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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-73	Depot code change	HN
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08/12/89	Withdrawn from	ED (Eastfield) PXXZ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
	51990	59793	52020	Noted 05/04/1976 - at Glasgow Central ⁴
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 11/1983⁵
	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 10/1985⁵
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 24/03/1987⁵
107427	51987	59793	52020	Noted circa 04/1987⁵
	52001	59793	52015	Noted 06/04/1987⁵
107427	51987	59793	52020	Noted 21/05/1987⁵
107427	51987	59793	52020	Listed at AY - Jan-88
107427	51987	59793	52020	Noted circa 05/1988⁵
107427	51987	59793	52020	Listed at ED - circa August 1988

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

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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