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Vehicle 59802

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

18/03/61	New to	66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 02/07/66	Transferred to	67A (Corkerhill)
Mar-72	Transferred to	67C (Ayr)
06/05/73	Depot code change	AY
30/04/78	Transferred to	HN (Hamilton)
17/05/82	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
29/06/86	Stored U.	AY (Ayr)
Aug-86	Reinstated	AY (Ayr)	- also noted as Dec, was it stored again?
11/07/88	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
10/07/91	Withdrawn from	ED (Eastfield) PXXZ

Notes

2nd October 1984 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 31/03/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	52005	59802	52031	As delivered to 66C - 18th March 1961
131	51999	59802	52028	Listed at 67A - Aug-70
	52010	59802	52033	Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central¹
151	52005	59802	52031	Listed at HN - mid-May-78
	52009	59802	52035	Transfer to HN - 4w/e 27/05/78
155	52009	59802	52035	Noted 11/07/79
	52009	59802	52011	Noted 24th February 1980 - 52009 marked 155, 52011 marked 140
448	52009	59802	52035	Listed at HN - 01/02/81
107448	52009	59802	52035	Listed at AY - 13/06/82
107440	52001	59802	52034	Listed at AY - 17/06/84
107430	51990	59802	51803	Noted Aug-84 - SPTE liveried set used in the West Midlands August 1984, 51803 was labelled as set 101340
107430	51990	59802	51803	Noted 2nd October 1984 - 51803 displayed 101430
107430	51990	59802	51803	Listed at AY - 25/03/85 - 51803 displayed 101430
107430	51990	59802	51803	Noted circa 10/1985 - 51803 displayed 101430²
107430	51990	59802	51803	Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery, 51803 displayed 101430
	51990	59802	51803	Noted 19th June 1986
107447	52008	59802	51803	Formed at AY p/e 17/09/86
	52008	59802	51803	Noted 19th September 1986
107447	52008	59802	51803	Formation change - AY - circa Oct-86
	52008	59802	51803	Noted 12/10/1986 - at Haymarket Depot²
	52008	59802	51803	Noted 07/11/1986²
107447	52008	59802	51803	Noted 16/11/86
	51174	59802	51803	Noted circa 03/1987²
	51174	59802	51803	Noted 2nd March 1987
107430	51990	59802	51803	Listed at AY - 23/03/87
107430	51990	59802	51803	Noted 25/03/1987²
101430	51990	59802	51803	Noted 16/05/87
107430	51990	59802	51803	Listed at AY - Jan-88
107435	51996	59802	51803	Formation change - circa Mar-88
	51990	59802	51803	Noted circa 05/1988²
107430	51990	59802	51803	Listed at ED - circa August 1988
	51990	59802	51803	Noted 12/09/89³
	51990	59802	51803	Noted 8th March 1990
	51990	59802	51803	Noted 2nd October 1990
107030	51990	59802	51803	Listed at ED - 08/10/90
spare	59802			Listed at ED - Jul-91

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Eddie Knorn
3: Graeme Phillips

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa June 1979

Set number: 155

Class 107 set 155 (52009 and presumably 59802 + 52035) in Carlisle station, Ayr is on the destination blind. The slide process date was June 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 1984

Set number: 107430

A Strathclyde 107/101 hybrid between two suburban sets in Birmingham New Street in 1984. Nearest the camera is Class 116 M53857, followed by Class 107 vehicles SC51990 and SC59802 and Met-Camm Sc51803. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Date: 24th August 1984

Set number: 101340

A Strathclyde liveried set in Duddeston station on 24 August 1984. The rear two Class 107 vehicles (presumably 59802 + 51990) carried set number 107430. The 101 - 51803 - carried 101340, probably in error as it would soon be altered to 101430. Alan Harrison.

Date: 28th September 1984

Set number: 101430

Strathclyde PTE Livered Class 101/107 hybrid DMU 101 430 (presumably 51803 + 59802 + 51990) passes Eastfield TMD on 28-9-84. Spannerman37025.

Date: circa autumn 1984

Set number: 101430

SC51803 displays the set number 101 430 when seen at Glasgow Central - probably sometime in August or September 1984, shortly after the vehicle's transfer to Ayr. The Class 107 centre car should be 59802. Andrew McConnell.

Date: 22nd February 1986

Set number: 107430

In a spot of winter sunshine and the moon clearly visible, 107430 (51990 and presumably 59802 + 51803) pauses at Johnstone with an Ayr service on 22 February 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 23rd March 1986

Set number: 101430

Adrossan Town station on 23 March 1986 just before electrification of the route was expected to commence. At the head of the line of Class 101/107 units is Metro-Cammell hybrid unit 101430 (comprising 51803 + 59802 + 52008) in Strathclyde PTE livery. A full electrified service commenced from 19th January 1987. Gordon Edgar.

Date: 24th September 1986

Set number: 101430

101430 has 51803 closest and two Class 107 vehicles (presumably 59802 + 52008), and is working with a Class 120 set on an Ayr service arriving into Barassie on September 24, 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: unknown

Set number: 101430

In this picture of 101430 arriving at Kilwinning the set contains only a 101 DMC (51803), the TS (presumably 59802) & DMBS are 107s. Date unknown (no earlier than mid-1986). Tom Clift.

Date: 16th November 1986

Set number: 101430

A hybrid 101/107 set 51803 + 59802 + 52008 seen at Portobello with the 12:38 Edinburgh - Dunbar shuttle on the 16th November 1986. The 101 end is labeled set 101430, the 107 end set 107447. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 16th November 1986

Set number: 107447

Set 107447 is a 107/101 hybrid formed 52008 + 59802 + 51803 when seen at Portobello with the 12:38 Edinburgh - Dunbar shuttle on November 1986. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 17th January 1987

Set number: 101430

51803 (101 430) with a Class 107 centre car (presumably 59802) and the far car is 51243 (101 317). At West Kilbride on the last day of DMU services to Largs, 17th January 1987. Andrew McConnell.

Date: 17th January 1987

Set number: 101317

101 317 at Largs on the Saturday of DMU services, 17th January 1987. Prior to full electrification to Largs, the new Class 318 service was terminated at Ardrossan with a shuttle DMU service onwards to Largs and Ardrossan Harbour. The last weekend of the DMU shuttle was operated by a somewhat raggedy collection of vehicles - the DMBS from 101 317 (51243) in blue/grey, a Class 107 centre car (presumably 59802) and DMS 51803 from 101 430 (both in Strathclyde Red). Andrew McConnell.

Date: 17th January 1987

Set number: 101317

51243 (101 317) with a Class 107 centre car (presumably 59802) and the far car is 51803 (101 430). At West Kilbride on the last day of DMU services to Largs, 17th January 1987. Andrew McConnell.

Date: 17th January 1987

Set number: 101317

51243 (labelled 101317), a Class 107 centre car (presumably 59802), and at the rear 51803 labelled set 101430. At Fairlie (formerly Fairlie High) on the last day of DMU services to Ayr, 17th January 1987. Andrew McConnell.

Date: 17th January 1987

Set number: 101317

51243 (101 317) with a Class 107 centre car (presumably 59802) and the far car is 51803 (101 430), at Largs on the last weekend of DMU services on the branch - 17th Jan 1987. Andrew McConnell.

Date: 28th March 1987

Set number: 107430

107430 51990-59802-51803 Glasgow Central 28.03.1987. This is a hybrid set being formed Classes 107-107-101. Martin Baumann.

Date: 16th May 1987

Set number: 101430

Set 430 (51803 + 59802 + 51990) was a 101 and two 107 vehicles, labeled 101430 at one end and 107430 at the other. Seen at Crossmyloof with the 18:15 Glasgow Central - Barrhead on the 16th May 1987. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: September 1988

Set number: 107430

107 430 (presumably 51990 + 59802 + 51803) at Newton-on-Ayr in September 1988. Andrew McConnell.

Date: 13th May 1989

Set number: 107730

Hybrid 107730 (presumably 51990 + 59802 + 51803) leaves Edinburgh Waverley on 13/5/89. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 12th October 1990

Set number: 107030

107 030, a 107/101 hybrid (presumably 51990 + 59802 + 51803), departs from Edinburgh Waverley on 12 October 1990. Nigel Menzies.

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