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Vehicle 79111


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: 30200
Diagram: 552

Allocations

07/01/57 New to 64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58 Transferred to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
4w/e 05/06/71 Stored
19/10/72 Withdrawn from 64H (Leith Central)

Notes

05/01/75 - on Botanic Gardens depot for spares recovery
18/01/76 - 59775/6/7/8/9 and 79111 noted at Botanic Gardens depot, withdrawn, awaiting removal for scrap. All noted there again on 21/2/76.
06/03/76 - 59776/8 + 79111 noted at Botanic Gardens depot, withdrawn, awaiting removal for scrap

Disposal

Scrapped by Bird Group, on location at Hull Priory Yard

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


2 79105 79167 79477 79442 79162 79111 Noted 31st August 1957

Images:

Swindon 79xxx at Princes Street Gardens

April 1957

Sc79111 leads a Swindon Inter-City DMU through Princes Street Gardens with a Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh Waverley service in April 1957. The formation comprises two three-car sets, these services would soon become six-car sets formed two power cars, two centre cars, two power cars. Stuart Mackay Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 14th May 1960

Two Swindon Cross-Country sets arrive into Glasgow Queen Street with the 10am ex-Edinburgh on the 14th May 1960. At the time six of the seven ScR sets were allocated to Hamilton. On the left is Swindon Inter-City leading DMBS 79111. Michael Mensing.