Vehicle 59794
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
| 04/02/61 | New to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| Jan-81 | Transferred to | CH (Chester) | |
| circa Sep-82 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| circa mid-84 | Transferred to | BX (Buxton) | |
| 20/09/87 | Transferred to | NH (Newton Heath) | |
| 20/11/87 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 14/05/89 | Transferred to | NL (Neville Hill) PNLX | - paper move, remained on ScR |
| p/e 10/11/90 | Sector Change to | NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ | - (stored) |
| 21/11/91 | Withdrawn from | NL (Neville Hill) PXXZ |
Notes
17th October 1987 - Seen at Red Bank parcels sidings
Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | As delivered to 66C - 4th February 1961 | ||||||
| 51997 | 59794 | 52026 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Corkerhill1 | ||||||
| 129 | 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | Noted 06/04/72 - passing Polmadie1 | ||||||
| 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 143 | 51997 | 59794 | 52019 | Noted 25/08/75 - on Corkerhill depot3 | |||||
| 51997 | 59794 | 52019 | Noted 01/09/1975 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 51997 | 59794 | 52021 | Noted 31/12/75 - in Edinburgh Waverley1 | ||||||
| 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | Noted 05/09/76 - on Corkerhill depot3 | ||||||
| 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | Noted 12/03/1977 - at Glasgow Central 4 | ||||||
| 143 | 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 52002 | 59794 | 52027 | Noted 7th January 1981 | ||||||
| 50681 | 59794 | 50701 | Noted circa 02/19835 | ||||||
| 50384 | 59794 | 51251 | Noted 24th February 1983 | ||||||
| 53480 | 59794 | 53701 | Noted circa 05/19835 | ||||||
| 53701 | 59794 | 53681 | Noted circa 06/19835 | ||||||
| BX494 | 51936 | 59794 | 52051 | Noted circa 11/19845 | |||||
| BX493 | 51936 | 59794 | 52051 | Listed at BX - circa Jul-85 - with white roof domes and black window surrounds | |||||
| BX493 | 51936 | 59794 | 52051 | Noted 01/12/85 | |||||
| BX493 | 51936 | 59794 | 52051 | Listed at BX - circa Dec-85 | |||||
| BX493 | 51936 | 59794 | 52051 | Listed at Buxton - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 51936 | 59794 | 52051 | Noted 30th November 1986 | ||||||
| 51936 | 59794 | 52051 | Noted 10/02/19875 | ||||||
| 51938 | 59794 | 52038 | Noted 30/05/87 - at Norwich strengthening 53842 + 59609 + 53895 on a Birmingham NS – Norwich service3 | ||||||
| 51938 | 59794 | 52039 | Listed at BX - Jun-87 | ||||||
| 101394 | 53294 | 59794 | 53644 | Formation change - ED - 2w/e 13/03/88 - 59794 added (ex-101393) | |||||
| 108391 | 53291 | 59794 | 53641 | Formation change - circa Mar-88 | |||||
| 391 | 53291 | 59794 | 53641 | Noted circa 05/19885 | |||||
| 101394 | 53294 | 59794 | 53642 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
30th November 1986
The data panel on the toilet end of Class 107 centre car 59794. At the time the vehicle was based on the LMR, the image taken at Longsight TMD on 30 November 1986. S Gaskell.
30th November 1986
Class 107 TS M59794 in-between two Class 108 power cars at Longsight TMD on 30 November 1986. S Gaskell.
30th November 1986
The toilet end of Class 107 centre car M59794 seen at Longsight TMD on 30 November 1986. S Gaskell.
8th December 1990
Class 107 centre car at Thornton Junction on o8 December 1990. On paper it was allocated to Neville Hill and not withdrawn until November 1991. It would be cut at MC Metals in July 1991. Stuart Mackay.
27th January 1991
Out of use vehicles at Thornton in Fife on January 27, 1991. Closest is 59794, which wouldn't be officially withdrawn until the end of the year. It had been transferred on paper to Neville Hill but never moved there. At the far end of the line are 53187, 53179, 51453, 59113, 53424, TDB977223 and 59073. Hamish Stevenson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th July 1984
Set number: BX494
Hybrid Class 108 set BX494 (centre car is Class 107 59794, closest power car is possibly 52039), departs Buxton station. 15th July 1984. John Crooks.
Date: 15th March 1986
Set number: BX493
Class 108 set BX 493 seen at Manchester Piccadilly, with 51936 leading. It has a non-108 centre car, presumably Class 107 59794, and the DMS at the far end should be 52051. 15/3/86. Malcolm Clements.