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Vehicle 52008


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: 30611
Diagram: 639

Allocations

15/04/61 New to 66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 02/07/66 Transferred to 67A (Corkerhill)
Mar-72 Transferred to 67C (Ayr)
06/05/73Depot code changeAY
3w/e 30/04/78 Transferred to HN (Hamilton)
02/08/82 Transferred to AY (Ayr) - HN closing
29/06/86 Stored U. AY (Ayr)
Aug-86 Reinstated AY (Ayr)
11/07/88 Transferred to ED (Eastfield)
07/07/91 Transferred to HA (Haymarket) PHAX
18/08/92 Transferred to HQ (Headquarters) RFXX - (stored)
05/10/92 Withdrawn from HQ (Headquarters) RFXX

Notes

19th September 1986 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
5th July 1990 - Seen with aluminium window mountings

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 16/08/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


52008 59805 52034 As delivered to 66C - 15th April 1961
140 52008 59799 52026 Noted circa Sep-69
140 52008 59795 52033 Listed at 67A - Aug-70
52008 59795 52024 Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1
52008 59806 52036 Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2
154 52008 59805 52034 Listed at HN - mid-May-78
447 52008 59788 52029 Listed at HN - 01/02/81
107447 52008 59788 52029 Listed at HN - 13/06/82
107447 52008 59798 52024 Noted circa 11/19833
52008 59793 52027 Noted 19th April 1984
107447 52008 59793 52027 Listed at AY - 17/06/84
107447 52008 59792 52029 Listed at AY - 25/03/85
107447 52008 59792 52029 Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery
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 Depot3
52008 59802 51803 Noted 07/11/19863
107447 52008 59802 51803 Noted 16/11/86
52008 59804 52031 Noted circa 03/19873
107447 52008 59792 52029 Listed at AY - 23/03/87
107447 52008 59792 52029 Noted 28/03/19873
107447 52008 59792 52029 Noted 04/05/19873
107447 52008 59792 52029 Listed at AY - Jan-88
107447 52008 59792 52029 Noted circa 05/19883
107447 52008 59792 52029 Listed at ED - circa August 1988
107747 52008 59792 52029 Noted circa 12/19893
52008 59792 52029 Noted 06/01/904
52008 59792 52029 Noted 5th July 1990
52008 59792 52029 Noted 10/08/904
107047 52008 59792 52029 Listed at ED - 08/10/90
107047 52008 59792 52029 Listed at HA - Jul-91
107047 52008 59792 52029 Listed at HA - Aug-91
52008 52020 Noted 04/11/91 - on 06:05 Edinburgh - Fife Circle5
107047 52008 59792 52029 Listed at HA - Dec-91
52008 59792 51994 Noted 13/06/1992 - Black Cat Railtours Classic 107 DMU Railtour re-run
107047 52008 59792 52011 Listed at HA - 02/07/92

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Graeme Phillips
5: David Bellamy

Images:

Class 107 DMU at Largs

1979

Set number: 154

Class 107 set 154 (with 52008 closest) awaits departure at Largs station in 1979, the pre-electrification era. John Law.

Class 107 DMU at Haymarket depot

12th August 1979

Set number: 154

SC52008 was part of set 154 when seen at Haymarket depot on the 12th August 1979. Jerry Glover.

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Central

Unknown date

Set number: 107447

Sc52008 leads 107 447 out of GLasgow Central in the early 1980s. Spannerman37025.

Class 107 DMU at Ayr depot

7th August 1985

Set number: 107447

Two Class 107 DMBSs on Ayr depot on 7th August 1985. The one on the left is from 107447, presumably 52008. John Crooks.

Class 107 DMU at Ayr TMD

29th April 1986

Set number: 107447

Ex-works 107 447 seen at Ayr TMD on 29 April 1986, presumably 52008 + 59792 + 52029. Neil Cannon.

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Central

June 1986

Set number: 107447

107447 arriving into Glasgow Central station during 1986. The DMBS closest to the camera is presumably 52008. Andrew McConnell.

Class 107 DMU at Portobello

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.

Class 107 DMU at Glasgow Central

6th February 1987

Set number: 107447

A Class 107 heads out of Glasgow Central in the fading light on the 6th February 1987. This seems to be set 107447, presumably with 52008 closest. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 107 DMU at Eglington Street, Glasgow

May 1988

Set number: 107447

107447 (presumably 52008 + 59792 + 52029) near Eglington Street, to the south of Glasgow Central, in May 1988. Andrew McConnell.

Class 107 DMU at Barrhead

July 1988

Set number: 107447

107447 (presumably 52008 + 59792 + 52029) in July 1988, thought to be between Lugton and Barrhead. Andrew McConnell.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

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.

DMU

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.

DMU

Date: 1987

Set number: 107447

Derby Heavyweight set 107447 (presumably 52029 + 59792 + 52008) in Haymarket station in 1987. S Saunders.

DMU

Date: 25th October 1987

Set number: 107447

107447 (presumably 52029 + 59792 + 52008) passes through Newton-on-Ayr on 25-10-1987. The class 107 d.m.u.s were based in Scotland for all their working lives, and, together with the Metro-Cammell class 101s, formed most Ayrshire passenger services form the demise of the Swindon built class 126 in 1981 until electrification in September 1986. Gordon Thomson.

DMU

Date: July 1988

Set number: 107447

107 447 (presumably 52029 + 59792 + 52008), believed to be between Lugton and Barrhead in July 1988. Andrew McConnell.