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Vehicle 52028 / 977757


Class 107

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30612
Diagram: 649

Allocations

18/02/61 New to 66C (Hamilton)
w/e 25/03/61 Ex-loan back to 66C (Hamilton) - from 64H
4w/e 24/06/61 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
4w/e 04/08/62 Transferred to 61A (Kittybrewster)
3w/e 03/11/62 Transferred to 62B (Dundee)
4w/e 05/12/64 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/04/66 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
Mar-72 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
May-73Depot code changeHN
10/01/82 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
29/06/86 Stored U. AY (Ayr)
Nov-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16/05/91 Withdrawn from ED (Eastfield) PXXZ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29/07/91 Withdrawn from ED (Eastfield) PEDX
19/12/91 To departmental stock ED (Eastfield)
Nov-92 Withdrawn

Notes

29th May 1981 - Seen in ex-works condition
25th August 1987 - Seen in blue & grey livery with black cab window surround
1st November 1989 - Seen with aluminium window mountings

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

52028 - original number
977757 - from Dec-91 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB977757

Sandite From 12/91 to 11/92.

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 16/05/1981 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


52002 59799 52028 As delivered to 66C - 18th February 1961
52002 59799 52028 Transfer to 64H - w/e 04/03/61
52002 59799 52028 Transfer to 61A - 4w/e 04/08/62
52002 59799 52028 Transfer to 62B - 3w/e 03/11/62
52002 59799 52028 Transfer to 66C - 4w/e 05/12/64
131 51999 59802 52028 Listed at 67A - Aug-70
52002 59799 52028 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central1
148 52002 59799 52028 Noted 27/08/74 - on Hamilton depot2
161 50845 59799 52028 Noted 25/08/75 - in Glasgow Central2
52028 56388 55002 Noted 01/09/1975 - at Glasgow Central1
148 52002 59799 52028 Listed at HN - mid-May-78
425 51985 59797 52028 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
107425 51985 59797 52028 Noted 29th May 1981
107425 51985 59797 52028 Listed at AY - 13/06/82
51245 59525 52028 Noted 29/08/1982 - BLS Lanarkshire & Lothian Wanderer Railtour
52028 50386 56441 Noted 11/03/83 - on 17:20 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central via Shotts
51301 59069 52028 Noted 19th February 1983 - on Glasgow Central - Edinburgh via Shotts service
101365 53239 59053 52028 Listed at AY - 17/06/84
107425 51985 59797 52028 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
52000 59785 52028 Noted circa 10/19853
107425 51985 59797 52028 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
107425 51985 59797 52028 Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard3
107425 51985 59797 52028 Listed at AY - 23/03/87
107425 51985 59797 52028 Noted 30/03/19873
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 05/19883
107425 51985 59797 52028 Listed at HA - circa August 1988
51985 59797 52028 Noted 1st November 1989
107725 51985 59797 52028 Noted circa 12/19893
51985 52028 Noted 17th January 1990
107725 51985 59797 52028 Noted circa 03/19903
107025 51985 59797 52028 Listed at ED - 08/10/90
107025 51985 59797 52028 Noted circa 02/19913
spare 52028 Listed at ED - Jul-91

Formation Sources
1: Jeremy Goodyear
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn

Images:

Class 107 DMU at Crombie Branch

28th August 1982

Set number: 107425

The BLS 'Lanarkshire and Lothian Wanderer railtour (noted on the Six Bells Junction website as 52028 + 59525 + 51245) seen on the Crombie branch, Saturday 28/08/82. Mike McDonald.

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Central

circa 1986

Set number: 107425

107 425 departing from Glasgow Central circa 1986. Andrew McConnell.

Class 107 DMU at Dunblane

Unknown date

Set number: 107425

107 425 seen at Dunblane on an unknown date. Andrew McConnell.

Class 107 DMU at Inverkeithing

Unknown date

Set number: 107425

Seen south of Inverkeithing is 107 425. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

circa 1988

Class 107 DMSL 52028 in Glasgow Queen Street station. Date unknown, but probably circa late 1987 or 1988 when it was an Eastfield vehicle. Andrew McConnell.

Class 107 DMU at Eastfield depot

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.

Class 107 DMU at Dunfermline Lower

March 1988

Set number: 107425

An Edinburgh bound Class 107 about to enter Dunfermline Lower station in March 1988. Alan Rintoul.

Class 107 DMU at Stirling

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.

Class 107 DMU at Dunfermline

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.

Class 107 DMU at Kilmarnock

11th September 1988

Set number: 107425

This is thought to be 52028 / set 107 427, carrying a relatively short lived livery variation of large ScotRail branding and the Haymarket depot emblem (normally placed on centre cars). Seen at Kilmarnock on the day of the 1988 open day, September 11th. Andrew McConnell.

Class 107 DMU at Inverkeithing

22nd August 1990

Set number: 107025

107025 (52028 + 59797 + 51985) passes Inverkeithing Central Junction with an ECS working on August 22, 1990. Hamish Stevenson.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 25th March 1979

Set number: 148

A three-car Scottish Region Class 107 DMU (set 148) had arrived in bay platform 7 at Carlisle with a service from Kilmarnock on March 25th 1979. Only one vehicle number was captured - SC52028 at the far end, but the other two vehicles are believed to be 52002 + 59799. Martyn Hilbert.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.