Vehicle 52102
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 | |
| Apr-68 | Transferred to | 81D (Reading) | |
| May 1973 | Depot code change | RG | |
| 28/02/76 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| w/e 18/12/76 | Stored | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 09/04/78 | Transferred to | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) | |
| 27/05/84 | Withdrawn from | BG (Hull Botanic Gardens) |
Modifications
15/10/73 - Dual AWS fitted
Jun-75 - WR AWS removed
52102 was involved in the following incident:
12/03/79 - Sheffield
Collision involving Class 108 / Class 123
8:17 Chesterfield to Sheffield formed E52102/E59826/E52093 ran away at Heeley, entered Sheffield station at speed and collided with empty DMU M52043/M51923. The brakes on the 8:17 failed due to inadequate maintenance of brake cylinders at Hull Dairycoates.
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52092 | 59824 | 59829 | 52102 | As delivered to CDF - May 1963 | |||||
| 514 | 52094 | 59824 | 52102 | Noted circa Jan-70 - Reading set | |||||
| 52094 | 59824 | 52102 | Noted 08/04/70 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| RDG514 | 52094 | 59824 | 52102 | Listed at 81D - circa Aug-70 | |||||
| 52094 | 59824 | 52102 | Noted 11/02/71 - at Royal Oak1 | ||||||
| L714 | 52094 | 59824 | 52102 | Noted 30/04/75 - at Royal Oak1 | |||||
| C714 | 52094 | 59824 | 52102 | Listed at CF - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| C714 | 52094 | 59824 | 52102 | Noted 26/09/76 - on 2V67 1345 Crewe-Cardiff with C600 | |||||
| C714 | 52094 | 59824 | 52102 | Listed at CF - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| 52090 | 59825 | 52102 | Noted 05/08/19782 | ||||||
| 52090 | 59825 | 52102 | Noted 17/09/19782 | ||||||
| 52093 | 59826 | 52102 | 12th March 1979 - Unit collided with 2-car 108 at Sheffield station. | ||||||
| 52102 | 59766 | 51975 | 51951 | Noted 28/06/19802 | |||||
| 52102 | 51975 | 59766 | 51951 | Noted 19/07/19802 | |||||
| 51951 | 51975 | 59818 | 52102 | Noted 27/10/19802 | |||||
| 51951 | 51975 | 59818 | 52102 | Noted 02/01/19812 | |||||
| 52102 | 59766 | 59826 | 52093 | Noted circa 04/19822 | |||||
| 52094 | 59827 | 59818 | 52102 | Noted circa 19832 | |||||
| 52102 | 59819 | 59767 | 52094 | Noted circa 01/19842 | |||||
| 52102 | 59765 | 59838 | 51954 | Noted 18/02/19842 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Eddie Knorn
Images:
11th July 1973
A four-car Class 123 DMU (W52102 closest) with a three-car suburban DMU is seen at Ranelagh Bridge on 11 July 1973. Alistair Ness.
23rd September 1978
Set number: 714
From 1977 the previously-Western Region Inter-City units were moved to Hull and sets were mixed with the mechanically similar Class 124 Trans-Pennine units. This 4-car set has a class 123 car leading as it waits at Hull (Paragon) to form the 15.05 to Doncaster on September 23, 1978. Presume 52102 closest. Jeremy Chapter.
3rd November 1978
Set number: 714
Back in the days of decent trains and station staff, a diagram took these wonderful Trans-Pennine units from Hull to Beverley and back meaning I got to travel to and from work in style. E52102 brings up the rear of the 16:41 Hull - Beverley on 3rd November 1978. Fred the Station Attendant who worked there for many years looks on to make sure I'm not up to no good! Syd Young.
3rd December 1978
Set number: 714
Set 714 at Doncaster on 3/12/78. E52102 has lost the gangway cover, and the inner door has been made unopenable. The obsolete headcode box has effectively turned into marker lights. A 114 can be seen on the left and Met-Camm on the right. Malcolm Clements.
31st October 1980
Manchester Piccadilly on 31-10-80 contains examples of Class 103, 506, 100 and Swindon Class 124/123, the DMSK closest is 52102. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
August 1982
A Swindon DMU in Lancaster station in August 1982 with DMSKL E52102 closest. George Woods.
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.
30th April 1984
Swindon-built "Inter City" set with E52102 nearest the camera has just arrived at Hull Paragon with a train from Manchester on 30th April 1984. In the background, Trans-Pennine DMU E51958 is at the front of another service over the "Backbone of England". This was the last photo I took of these rather wonderful units, as within a few days of this they were all withdrawn from service. Syd Young.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: September 1978
A refurbished Class 114 DMU in Sheffield station with a Lincoln service in December 1978. DTCL E56043 is closest, while on the opposite platform is Class 123 E52102. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 15th June 1980
E51951 leads a Liverpool Lime Street - Hull special into Sheffield on June 15, 1980. The complete rake was E51951, E51975, E59718, E59766, E52102, M51859, M59718, M59723 and M51561. John Carter.