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Vehicle 52033

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: 30612
Diagram: 649

Allocations

08/04/61	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)
02/08/82	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)	- HN closing
circa Jul-86	Transferred to	RTC (Derby RTC)
p/e 28/09/86	Reinstated	AY (Ayr)
Oct-87	Transferred to	AY (Ayr)
11/07/88	Transferred to	ED (Eastfield)
07/07/91	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket) PHAX
09/01/92	Withdrawn from	HA (Haymarket) PHAX

Notes

May 1989 - Seen with all luggage racks removed
14th April 1990 - Seen with aluminium window mountings
14th April 1990 - Seen in Strathclyde orange & black livery

Refurbished

At Glasgow Works dated 14/07/1979 released in blue/grey livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	52007	59804	52033	As delivered to 66C - 8th April 1961
139	52007	59804	52033	Noted circa Oct-60
139	52007	59804	52033	Noted circa 11/1969¹
	52009	59795	52033	Noted 27/05/70 - at Glasgow Central²
140	52008	59795	52033	Listed at 67A - Aug-70
	52010	59802	52033	Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central³
	52005	59803	52033	Transfer to HN - 30/04/78
153	52007	59804	52033	Listed at HN - mid-May-78
	52007	59806	52033	Noted 08/09/1979 - at Glasgow Central⁴
446	52007	59806	52033	Listed at HN - 01/02/81
107446	52007	59806	52033	Listed at HN - 28/11/81
107446	52007	59806	52033	Listed at HN - 13/06/82
	52010	59807	52033	Noted 17th September 1982
	51301	59069	52033	Noted 23rd March 1983 - on 17:20 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central via Shotts
107443	52004	59805	52033	Noted 27/04/1983 - at Glasgow Central⁴
107436	51997	59302	52033	Noted circa 11/1983¹
107440	52001	59805	52033	Noted circa 12/1983¹
107429	51989	59783	52033	Listed at AY - 17/06/84
107446	52007	59806	52033	Listed at AY - 25/03/85
	52001	59806	52033	Noted circa 10/1985¹
107446	59806	52033		Listed at Ayr - Summer 1986 - Strathclyde livery
107446	52007	59806	52033	Listed at HQ - August 1986 - Allocation shown as HQ (ScR)
107446	52007	59806	52033	Listed at HQ (RTC-D) - 23/03/87
	52007	59806	52033	Noted circa 06/1987 - seen Out of Use at RTC Derby¹
107446	52007	59806	52033	Noted 04/07/1987 - at Derby RTC⁵
	52007	59806	52033	Noted 29/12/1987 - at Glasgow Central ⁴
107446	52007	59806	52033	Listed at AY - Jan-88
107446	52007	59806	52033	Noted circa 05/1988¹
107446	52007	59806	52033	Listed at ED - circa August 1988
107446	52007	59806	52033	Noted 26th September 1988
	52007	59806	52033	Noted 12/09/89⁶
107746	52007	59806	52033	Noted circa 12/1989¹
	52007	59806	52033	Noted 14th April 1990
107046	52007	59806	52033	Noted 21st September 1990
107046	52007	59806	52033	Listed at ED - 08/10/90
107046	52007	59806	52033	Noted circa 02/1991¹
107046	52007	59806	52033	Listed at HA - Jul-91
107046	52007	59806	52033	Listed at HA - Aug-91
107046	52007	59806	52033	Listed at HA - Dec-91

Formation Sources
1: Eddie Knorn
2: Leonard Rogers
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Martin Lumley
5: Robert Chilton
6: Graeme Phillips

Images:

13th May 1981

Set number: 153

Two Class 107s, led by set 153 and SC52033, arrives into Prestwick station with a Glasgow - Ayr service on 13 May 1981. Stuart Mackay Collection.

27th November 1981

Set number: 429

Class 107 set 429 carries its new set number in the cab window but its old number 133 remains painted on the cab front. Seen in the fading light at Kilmacolm station on 27/11/81. Chris Lings.

13th September 1986

Set number: 107440

A Strathclyde liveried class 107 unit 107440 Sc52033 + Sc59806 + Sc52007 far from home approaches Tapton Junction, Chesterfield on the 13th September 1986 on an Ayr-Derby RTC working. It was sent to the RTC for investigation when technical problems were found with the power car axles of the class. Kevin Law.

1986

Set number: 107440

107 440 (presumably 52033) is seen at Derby RTC on an unknown date, but probably during late 1986 for fitting strain gauges or similar on the axles in connection with the 107 wheelset crisis. David Faircloth.

4th January 1988

Set number: 107440

107440 (52033 + 59806 + 52007) is working the 13:26 Dunblane - Edinburgh service when seen at Falkirk Grahamston on January 4, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.

16th May 1989

Set number: 107746

Set 107 746 (presumably 52033) carries a headboard commemorating the opening of Airbles, Drumgelloch, Greanfaulds, Stepps and Milliken Park stations while working the official opening train on May 16 1989. Hamish Stevenson.

April 1990

Set number: 107746

107 746 (presumably 52033 + 59806 + 52007) in Strathclyde STP livery gets underway on its journey out of Glasgow Queen Street station in April 1990. By mid-September 1990 the set number would change to 107046. Doug Pritchard Collection.

10th June 1991

Set number: 107046

Class 107 DMU set 107046 (52033 + 59806 + 52007) in Perth station on 10 June 1991. Keith Miller.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: 16 May 1989

Set number: 107746

Class 107 set 746 (52007, presumably with 59806 + 52033) at Milliken Park station while working an official opening train on 16 May 1989 for the new SPTE station. Hamish Stevenson.

Date: 8th May 1990

Set number: 107746

107746 - 52007 + 59806 + 52033 - in Falkirk Grahamston station with the 16:29 Grahamston - Glasgow Queen Street service on 8 May 1990. Derek Hoskins.

Date: circa 1991

Set number: 107046

107046 (presumably 52007 + 59806 + 52033) arrives into Glasgow Central circa 1991. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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