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Vehicle 59793


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

21/01/61 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)
p/e 28/09/86 Reinstated AY (Ayr)
11/07/88 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
08/12/89 Withdrawn from ED (Eastfield) PXXZ

Notes

5th September 1986 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery

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:


51996 59793 52022 As delivered to 66C - 21st January 1961
51996 59793 52022 Transfer to 67A - 3w/e 30/06/62
51996 59793 52022 Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1
128 51996 59793 52022 Listed at 66C - 1972
51996 59793 52022 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
142 51996 59793 52022 Noted 05/09/73 - in Glasgow Central3
51996 59793 52022 Noted 27/08/74 - in Glasgow Central3
51990 59793 52015 Noted 20/03/76 - in Glasgow Central1
142 51996 59793 52022 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
107426 51986 59793 52027 Noted circa 11/19834
51986 59793 52027 Noted 22nd November 1983
53461 59793 52027 Noted 13th February 1984
52008 59793 52027 Noted 19th April 1984
104453 53461 59793 52001 Noted 11th May 1984
107447 52008 59793 52027 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
349 51176 59793 53664 Formed at AY circa Jul-86
349 51176 59793 53664 Noted 31st July 1986
349 51176 59793 53664 Listed at Ayr - August 1986
349 51176 59793 53664 Noted 7th August 1986
349 51176 59793 53664 Noted 8th August 1986
349 51176 59793 53664 Noted 5th September 1986
51269 59793 53647 Noted 26th September 1986
349 51176 59793 53669 Formation change - circa Oct-86 - 53669 replaced 53664
51269 59793 53647 Noted 8th October 1986
105552 51269 59793 53647 Formed circa Dec-86
107427 51987 59793 52020 Listed at AY - 23/03/87
52001 59793 52015 Noted 24/03/19874
107427 51987 59793 52020 Noted circa 04/19874
52001 59793 52015 Noted 06/04/19874
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

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: 349

With a handpainted set number (349) and Bangor just showing on the blinds, this 120 departs on the back of the set from Johnstone. The centre car is a Strathclyde liveried 107, and the leading car is a blue / grey 101. Also of note is one of the large side lights is missing about half way along the 120 car. The vehicle numbers should be 53664 + 59793 + 51176. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 9th August 1986

Set number: C200

51176, 59793 & 53664(349) leave Edinburgh Waverley with 1424 service to Glasgow Central on the 9th August 1986. Graham Johnston.

DMU

Date: 9th August 1986

Set number: 349

53664 at the rear of the 1424 to Glasgow Central leaving Edinburgh Waverley on 9th August 1986. (with 51176 and 59793) Graham Johnston.

DMU

Date: 1986

Set number: C200

Set C200 comprised an almost studiously mismatched combination of Class 101 DMBS 51176 in Blue / Grey, a Class 107 centre car in Strathclyde Orange (presumably 59793) and a Class 105 in plain BR Blue. Taken at Glasgow Central in late 1986, when the Class 107 power cars were out of use with axle problems and the ScR collected a variety of vehicles from around the country as substitutes. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 19th November 1986

Set number: 349

The 11:15 Glasgow Central - Largs service arrives into Kilwinning station on the 19th November 1986, 51176 leading. The taped-on set number reads 349. It's a hybrid set, with 107 centre car 59793. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 6th December 1986

A Class 120-107-105 combination departs Kilmarnock with the 11.45 to Glasgow Central on 06-12-1986. The best (or worst) example of a 'Frankenstein' dmu set - blue/grey 53647, orange / black 59793, plain blue 51269 - listed as set 105552. Gordon Thomson.

DMU

Date: 6th December 1986

A Hybrid 105/107/120 set heads away from Kilmarnock with the 11:45 to Glasgow Central on December 6th, 1986. Formed of 51269 + 59793 + 53647, they were listed as set 105552. Gordon Thomson.

DMU

Date: circa early 1987

Set number: 552

A tri-coloured unit, with a Cravens car at the buffers. Note the scrawled (or taped on?) unit number. Glasgow Central, circa late 1986 or early 1987. The vehicles are presumably 51269 (class 105) + 59793 (class 107) + 53647 (class 120). Ian Docwra.

DMU

Date: 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.

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.

DMU

Date: 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.