Vehicle 79088
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
| 18/12/56 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | - on loan from WR |
| Apr-57 | Ex-loan back to | Swindon | |
| 18/06/59 | On loan to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 31/12/61 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | - Previously on loan to ScR now permanently transferred |
| Nov-71 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| circa Jan-81 | Stored U. | ||
| Jul-81 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Notes
18th November 1956 - W79088 seen new at Swindon Works stock shed.
24th October 1980 - Seen in ex-works condition and with cab end gangway plated over.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79087 | 79472 | 79088 | Noted May 1957 - WR crew training | ||||||
| 79094 | 79440 | 79088 | Transfer to Leith Central - w/e 20/06/59 - from WR | ||||||
| 173 | 79088 | 79479 | 51014 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 79088 | 79157 | 79481 | 79164 | 79086 | Listed at 64H - 10/06/71 | ||||
| 79088 | 59403 | 51019 | Noted 24/07/1972 - at Ayr1 | ||||||
| 51021 | 59410 | 79088 | Noted 26/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 79088 | 79470 | 51026 | Noted 07/08/1974 - at Glasgow Central1 | ||||||
| 79088 | 79470 | 79168 | 26th July 1977 | ||||||
| 79088 | 79470 | 79168 | Noted 5th August 1977 | ||||||
| 51035 | 59409 | 79088 | 59410 | 51024 | Noted 24th October 1980 | ||||
| 422 | 79088 | 79470 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 |
Formation Sources
1: Peter Wallwork
2: Jeremy Goodyear
Images:
30th March 1958
A 6-car Inter-City formation (a 3-car with buffet and a 3-car without) leaves Evesham with the 9.00am Swansea High Street - Birmingham Snow Hill on March 30, 1958. This was a Sunday diversion on the Midland Railway route via Cheltenham. W79088 leads. Michael Mensing.
circa 1970
BR green liveried Swindon (introduced 1957) "Intercity" DMBS (Intermediate) SC79088 leading what is probably a Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street service pictured at Edinburgh - c.1970. Later versions of these units constructed to work services from Glasgow to Ayrshire were to be designated TOPS Class 126, but the earlier 79xxx units were never so classified as they were scheduled for early withdrawal. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
18th May 1978
Set number: 422
Sc79088 in the leading vehicle of this long Swindon Inter-City formation arriving into Glasgow Central on May 18th, 1978. Rex Holt.
September 1979
Set number: 422
Sc79088 leads a six-car Inter-City DMU into Newton -on-Ayr on September 1979. Karel 1999.
Unknown date
Sc79088 was one of the Swindon Inter-City vehicles built for the Edinburgh - Glasgow line that was transferred to join the 5xxxx Inter-City vehicles at Ayr depot. Seen in Glasgow Central on an unknown date. Andrew McConnell.
Unknown date
The front end of Swindon-built 'intermediate' power car Sc79088 at Glasgow Central. Undated. Andrew McConnell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 5th August 1977
Class 126 vehicles SC79168 SC79470 SC79088 are the rear three cars in this six-car formation seen departing from Glasgow Central station on 05/08/1977. They is one of the early batch dating from 1956. Graeme Phillips Collection.