Vehicle 59797
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
| 11/02/61 | New to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| w/e 04/03/61 | On loan to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| w/e 18/03/61 | Ex-loan back to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 4w/e 24/06/61 | Transferred to | 62B (Dundee) | |
| 4w/e 05/12/64 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 02/07/66 | 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) | |
| p/e 28/09/86 | Reinstated | AY (Ayr) | |
| Oct-87 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) | |
| 01/10/89 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) PEDX | |
| 16/05/91 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) PXXZ | |
| p/e 22/06/91 | Reinstated | ED (Eastfield) PEDX | |
| 29/07/91 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) PEDX |
Notes
29th May 1981 - Seen in ex-works condition
16th October 1982 - Class 167 on data panel
1st November 1989 - Seen with aluminium window mountings
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 16/05/1981 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52000 | 59797 | 52026 | As delivered to 66C - 11th February 1961 | ||||||
| 52000 | 59797 | 52026 | Transfer to 64H - w/e 04/03/61 | ||||||
| 52000 | 59797 | 52026 | Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 05/12/64 | ||||||
| 139 | 52007 | 59797 | 52029 | Listed at 67A - Aug-70 | |||||
| 52000 | 59797 | 52026 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 146 | 52000 | 59797 | 52026 | Noted 05/09/76 - on Hamilton depot, set number only on 520002 | |||||
| 52000 | 59797 | 52026 | Noted 21/08/77 - on 12.45 Ayr – Glasgow Central3 | ||||||
| 146 | 52000 | 59797 | 52026 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Noted 29th May 1981 | |||||
| 51987 | 59797 | 52017 | Noted 6th February 1982 | ||||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 51985 | 59797 | 50269 | Noted 14th September 1982 | ||||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 50269 | Noted 16th October 1982 | |||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52023 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 | |||||
| 51781 | 59797 | 53132 | Noted 12th July 1986 | ||||||
| 59797 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 - Operating vehicle not on official list | ||||||||
| 101354 | 53210 | 59797 | 51583 | Formed at AY circa Oct-86 | |||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard4 | |||||
| 101354 | 53210 | 59797 | 53653 | Formation change - circa Dec-86 - 53653 replaced 51583 | |||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Noted 30/03/19874 | |||||
| 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Noted 29th April 1987 | ||||||
| 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Noted 25th August 1987 | ||||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Listed at ED - Jan-88 | |||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Noted circa 05/19884 | |||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Listed at HA - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Noted 1st November 1989 | ||||||
| 107725 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Noted circa 12/19894 | |||||
| 107725 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Noted circa 03/19904 | |||||
| 107025 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Listed at ED - 08/10/90 | |||||
| 107025 | 51985 | 59797 | 52028 | Noted circa 02/19914 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Phil Shatford
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 14th June 1986
Set number: C615
A nice hybrid set - W51781 is at the head of 107 59797 and 116 53132 at Haymarket depot, about to into Haymarket station to work the 18:15 to North Berwick. 14th July 1986. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 1st June 1987
Set number: 107425
Trans-Clyde Class 107 Set No 107425 formed of 51985, 59797 and 52028 run through Princess Street Gardens approaching Edinburgh with the 1209 from Bathgate on 1 June 1987. Keith Long.
Date: 20th June 1987
Set number: 107425
Class 107 DMU set 107 425 (presumably 51985 + 59797 + 52028) at Wormit passing Tay Bridge South Signal Box on 20 June 1987. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1988
Set number: 107425
A pair of Class 20s with a Class 107 DMU at Eastfield depot circa Spring 1988. The set number might read 107425 which would make the vehicles 52028 + 59797 + 51985. Brian Ward.
Date: March 1988
Set number: 107425
A well filled Derby class 107 set 425 (52028 + 59797 + 51985) drifts downhill into Dunfermline (Lower) station in March 1988 with a service for Edinburgh, probably from Cowdenbeath. Murray Liston.
Date: March 1988
Set number: 107425
Leaving for Larbert. Derby class 107 set 425 is seen rasping away from Stirling with an Edinburgh bound service in March 1988, with a Met Camm 101 in the background. This set (SC52028 + SC59797 + SC51985) continued in service for another couple of years before being converted to a departmental Sandite set for a final year before withdrawal. Murray Liston.
Date: 11th September 1988
Set number: 107425
107 425 (51985 presumably with 59797 and 52028) at Kilmarnock on the day of the 1988 open day - September 11th. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 22nd August 1990
Set number: 107025
107025 (52028 + 59797 + 51985) passes Inverkeithing Central Junction with an ECS working on August 22, 1990. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 17th August 1991
Set number: 302
977652 (formerly 53197) and 977651 (formerly 53290) forming Departmental set 901302 (formerly 101302), at Eastfield Depot on 17th August 1991. In background, Class 107 vehicle 59797 of 107025 is visible. Andrew Slack.