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Vehicle 51997

Class 107

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30611
Diagram: 639

Allocations

04/02/61	New to	66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	67A (Corkerhill)
4w/e 31/05/69	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
May-73	Depot code change	HN
02/08/82	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)	- HN closing
29/06/86	Stored U.	AY (Ayr)
Nov-86	Reinstated	AY (Ayr)
11/07/88	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
07/07/91	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket) PHAX
p/e 09/11/91	Sector Change to	HA (Haymarket) PXXZ	- (stored)
21/11/91	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket) PXXZ

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 26/04/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51997	59794	52023	As delivered to 66C - 4th February 1961
	51997	59794	52026	Noted 15/08/70 - at Corkerhill¹
129	51997	59794	52023	Listed at 66C - 1972
	51997	59794	52023	Noted 06/04/72 - passing Polmadie¹
	51997	59794	52023	Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central²
143	51997	59794	52019	Noted 25/08/75 - on Corkerhill depot³
	51997	59794	52019	Noted 01/09/1975 - at Glasgow Central²
	51997	59794	52021	Noted 31/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley¹
	51997	59794	52023	Noted 05/09/76 - on Corkerhill depot³
	51997	59794	52023	Noted 12/03/1977 - at Glasgow Central ⁴
143	51997	59794	52023	Listed at HN - mid-May-78
	51997	59788	52006	Noted 28th April 1979
	52022	59803	51997	Noted 06/10/1979 - M. & G.N. Joint Railway Society The Scotsman Railtour
436	51997	59784	52024	Listed at HN - 01/02/81
107436	51997	59784	52024	Listed at HN - 13/06/82
107436	51997	59302	52033	Noted circa 11/1983⁵
107436	51997	59302	52024	Listed at AY - 17/06/84
107436	51997	59796	52011	Noted 13th October 1984
107436	51997	59784	52024	Listed at AY - 25/03/85
107436	51997	59784	52024	Noted circa Jul-85 - now in SPTE livery
107436	51997	59784	52024	Noted 17/08/85
107436	51997	59784	52024	Noted circa 10/1985⁵
107436	51997	59784	52024	Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery
107436	51997	59784	52024	Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard⁵
107436	51997	59784	52024	Noted 17/01/1987⁵
107436	51997	59784	52024	Listed at AY - 23/03/87
107436	51997	59784	52024	Noted 28/03/1987⁵
107436	51997	59784	52024	Listed at AY - Jan-88
107436	51997	59784	52024	Listed at ED - circa August 1988
107436	51997	59784	52025	Noted 04/08/88
107736	51997	59784	52025	Noted circa 12/1989⁵
107036	51997	59784	52025	Listed at ED - 08/10/90
107036	51997	59801	52015	Listed at HA - Jul-91
107036	51997	59801	52015	Listed at HA - Aug-91
107036	51997	59801	52015	Listed at HA - Dec-91

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

Images:

13th May 1961

The 8.58am Outer Circle to Glasgow Central leaves Cathcart station on May 13, 1961. Notice how dirty the cab roof dome is on leading vehicle Sc51997, just three months old, compared with the set behind. Michael Mensing.

1978

Set number: 143

Class 107 set 143 (with probably 51997 closest) in Glasgow Central station in 1978. John Law.

6th October 1984

Set number: 107436

Two Class 107 sets (the DMBS leading in set 107436 is presumably 51997) enter Slateford station with the 14:47 Motherwell - Edinburgh service on October 6, 1984. Hamish Stevenson.

27th June 1986

Set number: 107436

The 17:04 North Berwick - Edinburgh service arrives into Waverley station on 27 June 1986 led by 51997. Hamish Stevenson.

Unknown date

Set number: 107436

107 436 (presumably 51997 + 59784 + 52024) about to enter Johnstone station is almost certainly not on its way to Barrhead. It's heading down the Ayrshire Coast, circa 1987. Andrew McConnell.

28th March 1987

Set number: 107436

107436 (51997 + 59784 + 52024) passes Portobello on March 28, 1987, with the 10:22 Cardenden - North Berwick service. Hamish Stevenson.

August 1987

Set number: 107436

A scene almost unrecognisable nowadays.Taken from what is now a tram track, a Strathclyde red livered 3 car DMU accelerates away from Haymarket with a Fife service one evening in August 1987. This comprises most of set 107436, but the rear car has been substituted with a Metro Cammell vehicle in place of 52024. Bunyan’s coal lorry can be seen on the left, and the Distillery is still in operation on the right. Murray Liston.

August 1987

Set number: 107436

From Strathclyde to Fife. Taken from what is now a tram track, we see a Strathclyde red liveried 3 car DMU accelerating away from Haymarket with a Fife service one evening in August 1987. This comprises most of set 107436 (presumably 51997 + 59784), but the rear car has been substituted with a Metro Cammell vehicle. Murray Liston.

Unknown date

Set number: 107436

Class 107 DMU set 107436 (presumably 51997 + 59784 + 52024) in Kilmarnock station, date unknown. Mike Bunker.

20th February 1988

Set number: 107436

107436 (presumably 51997 + 59784 + 52024) approaches the terminus with the 14.45 Kilmarnock - Glasgow Central train on 20-02-1988. Gordon Thomson.

4th August 1988

Set number: 107436

107436 (51997 nearest + 59798 + 52025) 107440 + 350 (51182 + 59124 + 53239) arrives at Cardenden on 4th August 1988. S Gaskell.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: June 1985

Set number: 107436

107436 (52024 and presumably 59784 + 51997) in Ayr station in June 1985. Behind is another Strathclyde liveried Class 107, and to its left a Blue/Grey Class 104, the latch patch of missing paint on the cab probably identifies it as 53505. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: unknown

Set number: 107436

107 436 (presumably 52024 + 59784 + 51997) departing from Glasgow Central surrounded by other Strathclyde liveried units. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

Date: unknown

Set number: 107436

107 436 (presumably 52024 + 59784 + 51997) at the stops at Glasgow Central. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

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