What is a 123 DMU?
What is a 123 DMU?
A 4 car Inter-City class 123 DMU enters Wibdenshaw station on a filling in turn. These units were built at BR Swindon Works in the early 1960s for services out of Paddington, and after a short period of storage in the late 1970s, were then transferred to Botanic Gardens depot in Hull to work with the Trans-Pennine class 124 units.
What is a Class 123 Swindon DMU?
Class 123 Swindon 4-car DMUs. These were the final batch of “First Generation” units and were built by BR Swindon. As with the first DMUs it built back in 1956 they were designated as “Inter-City” sets.
Where were the Class 123 and 124 DMUs built?
They were built by British Rail at Swindon Works, and designed like all Swindon units as inter-city sets. Ten of the four-car sets were built and introduced in 1963. Swindon-built DMUs, including the Class 123 and 124, had a structure and internal construction with much more in common with BR Mk1 coaching stock than they do with many DMU classes.
What is a Class 123 train?
The British Rail Class 123 was a design of diesel multiple unit built for British Rail in 1963. They were the last first generation DMUs built for British Railways and were built at Swindon Works, designed like all Swindon units as inter-city sets. Ten of the four-car sets were built and introduced in 1963.
