Vehicle 59790

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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

07/01/61	New to	66C (Hamilton)
3w/e 30/06/62	Transferred to	67A (Corkerhill)
4w/e 31/05/69	Transferred to	66C (Hamilton)
May-73	Depot code change	HN
02/08/82	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)	- HN closing
29/06/86	Stored	AY (Ayr)
circa Dec-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05/10/92	Withdrawn from	HQ (Headquarters) RFXX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

9th August 1986 - Seen in Falkland Yard
17th February 1990 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
5th July 1990 - Seen with aluminium window mountings

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 15/11/1980 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	51993	59790	52019						As delivered to 66C - 7th January 1961
	51993	59790	52019						Transfer to 67A - 3w/e 30/06/62
125	51993	59790	52019						Listed at 66C - 1972
	51993	59790	52019						Noted 29/07/1972 - at Glasgow Central1
	52001	59790	52019						Noted 01/07/73 - in Edinburgh Waverley2
	51993	59790	52019						Noted 26/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central3
139	51993	59790	52019						Noted 26/08/74 - in Edinburgh Waverley4
	51993	59790	52019						Noted 27/08/74 - in Glasgow Central4
139	51993	59790	52019						Listed at HN - mid-May-78
433	51993	59790	52022						Listed at HN - 01/02/81
107433	51993	59790	52022						Noted 04/07/81
107433	51993	59790	52022						Listed at HN - 13/06/82
	51493	59790	52004						8th January 1983
	51493	59790	52004						Noted 12th January 1983
	52007	59790	52011						Noted circa 12/19835
107445	52006	59790	52036						Listed at AY - 17/06/84
107433	51993	59790	52012						Listed at AY - 25/03/85
	53839	59790	53132						Noted circa 02/19865
107433	51993	59790	52012						Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986
107433	51993	59790	52012						Noted 11/10/1986 - at Falkland Yard5
107433	51993	59790	52012						Noted 17/01/19875
107433	51993	59790	52012						Listed at AY - 23/03/87
107433	51993	59790	52012						Noted 26/03/19875
107433	51993	59790	52012						Listed at AY - Jan-88
107433	51993	59790	52012						Listed at ED - circa August 1988
107733	51993	59790	52012						Noted circa 12/19895
	51993	59790	52012						Noted 17th February 1990
107733	51993	59790	52012						Noted 5th July 1990
107033	51993	59790	52012						Listed at ED - 08/10/90
107033	51993	59790	52012						Noted circa 02/19915
107033	51993	59790	52012						Listed at HA - Jul-91
107033	51993	59790	52012						Listed at HA - Aug-91
107033	51993	59790	52012						Listed at HA - Dec-91
107033	51993	59790	52012						Listed at HA - 02/07/92

Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Eddie Knorn

Images:

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circa 1986

Set number: 107433

An ex-works 107 433 (presumably 59790 + 51993) sits with two Class 105 DTCs in Falkland Yard. Date unknown, probably 1986. Andrew McConnell.

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29th August 1987

The Branch Line Society 'Fife Coast Explorer' railtour heads towards Longannet power station on 29 August 1987. Presumed to be taken from 52012 looking towards 59790 + 51993 / 53158 + 59074 + 53160. Brian Ward.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

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Date: 4th January 1983

Set number: 105376

Cravens / Derby lash up 105 376 is being readied for departure from Paisley Canal on a Glasgow Central - Kilmacolm service. An old notebook suggests this is Cravens DMBS E51493 + Derby TSL Sc59790 + Derby DMBS Sc52004. Whilst the majority of services at Canal were the hourly all station Kilmacolm services, there were a couple of services to / from Largs or Ardrossan with additional peak hour services to / from Canal. Tuesday 04 January 1983. alicia hartman.

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Date: 4th January 1983

Set number: 105376

Mixed 105 376 Cravens / Derby Set coasts into Paisley Canal with a Kilmacolm - Glasgow Central working. An old notebook suggests this is Cravens DMBS E51493 + Derby TSL Sc59790 + Derby DMBS Sc52004. Passenger services would cease the following Saturday. A Paisley Canal - Glasgow service was resurrected in 1990 albeit from a new station on the Glasgow side of Causeyside Street, to the east. The land here to the west was sold off in due haste post closure and built over. Thus the realistic prospect of the Canal line being returned as a through route was stymied. Tuesday 04 January 1983. alicia hartman.

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Date: 7th January 1983

Set number: 105376

Last Days. Cravens E51493 at Glasgow Central having arrived as part of a late afternoon working from Kilmacolm along with its Derby partners. An old notebook suggests this is probably Cravens DMBS E51493 + Derby TSL Sc59790 + Derby DMBS Sc52004 which was used on Kilmacolm services on 04 January. Homeward bound commuters seem to be drifting along the then Platform 13 for another service, past the 'Front Train Beyond This Point' board in the distance. This would now be Platform 15 at Central. Probably Friday 07 January 1983. alicia hartman.

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Date: 7th January 1983

Set number: 105376

Last Days. An afternoon Glasgow Central - Kilmacolm service with mixed 105 376 (Class 105 / 107) is heading west from Houston and Crosslee. The train has passed under Sandholes Road and is heading towards the Lochermill Viaduct thence Bridge of Weir. An old notebook suggests this is probably Cravens DMBS E51493 + Derby TSL Sc59790 + Derby DMBS Sc52004 which was used on Kilmacolm services earlier that week on 04 January. The outskirts of Bridge of Weir are visible in the distance, above the train. It is still possible to travel along here - but on a bicycle on the National Cycle Network! Probably Friday 07 January 1983. alicia hartman.

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Date: 8th February 1987

Set number: 107433

107433 (52012 + 59790 + 51993) sits in Haymarket depot on February 8, 1987. Hamish Stevenson.

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Date: 21st March 1987

Set number: 107433

Class 107 DMU set 107433 (51993 closest, presumably with 59790 + 52012) heads west out of Haymarket station on 21 March 1987. Robert Thomas.

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Date: 29th August 1987

The Branch Line Society 'Fife Coast Explorer' railtour passing Longannet signal box on 29 August 1987. Presumed to be taken from 52012 looking towards 59790 + 51993 / 53158 + 59074 + 53160. Brian Ward.

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Date: 29th August 1987

Set number: 360

The BLS "Fife Coast Explorer" railtour in Cameron Bridge station on 29 August 1987. Just partially in shot on the left is 53160, the other vehicles are thought to be 59074 + 53158 / 51993 + 59790 + 52012. Brian Ward.

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Date: 29th August 1987

Set number: 101

The BLS "Fife Coast Explorer" railtour in Meadowbank station on 29 August 1987. The vehicles are thought to be 53160 + 59074 + 53158 / 51993 + 59790 + 52012. Brian Ward.

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Date: 3rd October 1987

Set number: 107433

107433 enters Curriehill on October 3, 1987, with the 14:18 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central service. The closest vehicle is presumably 52012, with 59790 and 51993 behind. Hamish Stevenson.

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Date: unknown

Set number: 107433

107 433 (with headcode intact) in Glasgow Central. 52012, presumably with 59790 + 51993. Undated. Andrew McConnell.

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Date: 28th May 1988

Set number: 107433

Class 107 d.m.u. 107433 in Strathclyde orange / black livery awaiting departure to Girvan from Ayr on 28-05-1988. 52012, presumably with 59790 and 51993. Gordon Thomson.

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Date: 28th May 1988

Set number: 107433

Class 107 d.m.u. set 107433 (presumably 51993 + 59790 + 52012) in Strathclyde orange / black livery at Ayr awaiting departure to Girvan on 28 May 1988. Gordon Thomson.

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Date: 1989

Set number: 107733

DMU set 107733 (presumably 52012 + 59790 + 51993) heads away from Cowdenbeath station circa autumn 1989. Brian Ward.