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Vehicle 52091


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

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)
13/06/77 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
19/08/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)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:


52091 59823 59828 52101 As delivered to CDF - May 1963
52090 59829 59824 52091 Noted 19/09/64 - at Gloucester
52091 59823 52098 Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1
52091 59823 52098 Noted 07/03/70 - at Royal Oak2
RDG511 52091 59823 52098 Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70
52091 59820 59238 52098 Noted 19/11/70 - at Paddington1
L711 52091 59823 52098 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak2
C711 52091 59823 52098 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
52091 59823 52098 Noted 31st May 1976
C711 52091 59820 52097 Noted 11/06/76 - on 2V67 1210 Crewe-Cardiff
L711 52091 59823 52098 Noted 04/09/76 - at Newport2
L711 52091 59820 52097 Noted 13/03/78
52099 59820 52091 Noted 01/06/19783
52091 59823 52098 Noted 31st May 1979
51958 51977 59769 52091 Noted 09/06/19793
51953 51968 59772 52091 Noted 08/04/19803
52091 51983 59821 52105 Noted 10/04/19803
51962 59237 51980 52091 Noted 06/09/19803
52091 59824 59770 52098 Noted 27/10/19803
51954 59768 59827 52091 Noted circa 09/19823
51961 59766 59826 52091 Noted circa 19833
52091 59772 59825 52097 Noted circa 03/19833
51961 59766 59826 52091 Noted circa 07/19833
52091 59238 59767 51952 Noted circa 09/19833
51960 59768 59772 52091 Noted circa 10/19833
51966 59238 59841 52091 Noted circa 05/19843

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

Images:

Class 123 DMU at Hereford

1976

Set number: L711

Inter-City DMU set L711 (presumably 52091 closest) is seen in Hereford yard in 1976 after a failure. These sets appeared to be on their last legs, so I was surprised when they were sent North to join the Trans-Pennine units. John Crooks.

Class 123 DMU at Hereford

1976

Set number: L711

A Class 123 (set L711, presumably 52091) in the yard at Hereford in 1976 after a failure. John Crooks.

Class 123 DMU at Cardiff

12th March 1976

Set number: L711

1976 was famous for the amazing Summer but March was a bit grim as seen on the 12th at Cardiff. L711 is arriving (presumably 52091 at the front), in the set was 59823 and completed the set for me! Remember when they kept dmu's together? The loco, by deduction, is probably 47504. It doesn't really matter at this distance in time. It's Cardiff and it's 42 years ago! Arnie Furniss.

Class 123 DMU at Hereford

August 1976

Set number: L711

A class 37 is collecting a failed Class 123 unit (thought to be L711 / 52091) from the wall siding at Hereford in August 1976. These units seemed to be on their last legs, and I was surprised when they went to the Eastern Region, rather than the scrapyard...! John Crooks.

Class 123 DMU at Hull

6th August 1977

Set number: L711

52091 waits to depart Hull Paragon on 6th August 1977 for Sheffield or Manchester (Via Sheffield) on 6th August 1977, and still had the original gangway covers on. David Scott.

Class 123 DMU at Manchester Piccadilly

1978

Set number: L711

E52091 at the end of set L711 seen in Manchester Piccadilly in 1978. Malcolm Clements.

Class 123 DMU at Hull

13th March 1978

Set number: L711

Swindon Class 123 Inter-City set L711 seen at Hull station on the 13th March 1978, formed of E52091 + E59820 + E52097. Ian Francis.

Class 123 DMU at Selby

10th July 1978

Set number: L711

Swindon Inter-City Class 123 set L711 enters Selby station with E52091 leading on July 10, 1978. Malcolm Clements.

Class 123 DMU at Selby

10th July 1978

Set number: L711

Class 123 Swindon Inter-City set L711 at Selby on July 10, 1978. E52091 is closest. Malcolm Clements.

Class 123 DMU at Hull Paragon

3rd November 1978

Set number: L711

E52091 still carries it's L711 set number when seen at Hull Paragon, 3rd November 1978. Syd Young.

Class 123 DMU at Sheffield

1979

Set number: L711

Class 123 Swindon Inter-City set L711 at Sheffield in 1979. E52091 is on the front (probably with 59820 + 52097) and a Met-Camm set is at the rear, an oval-buffered 114 to the left. John Law.

Class 123 DMU at Sheffield

26th June 1981

Contrast in 'Trans Pennine' cab ends at Sheffield on Friday 26 June 1981. From L-R are DMC 51955 (Class 124), DMBS 52091 (class 123) and DMS 52104 (class 123). The headcode boxes have been removed from 52091 too. John Atkinson.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 13th March 1978

Set number: C712

Swindon Inter-City set 712 (E52097 + E59820 + E52091) arrives into Selby on the 13th March 1978. Ian Francis.

DMU

Date: 4th March 1982

Swindon vehicles E52104, E59825, E59767 and E52091 at Sheffield Midland on 04-03-82. Vincent Haworth.

DMU

Date: 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.