Vehicle 59795
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) | |
| Mar-72 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 10/01/82 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 29/06/86 | Stored U. | AY (Ayr) | |
| Nov-86 | Reinstated | AY (Ayr) | |
| p/e 18/07/88 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 10/07/91 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) PXXZ |
Notes
1st November 1989 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
1st November 1989 - Seen with aluminium window mountings
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 02/06/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51998 | 59795 | 52024 | As delivered to 66C - 4th February 1961 | ||||||
| 52009 | 59795 | 52033 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 140 | 52008 | 59795 | 52033 | Listed at 67A - Aug-70 | |||||
| 52008 | 59795 | 52024 | Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1 | ||||||
| 51998 | 59795 | 52016 | Noted 28/03/1976 - at Haymarket 2 | ||||||
| 51998 | 59795 | 52024 | Noted 04/04/1977 - 16:32 Glasgow Central to Largs via Paisley Canal2 | ||||||
| 144 | 51998 | 59795 | 52024 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 52001 | 59795 | 52024 | Noted 6th February 1982 | ||||||
| 429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Noted 10/04/1982 - Hertfordshire RailTours The Ayr Restorer | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 51469 | 59795 | 52034 | Noted circa 11/19833 | ||||||
| 107446 | 52007 | 59795 | 53268 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard3 | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Noted circa 01/19873 | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Noted 24/03/19873 | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Noted 1st November 1989 | ||||||
| 107729 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Noted circa 12/19893 | |||||
| 107029 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at ED - 08/10/90 | |||||
| spare | 59795 | Listed at ED - Jul-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd January 1985
Set number: 107429
Derby-built Class 107 DMU set 107429 (presumably 52029 + 59795 + 51989) in Kilmarnock station on 23 January 1985. A Class 101 is on the left. Brian Daniels.
Date: 8th July 1987
Set number: 107429
Looking along the magnificent cantilever railway bridge which spans the Firth of Forth, between North Queensferry and South Queensferry, as a Strathclyde liveried Derby Heavyweight class 107 dmu 107429 (52023 + 59795 + 51989) passes us by with a north bound working on 8th July 1987. Known as the Forth Bridge the bridge is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is a symbol of Scotland. Andrew J Crowther.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 107429
Strathclyde red liveried class 107 set 429 (51989 + 59795 + 52023) heads over the viaduct on the approach to Dunfermline Lower station in August 1987. Murray Liston.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 107429
Class 107 (set 429, presumably 51989 + 59795 + 52023) Dunfermline August 1987. By this time it was a case of "anything goes". This class was never common on Fife Circle workings and definitely not in SPT orange livery but by then the corporate identity manual had more or less been abandoned. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 107429
Class 107 (set 429, presumably 52023 + 59795 + 51989) Dunfermline Aug 1987. By this time it was a case of "anything goes". This class was never common on Fife Circle workings and definitely not in SPT orange livery but by then the corporate identity manual had more or less been abandoned. Alistair Ness.
Date: August 1987
Set number: 107429
Dunfermline Derby. A Strathclyde "jaffa cake" liveried Derby class 107 set 107429 (presumably 51989 + 59795 + 52023) stops to drop off some passengers at Dunfermline (Lower) in August 1987. Murray Liston.
Date: March 1988
Set number: 107429
An orange stopper. Strathclyde orange liveried Derby class 107 429 has arrived at Waverley platform 12 in March 1988 with a stopping service from Glasgow Central via Shotts and will soon retrace its steps. This set formed of SC51989 + SC 59795 + SC52023 was withdrawn 3 years later like most of its classmates. Murray Liston.
Date: 1989
Set number: 107729
107729 (presumably 51989 + 59795 + 52023) heads out of Cumbernauld station circa late 1989. Brian Ward.
Date: May 1989
Set number: 107729
Class 107 set 107729 (presumably 52023 + 59795 + 51989) is an unusual visitor to Inverurie in May 1989. Norman Smart.
Date: May 1989
Set number: 107729
107729 (presumably 51989 + 59795 + 52023) waits in Inverurie station in May 1989. Norman Smart.
Date: 17th November 1989
Set number: 107729
107729 Sc51989+Sc59795+Sc52023 call at Stirling with the 12.45 Dunblane - Glasgow Queen St. terry eyres.