Vehicle 52015

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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: 30612
Diagram: 649

Allocations

17/12/60	New to	66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/06/62	Transferred to	67A (Corkerhill)
4w/e 30/06/67	Transferred to	64H (Leith Central)
w/e 02/09/67	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)
Dec-86	Reinstated	AY (Ayr)
11/07/88	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
07/07/91	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket) PHAX
09/03/92	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket) PHAX

Notes

8th March 1990 - Seen with aluminium window mountings

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 19/09/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51989	59786	52015						As delivered to 66C - 17th December 1960
	51989	59786	52015						Transfer to 67A - 3w/e 30/06/62
121	51989	59786	52015						Listed at 66C - 1972
	51989	59786	52015						Noted 26/07/1973 - at Hamilton depot1
	51987	59791	52015						Noted 01/09/1975 - at Glasgow Central1
	51985	59791	52015						Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central2
	51990	59793	52015						Noted 20/03/76 - in Glasgow Central2
	51989	59786	52015						Noted 24/07/76 - in Glasgow Central2
	51991	59786	52015						Noted 12/11/77 - on 2Y50 2250 Edinburgh-Glasgow C
135	51989	59786	52015						Listed at HN - mid-May-78
445	52006	59801	52015						Listed at HN - 01/02/81
	52006	59801	52015						Noted 22nd February 1981
107445	52006	59801	52015						Listed at HN - 13/06/82
107439	52000	59785	52015						Listed at AY - 17/06/84
107445	52006	59801	52015						Listed at AY - 25/03/85
107445	52006	59801	52015						Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
107445	52015	59801							Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard, with SC52006 nearby (part of same unit)3
107445	52006	59801	52015						Listed at AY - 23/03/87
	52001	59793	52015						Noted 24/03/19873
	52010	59807	52015						Noted circa 04/19873
	52001	59793	52015						Noted 06/04/19873
107445	52006	59801	52015						Noted circa 05/19873
107445	52006	59801	52015						Listed at AY - Jan-88
107445	52006	59801	52015						Listed at ED - circa August 1988
107745	52006	59801	52015						Noted circa 03/19903
	52006	59801	52015						Noted 01/08/904
107045	52006	59801	52015						Listed at ED - 08/10/90
107045	52006	59801	52015						Noted circa 02/19913
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: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Graeme Phillips

Images:

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Unknown date

Set number: 435

Class 107 DMU set 435 seen at Edinburgh Waverley with SC52015 closest. Paul Redmond.

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circa 1985

Set number: 107445

Class 107 DMU set 107445 (presumably 52015 closest, the centre car is 59796) in Ayr depot, circa 1985. Inside the shed on the right is 116394. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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17th July 1985

At Ardrossan Town a Glasgow-bound class 107 crosses Princes Street on the approach to the station on 17 July 1985. Original image by Alec Swain. Kevin Lane Collection.

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23rd March 1986

Set number: 107445

Ayr Depot yard on 23rd March 1986, with Class 37 37131 and Class 107 Derby Heavyweight DMU 107445, with DMCL 52015 visible. The grey Toad (Type AA21) brake van, DW17415 built at GWR Swindon Works in 1940, is noteworthy. Gordon Edgar.

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22nd July 1987

Set number: 107445

Derby Heavyweight set 107445 (led by 52015, presumably with 59801 + 52006) departs Glasgow Central on July 22, 1987. David Christie.

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August 1988

Set number: 107445

107445 (presumably 52015 + 59801 + 52006) in Haymarket station during August 1988. Andrew McConnell.

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circa 1989

Set number: 107745

107 745 (presumably 52015 + 59801 + 52006) seen at Glasgow Queen Street. Undated, circa 1989. Andrew McConnell.