/04/19804
51955 59767 52087 Noted 08/04/19804
51955 59767 52087 Noted 09/04/19804
52087 59767 59765 51964 Noted 20/09/81
52087 59767 59825 51953 Noted circa 04/19824
52087 59237 59823 52089 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc4
51967 59236 59823 52087 Noted circa 09/19824
52100 59769 59825 52087 Noted circa 02/19834
52087 59822 59765 51967 Noted circa 09/19834

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

Images:

Class 123 DMU at Bristol Temple Meads

Unknown date

W52087 at the north end of Bristol Temple Meads circa mid-1960s. 1T30 was probably a Cardiff - Plymouth service. The KDH Archive.

Class 123 DMU at Swindon

31st August 1968

Set number: 507

Two Swindon Inter-City DMUs (52087 closest) departing from Swindon on 31 August 1968. The far set is still in green. David Mant.

Class 123 DMU at Reading

27th October 1973

Set number: L707

Inter City DMU no. L707 with W52087 at the head, on the sidings adjacent to Reading shed, 27th October 1973. Suthen Softy.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

9th October 1980

E52087 Manchester Piccadilly on October 9, 1980. Jeremy Chapter.

Class 123 DMU at Selby

12th September 1981

In happy days when Selby was on the ECML and Deltics still roamed freely, a Swindon built 'Inter-City' Class 123 Motor Brake Second (MBS) E52087 was bringing-up the rear of a Manchester Piccadilly to Hull service, awaiting departure from Selby on September 12th 1981. The former Western Region car had become part of a Class 123/124 'Transpennine' set allocated to Hull Botanic Gardens. The full four-car formation being E52087 (123), E59767 (124), E59765 (124) & E51964 (124). Martyn Hilbert.

Class 123 DMU at Doncaster

20th September 1981

One of my very few encounters with a Trans Pennine dmu set was that day, 20/9/81. Here I am waiting at Doncaster as the 12.45 from Manchester Piccadilly arrives with Class 123 E52087 leading. Now this was not one of the genuine Trans Pennine cars of course and was a 1977 transfer from the WR. I recall these units when I lived at Kingsbury in 1964. They were then in green livery but with the end connecting doors painted yellow which gave rise to my nickname for them of 'Ironing Board Units'. I think they worked Derby to Cardiff trains or something similar in those days. Anyway this terminating service was to form my train forward to Sheffield at 15.10. Gerard Fletcher.

Class 123 DMU at Sheffield

4th March 1982

Class 123 DMBS E52087 at Sheffield Midland on 04-03-82. Vincent Haworth.

Class 123 DMU at Doncaster

23rd October 1982

Class 123 Swindon 4-car DMU DMBS 52087 leading, 2-car Met Cam on the back, Doncaster 23-10-82. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

Class 123 DMU at Oxmardyke

5th April 1983

E52087 heads along the down relief lines at Oxmardyke on 5th April 1983 at the front of a Trans-Pennine service to Hull. Gilberdyke station can be seen in the background and this view shows a fine variety of the semaphore signalling in use at the time. Syd Young.

Class 123 DMU at Walton

11th February 1984

Having just celebrated it's 21st birthday and one month before been withdrawn E52087 passing Walton leading a Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield train diverted from the Hope valley line 11th February 1984. Keith Long.

Class 123 DMU at Morecambe

3rd March 1984

Class 123 DMU no. 52087 heading a mixed class 123/124 Trans-Pennine set at Morecambe on 3/Mar/1984. After the cessation of the display of headcodes, most class 123s eventually had the headcode panels removed completely and standard DMU marker lights installed in re-panelled cab front as seen here. They operated some services from the North West to the East Coast in their twilight years. Robert Chilton.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 20th September 1981

On arrival at Sheffield, I made my way to the other end of my unit and found the leading car was a genuine Trans-Pennine beast. The full set formation was : E51964 (seen here) + E59765 + E59767 + E52087. What a sad state E51964 presents here, it reminds me of a WD 2-8-0 in the final days of steam. These units ran in pristine condition in the early years. I do recall to this day though, the comfortable ride I enjoyed that day. 20/9/81. Gerard Fletcher.