Vehicle 59803
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) | |
| 10/01/82 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 29/06/86 | Stored U. | AY (Ayr) | |
| p/e 23/11/86 | Reinstated | AY (Ayr) | |
| p/e 18/07/88 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 07/07/91 | Transferred to | HA (Haymarket) PHAX | |
| p/e 09/11/91 | Sector Change to | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ | - (stored) |
| 21/11/91 | Withdrawn from | HA (Haymarket) PXXZ |
Notes
1st November 1989 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
1st November 1989 - Seen with aluminium window mountings
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 21/06/1980 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 52006 | 59803 | 52032 | As delivered to 66C - 18th March 1961 | ||||||
| 133 | 52001 | 59803 | 52030 | Listed at 67A - Aug-70 | |||||
| 52005 | 59803 | 52023 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Corkerhill1 | ||||||
| 52004 | 59803 | 52031 | Noted 03/08/1972 - at Ayr depot2 | ||||||
| 52004 | 59803 | 52034 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central3 | ||||||
| 52005 | 59803 | 52033 | Transfer to HN - 30/04/78 | ||||||
| 152 | 52006 | 59803 | 52032 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 52022 | 59803 | 51997 | Noted 06/10/1979 - M. & G.N. Joint Railway Society The Scotsman Railtour | ||||||
| 426 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 107426 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 107434 | 51994 | 59803 | 52021 | Noted circa 11/19834 | |||||
| spare | 59803 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||||
| 107426 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Noted January 1985 | |||||
| 107426 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 51999 | 59803 | 52030 | Noted 12th July 1985 | ||||||
| 51999 | 59803 | 52030 | Noted 30th July 1985 | ||||||
| 107426 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery | |||||
| 107426 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard4 | |||||
| 107426 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Noted 19/03/19874 | |||||
| 107426 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 107426 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Noted 13/05/19874 | |||||
| 107426 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 | |||||
| 107426 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 | |||||
| 107726 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Noted 29th November 1988 | |||||
| 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Noted 1st November 1989 | ||||||
| 107726 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Noted circa 12/19894 | |||||
| 107026 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Listed at ED - 08/10/90 | |||||
| 107026 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Noted circa 02/19914 | |||||
| 107026 | 51986 | 59803 | 52018 | Listed at HA - 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: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1987
Set number: 107426
Class 107 DMU set 107426 (presumably 52018 + 59803 + 51986) heads away from Glasgow Central circa summer 1987. Brian Ward.
Date: 27th September 1988
Set number: 107426
Class 107 set 426 (52018 closest, presumably with 59803 + 51986) in Glasgow Queen Street on September 27, 1988. John Carter.
Date: 2nd October 1988
DMU vehicles 52018, 59803, 51986 and 53171 on Haymarket depot, 2 October 1988. Keith Miller.
Date: circa November 1988
Set number: 107726
Class 107 DMU set 107726 (51986 + 59803 + 52018) in Haymarket station, the slide process date was November 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: circa November 1988
Set number: 107726
Class 107 DMU set 107726 (presumably 51986 + 59803 + 52018) heads away from Edinburgh Waverley through Princes St Gardens. The slide process date was November 1988. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 11th July 1989
Set number: 107726
Set 107 726 (51986/59803/52018) departs Glasgow Central on 11/7/89, with 52018 leading. It is forming the 12.45 to East Kilbride. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 31st March 1990
Set number: 107726
In the depths of Waverley station, at around 17.55 on a late March afternoon, 51986 leads 107 726 into the old platform 1 (now number 2), to form the 17.57 to Dunbar. The date is 31/3/90 and the set is passing 43055 at the head of the much-delayed 17.30 to KX at platform 19. The other cars in the set will presumably be 59803 and 52018. The area over which the DMU is passing is nowadays occupied by the modern platforms 20 and 1. Leonard Rogers.
Date: 21st May 1990
Set number: 107726
107726 (presumably 51986 + 59803 + 52018) in Glasgow Queen Street Station on May 21, 1990. Colin Brooks.