Vehicle 79095
Swindon Inter-City 79xxx series
Builder: Swindon Works
Layout: Inter-City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: White Circle
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30196
Diagram: 550
Allocations
| 20/08/56 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 4w/e 05/06/71 | Stored | ||
| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Notes
16/06/56 - Sc79095/6/8/9 noted fully painted in DMU green with whiskers outside the Railcar shop at Swindon Works.
31st August 1957 - In works.
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, on location at Millerhill
Images:
circa April 1956
A Swindon Works image of a completed 79xxx Inter-City power car, negative MT56, showing "Inter City Diesel Rail Car Intermediate Brake Third Sc79095". No date, circa April 1956. British Railways.
circa April 1956
A Swindon Works image of a completed 79xxx Inter-City power car, negative MT55, showing "Inter City Diesel Rail Car Intermediate Brake Third Sc79095". No date, circa April 1956. British Railways.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: January 1958
A Swindon 79xxx series six-car set at Ayr in January 1958. 79098 + 79479 + 79095 / 79158 + 79474 + 79106 spent three weeks running timing trials between Glasgow St Enoch and Girvan in preparation for the 5xxxx series Swindon sets that would be introduced there the following year. Ayrshire Post.