51990 Class 107 Driving Motor Brake Second

Home Railway	Strathspey Railway	Location History	Strathspey Railway Mar 96-Present
Current Location	Strathspey Railway
Current Status	Stored
Current Livery	Strathclyde
TRA Designation	5
Partner Vehicle(s)	None
Owner	Blue Square Heritage Group
Website	None
Record Last Updated	23 November 2024
Preservation Modifications None
Preservation Information 51990 was withdrawn from passenger service in September 1992 but saw several years service as Sandite car 977830. 51990 was purchased from Millerhill in 1996 with partner 52030 for the Strathspey Railway. Two months after arrival, 51990 & 52030 made a brief run in preservation in multiple with the operating set at the time, 52008/56047, but no serious restoration work had been undertaken. Some limited work was undertaken in 1996 including cleaning out the Sandite residue, and some welding was done to body panels with preparations made for repainting into green. Some mechanical repairs were also completed, but the project was fairly quickly abandoned. For ten years, 51990 was used as a store and source of spare parts for sisters 52008 & 52030, which were both returned to service. During the 2000's, the Class 107 fleet at the railway declined, with all the operating vehicles falling out of traffic and the group disbanding. The process was extremely slow however, with decades of storage for all the vehicles concerned including 51990, which by now had slid into a very poor state. The mid 2020's saw the group sell their Strathspey based fleet and 51990 was sold to the Blue Square Heritage Group, also based on the railway with their Class 117 set. 51990 remains in storage at Strathspey as a spares donor for the Class 117 set.
Future Plans 51990 will continue to provide spare parts for 51367, 51402 & 59511. It will not be restored to service and may eventually be scrapped after it has surrendered enough components.

	Spares donor 977830, stored at Boat of Garten and coupled to 56047, the only remaining vehicles left from the My Little Sprinter limited fleet, 8/4/23. Darren JB

	A slightly clearer view of 977830, stored at Boat of Garten, 29/7/20. Brian Robertson

	977830 stored undercover at Boat of Garten, 23/6/19. Michael Hughes

	977830 stored outside at oat of Garten, 17/10/18. Anthony Christie

	977830 stored at Boat of Garten, 16/8/11. Ian McLoughlin

	977830 in store, 14/5/08. David Beardmore

	Sandite car 977830 at Boat of Garten, Strathspey Railway, 23/5/98. Stuart Mackay