Vehicle 52101
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-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Feb-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 28/02/76 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| p/e 25/06/77 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) |
Modifications
Nov-72 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
52101 was involved in the following incident:
12/03/76 - Cardiff Canton depot
Fire involving Class 123
Info from Railway Observer p174 May 1976
W52101 was badly damaged by fire at Canton depot. It subsequently was moved to Swindon Works.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Doncaster Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52091 | 59823 | 59828 | 52101 | As delivered to CDF - May 1963 | |||||
| 52086 | 59236 | 59818 | 52101 | Noted 08/04/70 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| RDG506 | 52086 | 59236 | 59818 | 52101 | Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70 | ||||
| 52086 | 59818 | 59236 | 52101 | Noted 11/08/70 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| 52086 | 59818 | 59236 | 52101 | Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| 52086 | 59236 | 52101 | Noted 12/04/71 - with 52088-59819-52099 / 52095-59822-52096 on 1Z35 09:05 Paddington - Plymouth footex (Fulham v Plymouth) and return departure at 18:15. | ||||||
| 506 | 52086 | 59818 | 59236 | 52101 | Noted 26/10/1971 - at Paddington2 | ||||
| 52086 | 59236 | 59818 | 52101 | Noted 29/10/1973 - at Reading2 | |||||
| L706 | 52086 | 59818 | 59236 | 52101 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||
| C706 | 52086 | 59818 | 52101 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
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