Vehicle 79440
Swindon Inter-City 79xxx series
Builder: Swindon Works
Layout: Inter-City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: White Circle
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30197
Diagram: 560
Allocations
| Jun-57 | New to | WR (Western Region) | |
| 18/06/59 | On loan to | Leith Central | |
| w/e 31/10/59 | On loan to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 31/12/61 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | - from WR, previously on loan |
| 4w/e 03/03/62 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 4w/e 05/06/71 | Stored | ||
| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Notes
circa Jun-59 - WR Inter-City cars are being transferred to Scotland and are appearing with SC prefixes. Amongst those which have arrived are SC79091/4 and 79440.
09/07/60 - on repair at Ayr
12/07/60 - returned to service
Disposal
Scrapped by J McWilliam, Shettleston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79094 | 79440 | 79088 | Transfer to Leith Central - w/e 20/06/59 - from WR | ||||||
| 79106 | 79162 | 79440 | 79482 | 79164 | 79110 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||
| 79106 | 79162 | 79440 | 79482 | 79164 | 79110 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Edinburgh2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
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Date: 8th June 1959
A six-car Swindon Inter-City DMU on a B service at Saughton Junction on 8 June 1959. The vehicles are recorded as 79102 (with roofboard) + 79163 + 79472 (with roofboard, not recorded as moving from WR to ScR till 9/59) + 79440 (buffet, moved WR to ScR 6/59) + 51008 (an Ayrshire vehicle on loan to Leith Central) + 79096. Stuart Mackay Collection.