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Vehicle 51999


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

11/02/61 New to 66C (Hamilton)
w/e 04/03/61 On loan to 64H (Leith Central)
2w/e 12/05/62 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
4w/e 05/12/64 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
30/04/66 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 02/07/66 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
Mar-72 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
02/08/82 Transferred to AY (Ayr) - HN closing
29/06/86 Stored U. AY (Ayr)
Dec-86 Reinstated AY (Ayr)
11/07/88 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
16/05/91 Withdrawn from ED (Eastfield) PXXZ

Notes

22nd March 1983 - 0O00 displayed in headcode box
30th July 1985 - 2B03 displayed in headcode box
27th May 1989 - Seen with aluminium window mountings

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 21/08/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51999 59796 52025 As delivered to 66C - 11th February 1961
51999 59796 52025 Transfer to 64H - w/e 04/03/61
51999 59796 52025 Transfer to 62B - 2w/e 12/05/62
51999 59796 52025 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 05/12/64
131 51999 59802 52028 Listed at 67A - Aug-70
51999 59796 52025 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central1
145 51999 59796 52025 Noted 04/09/73 - on Hamilton depot2
51999 59796 52025 Noted 01/09/1975 - at Glasgow Central1
145 51999 59796 52025 Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot, set number only on 519992
51999 59796 52025 Noted 21/08/77 - on 10.00 Glasgow Central – Girvan3
145 51999 59796 52025 Listed at HN - mid-May-78
438 51999 59796 52030 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
107438 51999 59796 52030 Listed at HN - 13/06/82
51999 59805 52030 Noted 12th January 1983
51999 59796 52012 Noted circa 12/19834
107438 51999 59796 52020 Listed at AY - 17/06/84
107438 51999 59796 52030 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
51999 59803 52030 Noted 12th July 1985
51999 59803 52030 Noted 30th July 1985
107438 51999 59796 52030 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
51999 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard4
51999 59801 53148 Noted 20/03/19874
107438 51999 59796 52030 Listed at AY - 23/03/87
51999 59542 52035 Noted circa 04/19874
107438 51999 59566 52030 Noted circa 05/19874
107438 51999 59796 52030 Noted 07/11/19874
107438 51999 59796 52030 Listed at AY - Jan-88
107438 51999 59796 52030 Listed at ED - circa August 1988
51999 59796 52030 Noted 27th May 1989
107038 51999 59796 52030 Noted circa 02/19914

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 107 DMU at Howwood

August 1982

Set number: 107438

107 438 (presumably with 51999 leading) storms past Howwood Signal Box on its way to Glasgow - August 1982. Nice surroundings, G&SWR signal box, semaphore signals, easy (reasonably legal) farm track access and Ayrshire DMUs in full flight. The new A737 has permanently blighted this area. If only I had spent more time here in the '80s... Andrew McConnell.

Class 107 DMU at Kilmacolm

1st August 1982

Set number: 107438

Set 107 438 at Kilmacolm on August 6th, 1982, with Sc51999 closest. John Carter.

Class 107 DMU at Corkerhill

28th February 1983

Set number: 107438

Sc51999 leads set 107438 at Corkerhill with the diverted (due to a derailment at Elderslie) 14:52 Largs - Glasgow Central on February 28th, 1983. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 107 DMU at Troon

Unknown date

Set number: 107438

107 438 (presumably with 51999 at the front) on a Glasgow - Ayr working passes the golf course at Troon. Undated. Tom Clift.

Class 107 DMU at Saughton Junction

April 1987

Set number: 107438

A muddled up set passes by Saughton Junction in April 1987. Alan Rintoul.

Class 107 DMU at Corkerhill depot

circa late-Autumn 1987

Set number: 107438

107438, presumably 51999 in view, Corkerhill depot circa late Autumn 1987. A Class 104 centre car is on the left, a Class 303 EMU on the right. Brian Ward.

Class 107 DMU at Corkerhill depot

circa late-Autumn 1987

Set number: 107428

A mix of DMUs and EMUS Corkerhill depot circa late Autumn 1987. From left to right: A Class 101 power car, facing a Class 104 centre car (with a broken or boarded over window); a Class 107 (107438, presumably 51999 in view); two 303 EMUs; and a Class 101. Brian Ward.

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

Unknown date

Set number: 107738

107 738 (presumably 51999 + 59796 + 52030) is seen departing from Glasgow Queen Street. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

Class 107 DMU at Dundee

7th February 1990

Set number: 107738

107738 (presumably 51999 + 59796 + 52030) is seen in Dundee station with an Arbroath service on the 7th February 1990. Mike Cooper.

Class 107 DMU at Perth Maintenance Building adjacent station

4th November 1990

Part side view of the front of Strathclyde PTE liveried 51999. Seen inside the Perth maintenance building adjacent to Perth station. In company of fairly new 158705. Alistair Fyffe.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: late 1987

Set number: 107438

107438 (presumably 52030 + 59796 + 51999) in Uddingston station in late 1987. Brian Ward.

DMU

Date: circa summer 1989

Set number: 107738

This is thought to be 107738 (52030 + 59796 + 51999), on Eastfield depot circa summer 1989. Brian Ward.