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Vehicle 59784


Class 107

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30613
Diagram: 647

Allocations

09/12/60 New to 66C (Hamilton)
2w/e 11/02/61 On loan to 67C (Ayr)
4w/e 03/03/62 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-62 Transferred to 67C (Ayr)
2w/e 09/06/62 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
w/e 07/07/62 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
4w/e 30/06/67 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central)
w/e 02/09/67 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
May-68 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
02/08/82 Transferred to AY (Ayr) - HN closing
29/06/86 Stored S. AY (Ayr)
p/e 20/08/86 Reinstated AY (Ayr)
Sep-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21/11/91 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) PXXZ
16/01/92 Reinstated HA (Haymarket) PHAX
13/04/92 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) RAHA

Notes

19th June 1986 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 26/04/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51987 59784 52013 As delivered to 66C - 9th December 1960
51987 59784 52013 Transfer to 67C - 2w/e 11/02/61
51987 59784 52013 Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 09/06/62
51987 59784 52013 Transfer to 67A - w/e 07/07/62
51987 59784 52013 Transfer to 66C - 5w/e 01/06/68
119 51987 59784 52013 Listed at 66C - 1972
51987 59784 52013 Noted 26/07/1973 - at Hamilton depot1
133 51987 59784 52013 Listed at HN - mid-May-78
436 51997 59784 52024 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
107436 51997 59784 52024 Listed at HN - 13/06/82
51992 59784 52030 Noted 5th September 1983
104450 53452 59784 53505 Listed at AY - 17/06/84
107436 51997 59784 52024 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
107436 51997 59784 52024 Noted circa Jul-85 - now in SPTE livery
107436 51997 59784 52024 Noted 17/08/85
107436 51997 59784 52024 Noted circa 10/19852
107436 51997 59784 52024 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery
522 53744 59784 53649 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
107436 51997 59784 52024 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard2
107436 51997 59784 52024 Noted 17/01/19872
107436 51997 59784 52024 Listed at AY - 23/03/87
107436 51997 59784 52024 Noted 28/03/19872
107436 51997 59784 52024 Listed at AY - Jan-88
107436 51997 59784 52024 Listed at ED - circa August 1988
107436 51997 59784 52025 Noted 04/08/88
107736 51997 59784 52025 Noted circa 12/19892
107036 51997 59784 52025 Listed at ED - 08/10/90
107045 52006 59784 52025 Listed at HA - Jul-91
107045 52006 59784 52025 Listed at HA - Aug-91
107045 52006 59784 52031 Listed at HA - Dec-91
107045 52006 59784 52031 Noted 16/05/1992 - Black Cat Railtours Classic 107 DMU Railtour

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: June 1985

Set number: 107436

107436 (52024 and presumably 59784 + 51997) in Ayr station in June 1985. Behind is another Strathclyde liveried Class 107, and to its left a Blue/Grey Class 104, the latch patch of missing paint on the cab probably identifies it as 53505. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 107436

107 436 (presumably 52024 + 59784 + 51997) departing from Glasgow Central surrounded by other Strathclyde liveried units. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 107436

107 436 (presumably 52024 + 59784 + 51997) at the stops at Glasgow Central. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 107436

107 436 (presumably 51997 + 59784 + 52024) about to enter Johnstone station is almost certainly not on its way to Barrhead. It's heading down the Ayrshire Coast, circa 1987. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 28th March 1987

Set number: 107436

107436 (51997 + 59784 + 52024) passes Portobello on March 28, 1987, with the 10:22 Cardenden - North Berwick service. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: August 1987

Set number: 107436

From Strathclyde to Fife. Taken from what is now a tram track, we see a Strathclyde red liveried 3 car DMU accelerating away from Haymarket with a Fife service one evening in August 1987. This comprises most of set 107436 (presumably 51997 + 59784), but the rear car has been substituted with a Metro Cammell vehicle. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: unknown

Set number: 107436

Class 107 DMU set 107436 (presumably 51997 + 59784 + 52024) in Kilmarnock station, date unknown. Mike Bunker.

DMU

Date: 20th February 1988

Set number: 107436

107436 (presumably 51997 + 59784 + 52024) approaches the terminus with the 14.45 Kilmarnock - Glasgow Central train on 20-02-1988. Gordon Thomson.