Vehicle 60739
Blue Pullman
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: -
Length: 65ft or 66ft
Coupling Code: -
Coupling Type: -
Gangway Type: -
Lot Number: 30557
Diagram: 663
Allocations
| May-60 | New to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| circa Jun-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 23/11/68 | Transferred to | 86A (Cardiff Canton) | |
| May-73 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) |
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Morriston arrived 22/06/74 cut circa 1975 delivered from Old Oak Common
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 60095 | 60649 | 60739 | 60749 | Noted 05/04/71 - (half set) at Old Oak Common1 | |||||
| 60093 | 60738 | 60748 | 60749 | 60739 | 60648 | 60649 | 60099 | Noted 15/01/1972 - on a Bristol - Leeds BR Football special |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: June 1967
Metropolitan Cammell Class 251 8-car "Blue Pullman" dmu Nos.W60099, W60649, W60739, W60749, W60748, W60738, W60648, W60098 on the Paddington-Swansea (High St) "South Wales Pullman" with Type 1 1,000hp power car leading, in the Nanking Blue & White Pullman livery with an all-yellow warning front end that unfortunately covered the Pullman emblem, at Neath (General), 06/67. Hugh Llewelyn.
Date: 26th April 1973
The South Wales Pullman Cardiff on 26th April 1973 passing Cardiff Canton Depot. From the front, 60098, 60648, 60738, 60748, 60749, 60739, 60649 & 60092. Note the chimneys of the East Moors Steeelworks on the skyline behind the train (closed in 1978 and now long gone) and the girders of the old Arms Park on the far left (also gone replaced by Millenium Stadium in 1998). Image by John Wiltshire. Peter Brabham Collection.