Vehicle 59793
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
| 21/01/61 | 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 | |
| 10/01/82 | Transferred to | AY (Ayr) | |
| 29/06/86 | Stored U. | AY (Ayr) | |
| p/e 28/09/86 | Reinstated | AY (Ayr) | |
| 11/07/88 | Transferred to | ED (Eastfield) | |
| 08/12/89 | Withdrawn from | ED (Eastfield) PXXZ |
Notes
5th September 1986 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery
Refurbished
At Glasgow Works dated 15/12/1979 released in blue/grey liveryDisposal
Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51996 | 59793 | 52022 | As delivered to 66C - 21st January 1961 | ||||||
| 51996 | 59793 | 52022 | Transfer to 67A - 3w/e 30/06/62 | ||||||
| 51996 | 59793 | 52022 | Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1 | ||||||
| 128 | 51996 | 59793 | 52022 | Listed at 66C - 1972 | |||||
| 51996 | 59793 | 52022 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 142 | 51996 | 59793 | 52022 | Noted 05/09/73 - in Glasgow Central3 | |||||
| 51996 | 59793 | 52022 | Noted 27/08/74 - in Glasgow Central3 | ||||||
| 51990 | 59793 | 52015 | Noted 20/03/76 - in Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 51990 | 59793 | 52020 | Noted 05/04/1976 - at Glasgow Central 4 | ||||||
| 142 | 51996 | 59793 | 52022 | Listed at HN - mid-May-78 | |||||
| 427 | 51987 | 59793 | 52020 | Listed at HN - 01/02/81 | |||||
| 51986 | 59793 | 52018 | Noted 18/04/1981 - at Edinburgh Waverley5 | ||||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59793 | 52020 | Listed at HN - 28/11/81 | |||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59793 | 52020 | Listed at AY - 13/06/82 | |||||
| 107426 | 51986 | 59793 | 52027 | Noted circa 11/19836 | |||||
| 51986 | 59793 | 52027 | Noted 22nd November 1983 | ||||||
| 53461 | 59793 | 52027 | Noted 13th February 1984 | ||||||
| 52008 | 59793 | 52027 | Noted 19th April 1984 | ||||||
| 104453 | 53461 | 59793 | 52001 | Noted 11th May 1984 | |||||
| 107447 | 52008 | 59793 | 52027 | Listed at AY - 17/06/84 | |||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59793 | 52020 | Listed at AY - 25/03/85 | |||||
| 52002 | 59793 | 52020 | Noted 06/09/1985 - at Ayr 5 | ||||||
| 52002 | 59793 | 52020 | Noted circa 10/19856 | ||||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59793 | 52020 | Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery | |||||
| 349 | 51176 | 59793 | 53664 | Formed at AY circa Jul-86 | |||||
| 349 | 51176 | 59793 | 53664 | Noted 31st July 1986 | |||||
| 349 | 51176 | 59793 | 53664 | Listed at Ayr - August 1986 | |||||
| 349 | 51176 | 59793 | 53664 | Noted 7th August 1986 | |||||
| 349 | 51176 | 59793 | 53664 | Noted 8th August 1986 | |||||
| 349 | 51176 | 59793 | 53664 | Noted 5th September 1986 | |||||
| 51269 | 59793 | 53647 | Noted 26th September 1986 | ||||||
| 349 | 51176 | 59793 | 53669 | Formation change - circa Oct-86 - 53669 replaced 53664 | |||||
| 51269 | 59793 | 53647 | Noted 8th October 1986 | ||||||
| 105552 | 51269 | 59793 | 53647 | Formed circa Dec-86 | |||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59793 | 52020 | Listed at AY - 23/03/87 | |||||
| 52001 | 59793 | 52015 | Noted 24/03/19876 | ||||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59793 | 52020 | Noted circa 04/19876 | |||||
| 52001 | 59793 | 52015 | Noted 06/04/19876 | ||||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59793 | 52020 | Noted 21/05/19876 | |||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59793 | 52020 | Listed at AY - Jan-88 | |||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59793 | 52020 | Noted circa 05/19886 | |||||
| 107427 | 51987 | 59793 | 52020 | Listed at ED - circa August 1988 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Gerald Brown
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Martin Lumley
6: Eddie Knorn
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 23rd March 1986
Set number: 107427
Ardrossan Town station on 23rd March 1986 just before electrification, with Swindon Class 120 "Cross Country" 3-car unit, with 53677 visible and Class 107 Derby "Heavyweight" 3-car units in Strathclyde livery, with set 107427 (52020 + 59793 + 51987) at the front. The ruin of Ardrossan castle's 15th century keep stands prominent on the hill. Gordon Edgar.
Date: 1986
Set number: 349
With a handpainted set number (349) and Bangor just showing on the blinds, this 120 departs on the back of the set from Johnstone. The centre car is a Strathclyde liveried 107, and the leading car is a blue / grey 101. Also of note is one of the large side lights is missing about half way along the 120 car. The vehicle numbers should be 53664 + 59793 + 51176. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 9th August 1986
Set number: C200
51176, 59793 & 53664(349) leave Edinburgh Waverley with 1424 service to Glasgow Central on the 9th August 1986. Graham Johnston.
Date: 9th August 1986
Set number: 349
53664 at the rear of the 14:24 to Glasgow Central (with 51176 and 59793) leaving Edinburgh Waverley on 9th August 1986. Graham Johnston.
Date: 1986
Set number: C200
Set C200 comprised an almost studiously mismatched combination of Class 101 DMBS 51176 in Blue / Grey, a Class 107 centre car in Strathclyde Orange (presumably 59793) and a Class 105 in plain BR Blue. Taken at Glasgow Central in late 1986, when the Class 107 power cars were out of use with axle problems and the ScR collected a variety of vehicles from around the country as substitutes. Andrew McConnell.
Date: 19th November 1986
Set number: 349
The 11:15 Glasgow Central - Largs service arrives into Kilwinning station on the 19th November 1986, 51176 leading. The taped-on set number reads 349. It's a hybrid set, with 107 centre car 59793. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: 6th December 1986
A Class 120-107-105 combination departs Kilmarnock with the 11.45 to Glasgow Central on 06-12-1986. The best (or worst) example of a 'Frankenstein' dmu set - blue/grey 53647, orange / black 59793, plain blue 51269 - listed as set 105552. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 6th December 1986
A Hybrid 105/107/120 set heads away from Kilmarnock with the 11:45 to Glasgow Central on December 6th, 1986. Formed of 51269 + 59793 + 53647, they were listed as set 105552. Gordon Thomson.
Date: circa early 1987
Set number: 552
A tri-coloured unit, with a Cravens car at the buffers. Note the scrawled (or taped on?) unit number. Glasgow Central, circa late 1986 or early 1987. The vehicles are presumably 51269 (class 105) + 59793 (class 107) + 53647 (class 120). Ian Docwra.
Date: 20th June 1987
Set number: 107427
In the bright and attractive orange / black Strathclyde P.T.E. livery, 107427 (presumably 52020 + 59793 + 51987) awaits departure time at Kilmarnock with the 10.45 to Glasgow on 20-06-1987. Gordon Thomson.
Date: 8th October 1989
Set number: 107727
Class 107 Derby DMU 107-727 (51987 + 59793 + 52020) Strathclyde PTE livery stabled Stirling 8-10-89. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.
Date: December 1989
Set number: 107727
107727 (presumably 52020 + 59793 + 51987) is on the rear of a DMU formation heading into the tunnel at Glasgow Queen Street in December 1989. Gordon Thomson.