Vehicle 52099
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
| Mar-63 | New to | 88A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 86A | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 28/02/76 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 2w/e 09/07/77 | Stored | RTC (Derby RTC) | |
| 09/04/78 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 12/02/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |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:
| 52089 | 59821 | 59238 | 52099 | As delivered to CDF - March 1963 | |||||
| 52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Noted 08/04/70 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| 52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| 52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Noted 12/04/71 - with 52101-59818-59236-52086 / 52095-59822-52096 on 1Z35 09:05 Paddington - Plymouth footex (Fulham v Plymouth) and return departure at 18:15. | ||||||
| L708 | 52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| C708 | 52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C708 | 52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Noted 31/08/76 - on 2M67 0532 Cardiff-Crewe | |||||
| C708 | 52088 | 59819 | 52099 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| 52099 | 59820 | 52091 | Noted 01/06/19782 | ||||||
| 52098 | 51973 | 59821 | 52099 | Noted 12/04/19792 | |||||
| 51960 | 59236 | 51980 | 52099 | Noted 09/06/19792 | |||||
| 52087 | 59822 | 52099 | Noted 27/10/19792 | ||||||
| 51964 | 51982 | 59825 | 52099 | Noted 06/04/19802 | |||||
| 51964 | 51982 | 59825 | 52099 | Noted 10/04/19802 | |||||
| 51964 | 51982 | 59766 | 52099 | Noted 11/04/19802 | |||||
| 52090 | 59820 | 59767 | 52099 | Noted 03/05/1980 - 1551 Hull to Manchester Victoria | |||||
| 52095 | 59825 | 52099 | Noted 17/09/19802 | ||||||
| 52094 | 59823 | 59769 | 52099 | Noted 27/10/19802 | |||||
| 52094 | 59822 | 59769 | 52099 | Noted 01/11/19802 | |||||
| 51961 | 59768 | 51982 | 52099 | Noted 05/05/1981 - at Hull was to form 14:50 to Leeds but was failed before departure, replaced by 52090, 59238, 59821 and 521043 | |||||
| 52099 | 59837 | 59819 | 51952 | Noted circa 04/19822 | |||||
| 52099 | 59837 | 59819 | 51952 | Noted 13/04/1982 - R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch) The Bevercotes Collier Railtour 56407-50218 + 52099-59837-59819-51952 | |||||
| 52099 | 59840 | 59236 | 51965 | Noted circa 02/19832 | |||||
| 52100 | 59822 | 59839 | 52099 | Noted circa 03/19832 | |||||
| 52088 | 59766 | 59826 | 52099 | Noted circa 09/19832 | |||||
| 52094 | 59769 | 59821 | 52099 | Noted circa 10/19832 | |||||
| 52103 | 59822 | 59839 | 52099 | Noted 16/11/1983 - at Sheffield2 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Peter Wallwork
Images:
23rd May 1978
E52099 stabled in the through sidings at Sheffield station 23rd May 1978. Keith Long.
Unknown date
Set number: C708
A three-car Class 123 Inter-City DMU in Manchester Piccsdilly, date inknown, alongside a refurbished-liveried Class 108. The DMSL is presumably 52099, still carrying its set number from its previous allocation. Stuart Mackay Collection.
7th April 1979
Set number: C708
A Inter-City Class 123 DMU on a service to Hull at Doncaster on 7th April 1979. It appears it may be 52099 / set L708. David Scott.
29th May 1979
Set number: C708
A Class 123 Swindon Inter-City set arrives at Hull Paragon with a service from Manchester Piccadilly on 29th May 1978. E52099, complete with lamp and end doors brings up the rear. Also in this view are a Cravens Class 105 2-car set waiting to travel up the Scarborough line, a Metro-Cammell Class 101 unit and a Class 124 Trans-Pennine set. On the right, 03073 with it's match truck ticks over in the parcels sidings. Syd Young.
24th May 1980
Set number: C708
Huddersfield 24th May 1980. A Swindon 123 set (C708 presumably with 52099 closest) is about to head west Trans Pennine. The Class 101 is probably waiting to take a Huddersfield Penistone line train. Robert Forsythe.
31st August 1980
Set number: C708
First generation DMU's gather in the sidings at Longsight Depot on August 31st 1980. Centre stage is former Western Region Swindon Intercity Class 123 Driving Motor Corridor Second E52099. To the right is a Class 108, whilst on the left a Class 104 keeps company with a Gloucester Class 100. Martyn Hilbert.
31st October 1980
Set number: C708
I have fond memories of this photo. The day before I turned 21 last day of October 1980. Keadby traversing bridge which moves out of the way of the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation and a Class 123 is crossing. I had first come here in the summer of 1973 as a 13 year old Norfolk child boating into Northern England for the first time. Robert Forsythe.
2nd May 1981
Set number: C708
A four-car Class 123/124 combo (E52099 closest) stabled at Sheffield on 2 May 1981. Rob Edwards.
10th December 1983
Carrying Trans-Pennine branding Class 123 DMSL E52099 leads a Class 123/124 hybrid set at Sheffield on 10 December 1983. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 13th April 1982
The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.
Date: 13th April 1982
The Bevercotes Collier railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Shayne Lewis.
Date: 13th April 1982
"The Bevercotes Collier" railtour at Bevercotes Colliery, 13/4/82. It's formed 51952, 59819, 59837, 52099 and 50218, 56407. Chris Lings.
Date: 13th April 1982
The RCTS "Bevercoves Collier" railtour is seen at Bevercotes Colliery on 13th April 1982. The vehicles in view, from left to right, are 51952, 59819, 59837 and 52099. Stuart Mackay Collection.