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Vehicle 52001

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	66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66	Transferred to	67A (Corkerhill)
Mar-72	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
May-73	Depot code change	HN
17/05/82	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
29/06/86	Stored U.	AY (Ayr)
Dec-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21/11/91	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket) PXXZ

Notes

May 1989 - Seen with all luggage racks removed

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 23/02/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	52001	59798	52027	As delivered to 66C - 11th February 1961
	52001	59798	52027	Transfer to 64H - w/e 04/03/61
	52001	59798	52027	Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 12/05/62
133	52001	59807	52031	Noted circa Sep-69
133	52001	59803	52030	Listed at 67A - Aug-70
	52001	59790	52019	Noted 01/07/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley¹
	52001	59798	52027	Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central²
147	52001			Noted 25/08/75 - on Hamilton depot, partners not recorded³
147	52001	59798	52027	Listed at HN - mid-May-78
440	52001	59787	52014	Listed at HN - 01/02/81
	52001	59795	52024	Noted 6th February 1982
107440	52001	59787	52014	Listed at AY - 13/06/82
107440	52001	59805	52033	Noted circa 12/1983⁴
104453	53461	59793	52001	Noted 11th May 1984
107440	52001	59802	52034	Listed at AY - 17/06/84
	52001	59800	53565	Noted 28th August 1984
107440	52001	59560	52025	Listed at AY - 25/03/85
107440	52001	59560	52025	Noted circa Jul-85 - now in SPTE livery
	52001	59806	52033	Noted circa 10/1985⁴
107440	52001	59560	52025	Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery
	51987	59807	52001	Noted 5th June 1986
	52001			Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard⁴
107440	52001	59783	52025	Listed at AY - 23/03/87
	52001	59793	52015	Noted 24/03/1987⁴
	52001	59793	52015	Noted 06/04/1987⁴
107440	52001	59798	52025	Noted 08/08/1987⁴
107440	52001	59783	52025	Noted 30/08/1987 - part of six car set on BLS Firth of Lorne Railtour, other cars unidentified
107440	52001	59783	52025	Listed at AY - Jan-88
107440	52001	59783	52025	Listed at ED - circa August 1988
107740	52001	59783	52024	Noted circa 12/1989⁴
107040	52001	59783	52024	Listed at ED - 08/10/90
107040	52001	59783	52024	Listed at HA - Jul-91
107040	52001	59783	52024	Listed at HA - Aug-91
107040	52001	59783	52024	Listed at HA - Nov-91

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

Images:

Unknown date

A Derby triple DMU - later a Class 107 - seen on Hamilton depot circa mid-1960s. The closest car could be SC52001, the Z on the headcode suggests its last working was some sort of special. Stuart Mackay Collection.

23rd June 1981

Set number: 107440

107 440 (presumably 52001 leading) arrives at a busy Bridge of Weir station on the 23rd June 1981 with the 08:17 Kilmacolm - Glasgow service. Hamish Stevenson.

7th January 1983

Set number: 107440

Set 107 440 working the 12:07 Glasgow - Kilmacolm service at Elderslie on January 7, 1983. The DMBS closest is presumably 52001. Hamish Stevenson.

15th June 1983

Set number: 1017440

Two Class 107s (107440 and presumably 52001 leading) approach the site of the closed Elderslie station at the head of the 09:45 Ayr to Glasgow Central service on Wednesday 15th June 1983. Elderslie was once a major junction on the old Glasgow & South Western system. Separate lines from Glasgow via both Paisley stations (Gilmour Street and Canal) once converged at the east end of the station whilst, to the west, the line to Greenock Princes Pier diverged from the main line to the Ayrshire coast and Stranraer. This view is looking west, the rusting rails leading towards Greenock can be seen diverging to the left just beyond the signal gantry before dropping down behind Elderslie No 2 box and passing under the Ayrshire lines to head north. The line from Greenock can be seen emerging from the right to the rear of the DMU. Elderslie station itself had closed in 1966 and this was taken from the footbridge which had once given access to the station, also now long gone. Brian McDevitt.

circa August 1986

Set number: 107440

107 440 (and presumably 52001) leads this DMU formation at what is thought to be the former Lochgreen Junction, south of Troon, on the Ayr line heading north to Glasgow circa summer 1986. Brian Ward.

30th August 1987

Set number: 107440

The BLS 'Firth of Lorne' tour about to pass through Garscadden station on 30 August 1987 on its way to Oban. It was formed of 107440 (presumably 52001 closest) and 101338. Brian Ward.

25th March 1989

Strathclyde Orange and Black vehicle Sc52001 sitting facing Class 26 26010 in the holding sidings above Dundee station. At the time I had no interest in Multiple Units so have no further information. Taken across the running lines below after the once extensive railway yards had been removed but before the current (2022) developments had been started. These sidings are still in use but the background is completely different. Alistair Fyffe.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 7th January 1983

Set number: 107

A Class 107 set at Elderslie with the 12:07 Glasgow - Kilmacolm service on January 7, 1983. The DMBS at the far end is marked 107 440, presumably 52001. The DMS closest has had part of the set number obscured, suggesting a recent change. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 22nd July 1987

Set number: 107440

107440 (presumably 52025 + 59783 + 52001) with another DMU arrives at Glasgow Central on July 22, 1987. David Christie.

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