59791 Class 107 Trailer Second Lavatory

Home Railway	Private Site: Nemesis Rail	Location History	Battlefield Line Jan 94-Nov 99
Current Location	Private Site: Nemesis Rail		Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway Feb 06-Mar 09
Current Status	Stored		Tanat Valley Railway Nov 11-Jun 22
Current Livery	BR Green		Private Site: Nemesis Rail Jun 22-Present
TRA Designation	1
Partner Vehicle(s)	None	Visited Railways	Private Site: RFS Doncaster (contract repairs) Aug 99-Jun 03
Owner	Nemesis Rail		Wensleydale Railway Jun 03-Feb 06
Website	nemesisrail.com		Nene Valley Railway Mar 09-Nov 11
Record Last Updated	16 November 2024
Preservation Modifications The seating has been rearranged into facing bays.
Preservation Information 59791 was preserved in 1993 in a quirk of fate. The Battlefield Linehad recently preserved Class 110 59701 for use as a loco hauled coach and subsequently all of the other Class 110 centre cars had gone for scrap. The owner of the Class 110 2-car at the East Lancashire Railway, having failed to secure a 110 centre car from BR, asked the Battlefield Line what they would swap theirs for. They agreed to swap 59701 for another DMU centre trailer. 59791 was therefore preserved purely as a swap vehicle to release 59701 for "proper DMU preservation". 59791 was duly secured through the BR tendering process and moved to the Battlefield Line for use as a hauled coach, the condition of the deal being that it was fully complete and ready for use. This condition led to members of the 110 group having to drive up into Scotland and back just to spend 5 minutes screwing the toilet door back on which had been ripped off by vandals! Nobody knew at the time that securing 59791 in this way would in fact save the only Class 107 centre car from scrap, with all of the others later being disposed of with no interest from preservationists. In 1999, 59791 was bought by Class 107 Ltd who, in a similar situation to 59701 six years ealier, recognised its recently gained historical importance, and wished to create a historically accurate Class 107 3-car set. The group repainted the vehicle green and duly returned it into a Class 107 set, in between 52006 & 52031 at the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway. In 2003, partner 52006 was replaced by 52005. In 2008, Class 107 Ltd vacated Embsay, and 52005, 59791 &52031were moved on hire to the Nene Valley Railway the following year. Strangely never used at the Nene Valley, 52005, 59791 &52031were moved again in 2011, to Class 107 Ltd's second base, the Tanat Valley Railway with the intention of being used on the line's services. It is not known if 59791 was ever used on their services, with the very short running line not requiring the capacity of a full 3-car formation. Certainly by 2014, 59791 had been removed from the set and used instead as static cafe. In 2021 Class 107 Ltd decided to sell up offering all five of its Tanat Valley based 107 vehicles for sale, including 59791. By the end of the year, Nemesis Rail had purchased the collection, and moved 59791 to their main base the following summer. 59791 remains in storage.
Future Plans Not known, although as the most complete of the Class 107 vehicle in storage at Nemesis Rail, it is hoped that it may see overhaul and a return to service.

	SC59791 being loaded for movement to Nemesis Rail, 15/6/22. Graham Hickman

	SC59791 stored at Nantmawr, the vehicle now for sale, 19/9/21. Stephen Meredith

	SC59791 stands looking slightly forlorn at Nantmawr, on its own and awaiting a new owner, 1/5/21. Darren JB

	59791 at Nantmawr, 5/5/19. Anthony Christie

	59791 at the Tanat Valley Railway, shortly after being removed from active service and placed in static use as a cafe, 13/7/14. Osrail

	59791 at Nantmawr having been removed from its powercars, 27/5/14. Mike Froud

	SC59791 stabled at Bolton Abbey, 19/7/08. Brian Robertson

	SC59791 shortly after arrival at the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway, 25/3/06. David Bellamy

	59791 on the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway, 15/10/00. Stuart Mackay

	59791 in use as hauled stock at Shackerstone, having recently been swapped for Class 110 centre car 59701, 13/3/94. Andy Sansome