Park Royal Railbus images
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Unknown Date
M79971 grounded in Millerhill yard where it was used as a hut for several years after withdrawal. Date unknown. Hamish Stevenson.
6th January 1969
Park Royal Railbus SC79974 stands silent at the rear of Eastfield 6 Jan 1969. John Grey Turner.
June 1973
The body of Park Royal railbus M79971 in Millerhill on June 1973. Alistair Ness.
June 1973
Park Royal railbus body M79971 Millerhill, June 1973. Most of the text on the side can be clearly read: 15 tons, 43'-0" x 9'-3", 50S, DRB, S.P. 8.67, Lifted 7501, 12.3.65, 6-6-58 Docker Syn, C7 and an unreadable date. Alistair Ness.
Unknown Date
M79971 grounded in Millerhill yard where it was used as a hut for several years after withdrawal. Date unknown. Hamish Stevenson.
28th February 1976
Park Royal Railbus body M79971 Millerhill on 28 February 1976. This former railbus body was in use throughout the 1970s as a staff bothy on the east side of the up yards. Sadly it was too far gone and full of asbestos to be preserved so it was taken to Patterson's Tip in Glasgow and unceremoniously buried in the ground. Alistair Ness.
28th February 1976
Park Royal Railbus body M79971 at Millerhill on 28 February 1976. This former railbus body was in use throughout the 1970s as a staff bothy on the east side of the up yards. Sadly it was too far gone and full of asbestos to be preserved so it was taken to Patterson's Tip in Glasgow and unceremoniously buried in the ground. Alistair Ness.
1st May 1977
This Park Royal built Railbus was delivered in 1958 to Bedford depot and numbered M79971. However, just over a year later it was reallocated north to Scotland where it worked for a further 8 years before withdrawal from Eastfield in 1968. The body was then placed alongside Millerhill Yard for use as a staff bothy, modified to include a couple of stoves taken from brake vans hence the two chimneys visible when seen here on 1st May 1977. The 20 year old paint is rapidly fading but shows the original number M79971 which was never given a Sc prefix. It was later removed and buried in Paterson's tip at Mount Vernon due to its blue asbestos content. Murray Liston.
28th August 1977
Over 10 years after withdrawl the body of Park Royal Railbus SC79971 could still be found in Millerhill Yard on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Seen on the 28th August 1977 in use as a Carriage and Wagon Department messroom and workshop it has been fitted with two solid fuel stoves, hence the chimneys. The body is otherwise in a fairly complete condition and would survive at this location for almost seven more years before being removed during July 1984 and buried in Patersons Tip, Mount Vernon, Glasgow. Bob Woolnough.
10th March 1979
M79971 in use as a hut in Millerhill yard, 10/3/79. Basil Hancock.