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-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 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| 16/05/91 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) PXXZ |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 liveryDisposal
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 14/02/87 - on 1M03 1345 Glasgow C-Carlisle DMU vice Loco Hauled | ||||||
| 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:
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.
1st August 1982
Set number: 107438
Set 107 438 at Kilmacolm on August 6th, 1982, with Sc51999 closest. John Carter.
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.
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.
April 1987
Set number: 107438
A muddled up set passes by Saughton Junction in April 1987. Alan Rintoul.
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.
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.
Unknown date
Set number: 107738
107 738 (presumably 51999 + 59796 + 52030) is seen departing from Glasgow Queen Street. Undated. Andrew McConnell.
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.
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:
Date: late 1987
Set number: 107438
107438 (presumably 52030 + 59796 + 51999) in Uddingston station in late 1987. Brian Ward.
Date: circa summer 1989
Set number: 107738
This is thought to be 107738 (52030 + 59796 + 51999), on Eastfield depot circa summer 1989. Brian Ward.