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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-73Depot code changeHN
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16/05/91 Withdrawn from ED (Eastfield) PXXZ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29/07/91 Withdrawn from ED (Eastfield) PEDX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 livery

Disposal

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:

DMU

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.

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: 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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

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.