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Vehicle 52095


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

Jun-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 Stored U. BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
w/e 05/11/78 Reinstated BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
19/08/84 Withdrawn from BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)

Modifications

Jan-72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jul-75 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


52095 59827 59832 52105 As delivered to CDF - June 1963
52095 59822 52096 Noted 25/08/69 - at Paddington1
RDG515 52095 59822 52096 Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70
52095 59822 52096 Noted 12/04/71 - with 52101-59818-59236-52086 / 52088-59819-52099 on 1Z35 09:05 Paddington - Plymouth footex (Fulham v Plymouth) and return departure at 18:15.
52095 59822 52096 Noted 28/08/73 - in Paddington with 52087/59826/59235/521031
52095 59822 52096 Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2
L715 52095 59822 52096 Noted 8th June 1974 - Noted on 1Z15 08:35 Paddington - Exeter with L709 W52104+59827+52089 L712 W52092+59820+59238+52097.
L715 52095 59822 52096 Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak3
52095 59822 52096 Noted 06/06/1975 - 1821 special from Paddington to Henley for Regatta. Part of 7 car set 52096-59822-52095 / 52097-59820-59238-52092
C715 52095 59822 52096 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
C715 52095 59822 52096 Noted 15/09/76 - on 2V67 1000 Crewe-Cardiff
C715 52095 59822 52096 Listed at CF - 31st December 1977
52095 59771 51974 52097 Noted 05/04/19804
51952 59772 51983 52095 Noted 14/05/19804
52095 59825 52099 Noted 17/09/19804
51967 59822 51983 52095 Noted 27/10/19804
51963 59825 51979 52095 Noted 02/01/19814
52095 59826 59773 52105 Noted circa 10/19824
52095 59820 59766 52090 Noted circa 02/19834
52098 59827 59770 52095 Noted circa 02/19834
52096 59767 59818 52095 Noted circa 03/19834
52095 59237 59771 51965 Noted circa 07/19834
51952 59772 59236 52095 Noted 08/05/19844

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

Images:

Class 123 DMU at Cardiff Central

10th August 1974

Set number: L715

W52095 - a Reading allocated vehicle at the time - is seen in Cardiff Central with a relief from London on 10 August 1974. Robert Thomas.