Vehicle 52023 / 977762
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
| 04/02/61 | New to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 67A (Corkerhill) | |
| 4w/e 31/05/69 | 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) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 19/12/91 | To departmental stock | ED (Eastfield) | |
| Nov-92 | Withdrawn |
Notes
12th July 1985 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
1st November 1989 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
1st November 1989 - Seen with aluminium window mountings
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
52023 - original number
977762 - from Dec-91 (departmental stock)
Department Use as ADB977762
Sandite From 12/91 to 11/92.
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:
| 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | As delivered to 66C - 4th February 1961 | ||||||
| 52005 | 59803 | 52023 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Corkerhill1 | ||||||
| 129 | 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | Noted 06/04/72 - passing Polmadie1 | ||||||
| 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | Noted 05/09/76 - on Corkerhill depot3 | ||||||
| 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | Noted 12/03/1977 - at Glasgow Central 4 | ||||||
| 143 | 51997 | 59794 | 52023 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Noted 10/04/1982 - Hertfordshire RailTours The Ayr Restorer | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 107425 | 51985 | 59797 | 52023 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 51989 | 59785 | 52023 | Noted 12th July 1985 | ||||||
| 52007 | 59049 | 52023 | Noted circa 02/19865 | ||||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard5 | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Noted circa 01/19875 | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 107429 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Noted 24/03/19875 | |||||
| 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 12/19895 | |||||
| 107729 | 51989 | 52023 | Noted 23/01/90 | ||||||
| 107029 | 51989 | 59795 | 52023 | Listed at ED - 08/10/90 | |||||
| spare | 52023 | Listed at ED - Jul-91 | |||||||
| 107026 | 51986 | 59803 | 52023 | Listed at HA - Aug-91 | |||||
| 107026 | 51986 | 59803 | 52023 | Listed at HA - Nov-91 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Eddie Knorn
Images:
Unknown date
Derby DMCL SC52023 at the front of a six-car southbound DMU in Dumfries station. Date unknown but in the 1962 to 1966 period. Stuart Mackay Collection.
10th April 1982
Set number: 107429
The passengers disembarking from The Ayr Restorer railtour at Giffen on 10-04-82. Gordon Thomson.
31st December 1982
Set number: 107
The 14:01 Kilmacolm - Glasgow service at Paisley Canal station on December 31, 1982. The DMS closest appears to be 52023, carrying a set number of just 107 possibly due to frequent formation changes in that period. Hamish Stevenson.
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.
circa 1987
Set number: 107429
107429 (with presumably 52023 at the front) and 101360 with 53158 at the front sit in platforms eight and six of Glasgow Central circa 1987. Andrew McConnell.
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.
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.
1989
Set number: 107729
A Class 107 - thought to be 52023 - sitting in Cumbernauld station circa late 1989. Brian Ward.
May 1989
Set number: 107729
Class 107 set 107729 (presumably 52023 + 59795 + 51989) is an unusual visitor to Inverurie in May 1989. Norman Smart.
23rd January 1990
Set number: 107729
52023 / 51989 depart Falkirk Grahamston on the 12:29 to Glasgow Queen Street, 23/1/90. Hamish Stevenson.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 12th July 1984
Set number: 107
Class 107 Derby 3-car DMUs at Ayr - right to left are DMS 52023 then 51986 + 59225 + 52030 (59225 was a Class 104 TBSL) 12-7-84 Class 104 TBSL was reinstated from Store to AY in 1984. It was withdrawn in July 1987. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
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
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
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.
Date: 23rd January 1990
Set number: 107729
Set 107729 is a 2-car formed of 51989 / 52023 when seen entering Falkirk Grahamston on the 12:29 to Glasgow Queen Street, 23/1/90. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: May 1991
Set number: 107029
107029 (51989 and presumably 52023) arriving into Bishopbriggs with a Glasgow Queen Street service in May 1991. Roger Geach.