Vehicle 59798
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) | |
| 2w/e 12/05/62 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| Mar-72 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| May-73 | Depot code change | HN | |
| 02/08/82 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | - HN closing |
| 29/06/86 | Stored S. | AY (Ayr) | |
| Dec-86 | Reinstated | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 08/12/89 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) PXXZ |
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 16/08/1980 released in blue/grey livery59798 was involved in the following incident:
March or April 1987 - Shields Junction, ScR
Collision involving Class 107 / Class 86
Info from John Reddyhoff and Eddie Knorn
A side-swipe incident. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52001 | 59798 | 52027 | As delivered to 66C - 11th February 1961 | ||||||
| 52001 | 59798 | 52027 | Transfer to 64H - w/e 04/03/61 | ||||||
| 52001 | 59798 | 52027 | Transfer to 66C - 2w/e 12/05/62 | ||||||
| 139 | 52007 | 59798 | 52036 | Noted circa Sep-69 | |||||
| 138 | 52006 | 59798 | 52031 | Listed at 67A - Aug-70 | |||||
| 52001 | 59798 | 52027 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 147 | 52001 | 59798 | 52027 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 435 | 51996 | 59798 | 52019 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 107435 | 51996 | 59798 | 52019 | Listed at HN - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 107447 | 52008 | 59798 | 52024 | Noted circa 11/19832 | |||||
| 104453 | 53461 | 59798 | 53245 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 107435 | 51996 | 59798 | 52019 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 107435 | 51996 | 59798 | 52019 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery | |||||
| 107435 | 51996 | 59798 | 52019 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard2 | |||||
| 107435 | 51996 | 59798 | 52019 | Noted 23/03/19872 | |||||
| 107435 | 51996 | 59798 | 52019 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 107440 | 52001 | 59798 | 52025 | Noted 08/08/19872 | |||||
| 51987 | 59798 | 52025 | Noted 07/11/19872 | ||||||
| 107435 | 51996 | 59798 | 52019 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 | |||||
| 107435 | 51996 | 59798 | 52019 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 |
Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Eddie Knorn
Images:
Unknown date
Set number: 435
The centre car from Class 107 set 435 - thought to be 59798 - at MC Metals. Undated, it had been withdrawn from Eastfield in December 1989. Andrew McConnell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
Set number: 107435
Class 107 DMU set 107 435 (presumably 51996 + 59798 + 52019) seen in Edinburgh Waverley, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
Date: unknown
Set number: 107435
107 435 (presumably 52019 + 59798 + 51996) is seen at Dundee. Undated. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 1987
51996 and 59798 after a side-swipe incident with a Class 86 at Shields Junction in April or May 1987. John Reddyhoff.
Date: unknown
Set number: 107435
Class 107 DMU 107435 (52019 presumably with 59798 + 51996) at Girvan. Date unknown. Stuart Pearce.
Date: 4th August 1988
Set number: 107436
107436 (51997 nearest + 59798 + 52025) 107440 + 350 (51182 + 59124 + 53239) arrives at Cardenden on 4th August 1988. S Gaskell.