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Vehicle 52020

Class 107

BR Diagram 649

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

14/01/61 New to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/06/62 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)
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21/11/91 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) PXXZ

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 15/12/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51994 59791 52020 As delivered to 66C - 14th January 1961
51994 59791 52020 Transfer to 67A - 3w/e 30/06/62
51994 59791 52020 Noted 27/05/70 - at Glasgow Central1
126 51994 59791 52020 Listed at 66C - 1972
51996 59787 52020 Noted 31/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1
51990 59793 52020 Noted 05/04/1976 - at Glasgow Central 2
51994 59791 52020 Noted 09/09/76 - in Glasgow Central3
51994 59791 52020 Noted 12/03/1977 - at Glasgow Central 2
140 51994 59791 52020 Listed at HN - mid-May-78
427 51987 59793 52020 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
107427 51987 59793 52020 Listed at AY - 13/06/82
51234 59783 52020 Noted circa 12/19834
107438 51999 59796 52020 Listed at AY - 17/06/84
107427 51987 59793 52020 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
52002 59793 52020 Noted circa 10/19854
107427 51987 59793 52020 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery
101304 51224 59090 52020 Noted 5th June 1986
52020 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard4
52010 59542 52020 Noted 17/01/19874
107427 51987 59793 52020 Listed at AY - 23/03/87
107427 51987 59793 52020 Noted circa 04/19874
52010 59807 52020 Noted 22/04/19874
107427 51987 59793 52020 Noted 21/05/19874
107427 51987 59793 52020 Listed at AY - Jan-88
107427 51987 59793 52020 Noted circa 05/19884
107427 51987 59793 52020 Listed at ED - circa August 1988
107027 51987 52020 Noted 22nd September 1990
107027 51987 52020 Listed at ED - 08/10/90
107027 51987 52020 Listed at HA - Jul-91
52008 52020 Noted 04/11/91 - on 06:05 Edinburgh - Fife Circle5
107027 51987 52020 Listed at HA - Nov-91

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

Images:

Class 107 DMU at Ardrossan Town

23rd March 1986

Set number: 107427

Ardrossan Town station on 23rd March 1986 just before electrification, with Swindon Class 120 "Cross Country" 3-car unit, with 53677 visible and Class 107 Derby "Heavyweight" 3-car units in Strathclyde livery, with set 107427 (52020 + 59793 + 51987) at the front. The ruin of Ardrossan castle's 15th century keep stands prominent on the hill. Gordon Edgar.

Class 107 DMU at Corkerhill

25th August 1986

Set number: 107427

Class 107 set number 107 427 (with 52020 closest) is seen at Corkerhill depot in Strathclyde livery on 25.08.1986. Andy Cole.

Class 107 DMU at Kilmarnock

20th June 1987

Set number: 107427

In the bright and attractive orange / black Strathclyde P.T.E. livery, 107427 (presumably 52020 + 59793 + 51987) awaits departure time at Kilmarnock with the 10.45 to Glasgow on 20-06-1987. Gordon Thomson.

Class 107 DMU at Cadder Yard

15th April 1989

A pair of Strathclyde Class 107s (52020 closest) cross the wilderness of Cadder Yard returning to Queen Street from Dunblane, April 15, 1989. Mike Dean.

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

December 1989

Set number: 107727

107727 (presumably 52020 + 59793 + 51987) is on the rear of a DMU formation heading into the tunnel at Glasgow Queen Street in December 1989. Gordon Thomson.

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

Unknown date

Set number: 107027

107027 (presumably 52020 + 51987) heads out of Glasgow Queen Street towards Cowlairs tunnel. Date unknown. Andrew McConnell.

Class 107 DMU at Carnoustie

14th May 1990

Set number: 107727

A two-car Class 107 DMU (set 107727 formed with 52020 + 51987) seen at Carnoustie on 14 May 1990. David Mant.

Class 107 DMU at Haymarket

June 1990

Set number: 107727

Class 107 DMU set 107727 (presumably 52020 + 51987) arriving at Haymarket station in June 1990. John Law.

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

22nd February 1991

Set number: 107027

Strathclyde Liveried ScotRail 107027 (presumably 52020 + 51987) makes a smokey departure from Glasgow Queen Street on 22-02-1991. Gordon Thomson.

Class 107 DMU at Dundee (Tay Bridge)

30th March 1991

Set number: 107027

107 027 at Dundee (Tay Bridge) on 30/3/91, it has just arrived as the 15.35 ex Carnoustie. The set has lost its centre car and looks very run down. The hourly Dundee-Arbroath local service had been reduced to Dundee-Carnoustie by this time and was soon to be withdrawn altogether. This left the stations between Dundee and Carnoustie with a very limited service, although there have been some improvements in recent years. Kenneth Leiper.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 8th October 1989

Set number: 107727

Class 107 Derby DMU 107-727 (51987 + 59793 + 52020) Strathclyde PTE livery stabled Stirling 8-10-89. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

                                                                                                                                                                             


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