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Vehicle 52089


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

Mar-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)
2w/e 09/04/78 Stored U. BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 08/10/78 Reinstated BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
19/08/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Modifications

4w/e 30/12/72 - 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
RDG509 52089 59827 52104 Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70
509 52089 59827 52104 Noted 25/10/1971 - at Paddington1
52089 59827 52104 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading1
L709 52104 59827 52089 Noted 8th June 1974 - Noted on 1Z15 08:35 Paddington - Exeter with L715 W52095+59822+52096 and L712 W52092+59820+59238+52097.
L709 52089 59827 52104 Noted 08/1975 - at Solihull on a weekday between 11th and 15th August 19752
52089 59827 52104 Noted 25/04/76 - at Crewe3
C709 52089 59827 52104 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
52089 59827 52104 Noted 04/09/76 - at Cardiff3
C709 52089 59827 52104 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
51967 59769 52089 Noted 27/10/19794
51963 59825 51969 52089 Noted 28/06/19804
51967 59822 51976 52089 Noted 19/07/19804
52087 59237 59823 52089 Noted 19/07/1982 - Manchester Picc4
51961 59818 59770 52089 Noted circa 09/19834

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 123 DMU at Huddersfield

8th June 1979

A Class 123 set departs from Huddersfield on June 8, 1979, with DMBS 52089 on the rear. Malcolm Clements.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester Victoria

29th September 1981

A Swindon-built DMU with Inter-City Class 123 52089 nearest the camera, after arrival at Manchester Victoria with a service from Hull on 29th September 1981. David Scott.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

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. E52089 (IC 123/2), E59826 (IC 183), E59773 (TP 180), E52103 (IC 123/1) with plated-up headcodes and front gangway doors in BR Inter City Rail Blue & Grey livery and all yellow front ends departing Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service to Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City), 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

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 E52089, E59826, E59773, E52103 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.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

August 1982

Hybrid BR (Swindon) "Trans Pennine" Standard Mk.I Class "124" 4-car dmu formed of #52089 + E59826 + E59773 + E52103 departing Manchester (Piccadilly) on a service to Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Leeds (City), 08/82. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

August 1982

A Swindon DMU in Manchester Piccadilly in August 1982 with Class 123 E52089 closest. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 123 DMU at Lancaster Castle

19th August 1982

E52089, E59826, E59773 and E52103 in the old Green Eyre platform at Lancaster Castle on the 19th August 1982. Robert Frise.

Class 123 DMU at Brocklesby Junction, South Humberside (now North Lincolnshire).

9th March 1983

DMBSL E52089 heads a class 123/124 'hybrid' DMU with a service for Sheffield and Manchester at Brocklesby Junction, North Lincolnshire - 09/03/1983. © 2014 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 35mm monochrome negative; photographed by John Turner. 53A Models of Hull Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

On an unknown date, the driving position of 52104 is photographed at speed, by an enthusiast who boarded the service at Carnforth. 52089, whose cab was occupied by a driver of course, was the leading car in the formation. Daniel Hopkins.

DMU

Date: 19th August 1982

E52103, E59773, E59826 and E52089 are seen in the old Green Eyre platform at Lancaster Castle on the 19th August 1982. Robert Frise.

DMU

Date: 19th April 1984

An EMU and DMU line-up at Manchester Piccadilly on 19 April 1984. Right to left are Class 123 E52096 (with E59824 + E59773 + E52089), Class 104 M53450 (with M59187 + M53491), the single-engined Class 104 M78601 (with M78851) and a Class 506 EMU. Keith Long.