Vehicle 52031
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
| 18/03/61 | New to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 02/07/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| Mar-72 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| 4w/e 27/05/78 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| 02/08/82 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | - HN closing |
| 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 | |
| 18/08/92 | Transferred to | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX | - (stored) |
| 05/10/92 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) RFXX |
Notes
2nd July 1984 - Seen in Strathclyde orange/black livery
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 14/10/1978 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Preserved - more details.
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52005 | 59802 | 52031 | As delivered to 66C - 18th March 1961 | ||||||
| 133 | 52001 | 59807 | 52031 | Noted circa Sep-69 | |||||
| 138 | 52006 | 59798 | 52031 | Listed at 67A - Aug-70 | |||||
| 52004 | 59803 | 52031 | Noted 03/08/1972 - at Ayr depot1 | ||||||
| 52006 | 59807 | 52031 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 124 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted 05/09/73 - at Ayr3 | |||||
| 52005 | 59806 | 52031 | Noted 31/12/75 - in Glasgow Central4 | ||||||
| 52007 | 59806 | 52031 | Noted 20/03/76 - in Glasgow Central4 | ||||||
| 151 | 52005 | 59802 | 52031 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Listed at HN - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted circa 11/19835 | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted 16/06/1984 - Swindon Preservation Society The Tay-Forth Venturer Railtour | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted 2nd July 1984 | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted 25/08/1984 - BLS The Fifeshire Railtour | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted circa 10/19855 | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard5 | |||||
| 52008 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted circa 03/19875 | ||||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted 30/03/19875 | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted 16th May 1987 | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted circa 05/19885 | |||||
| 107444 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 107744 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted circa 12/19895 | |||||
| 107044 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Listed at ED - 08/10/90 | |||||
| 107044 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Listed at HA - Jul-91 | |||||
| 107044 | 52005 | 59804 | 52031 | Listed at HA - Aug-91 | |||||
| 107045 | 52006 | 59804 | 52031 | Noted circa 10/19915 | |||||
| 52005 | 52031 | Noted 04/11/91 - on 06:18 Perth - Edinburgh6 | |||||||
| 107045 | 52006 | 59784 | 52031 | Listed at HA - Dec-91 | |||||
| 107045 | 52006 | 59784 | 52031 | Noted 16/05/1992 - Black Cat Railtours Classic 107 DMU Railtour | |||||
| 107045 | 52006 | 59804 | 52031 | Listed at HA - 02/07/92 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Leonard Rogers
5: Eddie Knorn
6: David Bellamy
Images:
18th October 1978
An official image (8 of 19, negative G7810/18/22) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 107 D.M.U.'. It shows the rear end of DMSL Sc52031 at Glasgow Works on 18th October 1978. The C1 overhaul date painted on the end is 14-10-78. British Rail.
18th October 1978
An official image (6 of 19, negative G7810/18/20) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 107 D.M.U.'. It shows the number two engine and other equipment under Sc52031 at Glasgow Works on 18th October 1978. British Rail.
18th October 1978
An official image (5 of 19, negative G7810/18/24) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 107 D.M.U.'. It shows the number one engine (a 150hp Leyland 680) and other equipment (note the missing BIS cover) under Sc52031 at Glasgow Works on 18th October 1978. British Rail.
18th October 1978
Set number: 151
An official image (3 of 19, negative G7810/18/21) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 107 D.M.U.'. It shows the cab front of Sc52031 from the first set to be refurbished at Glasgow Works on 18th October 1978. British Rail.
18th October 1978
Set number: 151
An official image (2 of 19, negative G7810/18/5) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 107 D.M.U.'. It shows the cab front of Sc52031 from the first set to be refurbished at Glasgow Works on 18th October 1978. The Brake Overhaul date painted on the solebar is 14-10-78. The EMU vehicle on the left is a 303 or 311. British Rail.
18th October 1978
Set number: 151
An official image (1 of 19, negative G7810/18/4) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 107 D.M.U.'. It shows the first set to be refurbished, 151, believed to be 52031 + 59804 + 52005, at Glasgow Works on 18 October 1978. British Rail.
18th October 1978
An official image (11 of 19, negative G7810/18/18) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 107 D.M.U.'. It shows the drivers compartment of Sc52031 at Glasgow Works on 18th October 1978. British Rail.
18th October 1978
An official image (12 of 19, negative G7810/18/17) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 107 D.M.U.'. It shows the front saloon of Sc52031 at Glasgow Works on 18th October 1978, a former first class area now downgraded to second. British Rail.
18th October 1978
An official image (13 of 19, negative G7810/18/15) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 107 D.M.U.'. It shows the middle and rear saloons of Sc52031 at Glasgow Works on 18th October 1978. British Rail.
18th June 1981
Set number: 444
A Class 107 set in Kilmacolm station on the 18th June 1981, having just arrived with the 08:07 ex-Glasgow Central. The set number - 444 - is inside the left cab window, the vehicles are probably 52031 + 59804 + 52005. Hamish Stevenson.
1st August 1982
Set number: 444
Sc52031 on Ardrossan Harbour on August 1st, 1982. It carries set number 444 in a cab window, older set number 151 can still be made out where the stickers have been peeled off under the driver's window. The ferry to Arran in the background. John Carter.
16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
107444 (52031 + 59804 + 52005) sits in Edinburgh Waverley station after completion of "The Tay-Forth Venturer" railtour on 16/6/84. Hamish Stevenson.
16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
Misdirected. Strathclyde Red and Black 107 444 (Sc52031) at the closed Cameron Bridge station during a pause on the Tay-Forth Venturer Railtour. Fairlie Pier station, on the Clyde coast, closed in 1971/2 according to the Railscot website. Saturday 16 June 1984. alicia hartman.
16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
"The Tay-Forth Venturer" railtour sits in the closed Dunfermline Upper station, 16/6/84. It was formed of 52031 + 59804 + 52005. Hamish Stevenson.
16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
"The Tay-Forth Venturer" railtour at Rosyth Dockyard. The Class 101 on the right was operating Open Day shuttles. 16/6/84. Hamish Stevenson.
16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
The open doors show the train has been abandoned for the passengers to explore Cameron Bridge. This is "The Tay-Forth Venturer" railtour on 16/6/84, formed 52031 + 59804 + 52005. Hamish Stevenson.
16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
Class 107 444 (52031 + 59804 + 52005) with "The Tay-Forth Venturer" railtour at Markinch on the 16th June 1984. Hamish Stevenson.
16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
107 444 (52031 + 59804 + 52005) at Dunfermline Upper on the Tay-Forth Venturer railtour, 16/6/84. The branch, at that time open to Oakley, closed when Comrie Colliery did, the station site is now a retail park. Chris Lings.
16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
107 444 (52031 + 59804 + 52005) during the Oakley stop on the Tay-Forth Venturer railtour, 16/6/84. Chris Lings.
16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
The Tay-Forth Venturer railtour at Cameron Bridge on 16/6/84, formed of 52031 + 59804 + 52005. Chris Lings.
16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
The Tay-Forth Venturer railtour during its stop at Markinch on 16/6/84. It is formed of 52031 + 59804 + 52005. Chris Lings.
16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
The 'The Tay-Forth Venturer' ready to leave Edinburgh Waverley on the 16th June 1984 which took 107 444 (52031 + 59804 + 52005) to Perth and around many Fife branches. Chris Lings.
16th July 1984
Set number: 107444
Class 107 SC52031 at Stirling on 16 July 1984 while working the Tay-Forth Venturer Railtour. Alistair Ness.
Unknown date
Set number: 107444
Strathclyde PTE liveried 107 444 (presumably 52031 + 59804 + 52005) rolling into Bellshill station. Date unknown. Andrew McConnell.
1987
Set number: 107444
Class 107 DMU set 107444 (52031 + 59804 + 52005) sits in Garelochhead station with an Oban-bound special circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.
1987
Set number: 107444
Class 107 DMU set 107444 (52031 + 59804 + 52005) sits in Arrochar & Tarbet station with an Oban-bound special circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.
9th May 1987
Set number: 107444
SPTE liveried class 107 107444 rasps past the site of Wormit box with 2J46 1730 Dundee to Edinburgh stopping service, 9th May 1987. For a year or so, after the loco hauled service was withdrawn and before the introduction of class 150 Sprinters, the commuters on the Edinburgh to Dundee line were subjected to a variety of clapped out first gen multiple units. Strangely, you'd pay good money for that now... Bruce Galloway.
14 May 1988
Set number: 107444
107 444 (presumably 52031 + 59804 + 52005), believed to be between Lugton and Barrhead on 14 May 1988. Andrew McConnell.
14th May 1988
Set number: 107444
107 444 (presumably 52031 + 59804 + 52005), believed to be between Lugton and Barrhead on 14 May 1988. Brian Ward.
2nd June 1989
Set number: 107744
Set 107744 (SC52031 + SC59804 + SC52005) arriving into Glasgow Central on June 2, 1989. Nicholas Youngman.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 18th October 1978
An official image (19 of 19, negative G7810/18/13) from a internal BR photo album titled 'Refurbished Class 107 D.M.U.'. It shows the gangway between the centre car (thought to be 59804) looking through to the DMSL 52031. Taken at Glasgow Works on 18th October 1978. British Rail.
Date: 17th May 1984
Set number: 107444
107444 (52005 presumably with 59804 + 52031) at Irvine on May 17, 1984. It has just been repainted into Strathclyde colours for the opening of new stations at Kilmaurs and Auchinleck on May 12th. John Carter.
Date: 16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
"The Tay-Forth Venturer" railtour at Rosyth Dockyard (formed 52005 + 59804 + 52031), SC51448 on the left is part of a Met-Camm set on open day shuttle duties. 16/6/84. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
The participants of The Tay-Forth Venturer railtour enjoying the view out of 107 444 (52005 + 59804 + 52031) as it travels along near Menstrie, 16th June 1984. Chris Lings.
Date: 16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
107 444 (52031 + 59804 + 52005) at Cameron Bridge with The Tay-Forth Venturer railtour at on 16/6/84. Chris Lings.
Date: 16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
107 444 (52005 + 59804 + 52031) during the Oakley stop on the Tay-Forth Venturer railtour, 16/6/84. Chris Lings.
Date: 16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
In Rosyth Dockyard station on 16/6/84 is the "The Tay-Forth Venturer" railtour (formed 52005 + 59804 + 52031), The Met-Camm set on the left is on open day shuttle duties. Mike McDonald.
Date: 16th June 1984
Set number: 107444
107 444 (52005 + 59804 + 52031) at Stirling during a stop on the "Tay-Forth Venturer" railtour, 16th June 1984. Chris Lings.
Date: 16th July 1984
Set number: 107444
Class 107 (formed 52005 + 59804 + 52031) Perth 16 July 1984 with the Tay-Forth Venturer Railtour. Alistair Ness.
Date: 25th August 1984
Set number: 107444
The Branch Line Society "Fifeshire" railtour on 25 August 1984 used Derby low-density set 107444. Coach 52005 is nearest the camera, then 59804 and 52031, and they are seen sitting on the Auchmuty branch at Markinch. Jeremy Chapter.
Date: 1984
Set number: 107444
107444 (52005 + 59804 + 52031) and 101 at Johnstone in late 1984. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 25th May 1985
Set number: 107444
107444 (Sc52005 and presumably 59804 + 52031) with a Class 101 TBSL set on the rear at Paisley Gilmour Street with a Largs service on 25th May 1985. Mike Dean.
Date: 25th August 1985
Set number: 107444
A year before electrification, a 6 car class 107 dmu departs Troon with a Stranraer - Glasgow Central service on 25-08-1985. 107444 (presumably 52005 + 59804 + 52031) is on the rear, the front set has a Met-Camm centre car. The masts are in place for electrification. Shot with an Instamatic camera. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 1987
Set number: 107444
Class 107 DMU set 107444 (52005 + 59804 + 52031) sits in Garelochhead station with an Oban-bound special circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.
Date: 1987
Set number: 107444
Class 107 DMU set 107444 (52005 + 59804 + 52031) sits in Arrochar & Tarbet station with an Oban-bound special circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.
Date: 1987
Set number: 107444
Class 107 DMU set 107444 (52005 + 59804 + 52031) sits in Oban station with a special circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.
Date: 1987
Set number: 107444
Class 107 DMU set 107444 (52005 + 59804 + 52031) sits in Oban station with a special circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.
Date: 1987
Set number: 107444
107444 (52005 + 59804 + 52031) in Crianlarich with a southbound special from Oban circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.
Date: 28th July 1987
Set number: 107444
107 444 (presumably 52005 + 59804 + 52031) with another 3-car set rolls onto Holytown with the 17:22 Glasgow Central - Edinburgh on 28/7/87. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 17th August 1987
Set number: 107444
107 444 (formed 52005, nearest, 59804 + 52031) leaving Dalmeny and about to cross the Forth Bridge on the 17th August 1987. Robert Frise.
Date: 5th March 1988
Set number: 107444
Strathclyde liveried ScotRail 107444 (presumably 52005 + 59804 + 52031) departs from Kilmarnock with the 10.45 train to Glasgow Central on 5 March 1988. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 14 May 1988
Set number: 107444
107 444 (presumably 52005 + 59804 + 52031), believed to be between Lugton and Barrhead on 14 May 1988. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 1st October 1988
Set number: 107444
Arriving into Dunfermline station on October 1, 1988 is 107 444, formed of 52005 + 59804 + 52031. John Carter.
Date: 12th September 1989
Set number: 107744
Class 107 DMU set 107744 (52005 + 59804 + 52031) departs from Glasgow Queen Street station on 12 September 1989. Brian Creasey.
Date: 17th November 1989
Set number: 107744
107744 Sc52005+Sc59804+Sc52031 passing Greenhill Upper Jn with the 11.07 Glasgow Queen St - Falkirk Grahamston. terry eyres.