Vehicle 52032 / 977227
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 | |
| 30/04/78 | Transferred to | HN (Hamilton) | |
| 02/08/82 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | - HN closing |
| Jan-84 | Stored U. | AY (Ayr) | - AY fire victim |
| circa Mar-84 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) | |
| May-84 | To departmental stock | HQ (Headquarters) | |
| circa Jan-86 | Withdrawn from | HQ (Headquarters) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
52032 - original number
977227 - from May-84 (departmental stock)
Department Use as RDB977227
Laboratory coach - conversion abandoned From 5/84 to 1987.
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 16/12/1978 released in blue/grey livery52032 was involved in the following incident:
02/01/84 - Ayr depot
Fire involving Class 101 / Class 107
A fire at the depot, thought to be caused by vandalism, destroyed several DMU vehicles. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by Bird Group, Long Marston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52006 | 59803 | 52032 | As delivered to 66C - 18th March 1961 | ||||||
| 137 | 52005 | 59807 | 52032 | Listed at 67A - Aug-70 | |||||
| 52010 | 59807 | 52032 | Noted 06/04/72 - on Ayr depot1 | ||||||
| 52005 | 59805 | 52032 | Noted 25/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 126 | 52007 | 59804 | 52032 | Noted 25/08/75 - in Ayr station3 | |||||
| 52010 | 59807 | 52032 | Noted 20/03/76 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 52004 | 59806 | 52032 | Transfer to HN - 4w/e 27/05/78 | ||||||
| 152 | 52006 | 59803 | 52032 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 51990 | 59806 | 52032 | Noted 7th January 1981 | ||||||
| 443 | 52004 | 59805 | 52032 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 107443 | 52004 | 59805 | 52032 | Listed at HN - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 51996 | 59807 | 52032 | Noted circa 11/19834 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
Images:
26th May 1979
Set number: 155
A Class 107 DMU departs from Kilwinning with a Largs - Glasgow Central service on 26 May 1979. Sc52032 was recorded as the rear vehicle, it carries set number 155. Stuart Mackay Collection.
24th January 1981
Set number: 150
The driver shields his eyes from the low winter sun as Hamilton based class 107 DMS Sc52032 leads 14:57 to Edinburgh out of Glasgow Central on24th January 1981. A class 303 working a Cathcart Circle service can be seen behind. Note the old Corkerhill allocation number 132 and later set number 150 on the 107 DMS. This seemed to be a spare vehicle that floated between sets and very soon after in would be in set 443 when the 4xx series was introduced. The Central to Edinburgh services could hardly be described as Inter-City with a pedestrian pace round the south. Sc52032 was withdrawn from Ayr depot around March 1984 having been a victim of the depot fire in the January. The by then closed store Paisleys, a once well known Glasgow tailors and outfitters can be seen behind. It closed in 1979 with the building demolished in 1993. A Jurys Inn Hotel now occupies the site. Bruce Galloway.
15th June 1983
Driving Motor Brake 2nd (formerly Driving Motor Brake Composite) Sc52032 leads a three car Class 107 through Elderslie with the 10:00 service from Glasgow Central to Ayr on Wednesday 15th June 1983. This view is looking east from the footbridge which once gave access to the station. The station site is indicated by the way the running lines deviate either side of the no longer extant island platforms in the foreground. The lines leading straight on beyond Elderslie No 1 box head towards Paisley Gilmour Street and Glasgow Central whilst the lines coming in from the right are the remnants of the Paisley Canal line, closed a few months previously. The signal arm on the eastbound line giving access to the Paisley Canal line has already been removed and presumably the army of permanent way staff on the right is indulging in a further bout of rationalisation. Brian McDevitt.
15th February 1984
Class 107 DMS Sc52032 was a victim of a fire at Ayr depot in the early hours of 2 January 1984. It is seen at the depot on February 15, 1984, now withdrawn and stripped of underframe components. Despite the condition, it moved to the Derby RTC for conversion to a lab unit which was later abandoned. Hamish Stevenson.