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Vehicle 52018


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

31/12/60 New to 66C (Hamilton)
2w/e 09/06/62 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
4w/e 31/05/69 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
10/01/82 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
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21/11/91 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) PXXZ

Notes

23rd February 1984 - Seen carrying unit no. 107 426 while in 104 450
17th August 1984 - Seen carrying unit no. 107 453 while in unit with 104 + 101 cars
11th September 1984 - Seen carrying unit no. 107 453 while in unit with 101 + 104 cars
1st November 1989 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
1st November 1989 - Seen with aluminium window mountings

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 21/06/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51992 59789 52018 As delivered to 66C - 31st December 1960
51992 59789 52018 Transfer to 67A - 2w/e 09/06/62
124 51992 59789 52018 Listed at 66C - 1972
51992 59789 52018 Noted 06/04/72 - at Paisley1
51992 59789 52018 Noted 07/08/1974 - at Glasgow Central2
51985 59791 52018 Noted 20/03/76 - in Glasgow Central1
51992 59792 52018 Noted 05/09/76 - on Corkerhill depot3
138 51992 59789 52018 Listed at HN - mid-May-78
426 51986 59803 52018 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
107426 51986 59803 52018 Listed at AY - 13/06/82
104450 53452 59225 52018 Noted 23rd February 1984
101323 51251 59210 52018 Listed at AY - 17/06/84
453 51534 59210 52018 Noted 17th August 1984
453 51534 59210 52018 Noted 11th September 1984
101366 52012 59215 52018 Noted 2nd November 1984
107426 51986 59803 52018 Noted January 1985
107426 51986 59803 52018 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
107426 51986 59803 52018 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery
107426 51986 59803 52018 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard4
107426 51986 59803 52018 Noted 19/03/19874
107426 51986 59803 52018 Listed at AY - 23/03/87
107426 51986 59803 52018 Noted 13/05/19874
107426 51986 59803 52018 Listed at AY - Jan-88
107426 51986 59803 52018 Listed at ED - circa August 1988
107726 51986 59803 52018 Noted 29th November 1988
51986 59803 52018 Noted 1st November 1989
107726 51986 59803 52018 Noted circa 12/19894
107026 51986 59803 52018 Listed at ED - 08/10/90
107026 51986 59803 52018 Noted circa 02/19914
107026 51986 59803 52018 Listed at HA - Jul-91
spare 52018 Listed at HA - Aug-91
spare 52018 Listed at HA - Nov-91

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

Images:

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Central

1987

Set number: 107426

Class 107 DMU set 107426 (presumably 52018 + 59803 + 51986) heads away from Glasgow Central circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.

Class 107 DMU at Curriehill

3rd October 1987

Set number: 107426

Set 107426 (presumably with 52018 closest) is about to enter Curriehill station with the 13:26 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh service on October 3, 1987. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

27th September 1988

Set number: 107426

Class 107 set 426 (52018 closest, presumably with 59803 + 51986) in Glasgow Queen Street on September 27, 1988. John Carter.

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Central

11th July 1989

Set number: 107726

Set 107 726 (51986/59803/52018) departs Glasgow Central on 11/7/89, with 52018 leading. It is forming the 12.45 to East Kilbride. Leonard Rogers.

Class 107 DMU at Edinburgh Waverley

28th April 1990

Set number: 107726

107726 at Edinburgh Waverley on 28-04-1990. The once ubiquitous class 107, which served central & west of Scotland local services from 1958 to the mid 1990s. Note how the '7' in the set number has been freshly applied over what was a 4. Gordon Thomson.

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

9th June 1990

Set number: 107726

Class 107 set 107726 (presumably 52018 + 59803 + 51986) departing Glasgow Queen Street on 9 June 1990. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 2nd October 1988

DMU vehicles 52018, 59803, 51986 and 53171 on Haymarket depot, 2 October 1988. Keith Miller.

DMU

Date: circa November 1988

Set number: 107726

Class 107 DMU set 107726 (51986 + 59803 + 52018) in Haymarket station, the slide process date was November 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: circa November 1988

Set number: 107726

Class 107 DMU set 107726 (presumably 51986 + 59803 + 52018) heads away from Edinburgh Waverley through Princes St Gardens. The slide process date was November 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 31st March 1990

Set number: 107726

In the depths of Waverley station, at around 17.55 on a late March afternoon, 51986 leads 107 726 into the old platform 1 (now number 2), to form the 17.57 to Dunbar. The date is 31/3/90 and the set is passing 43055 at the head of the much-delayed 17.30 to KX at platform 19. The other cars in the set will presumably be 59803 and 52018. The area over which the DMU is passing is nowadays occupied by the modern platforms 20 and 1. Leonard Rogers.

DMU

Date: 21st May 1990

Set number: 107726

107726 (presumably 51986 + 59803 + 52018) in Glasgow Queen Street Station on May 21, 1990. Colin Brooks.