Vehicle 79099
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
| 20/08/56 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |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 - Spare at 64H.
Disposal
Scrapped by J McWilliam, Shettleston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79099 | 79105 | 79480 | 79162 | 79096 | Listed at 64H - 10/06/71 |
Images:
17th July 1956
A scan from a print, showing a six-car Swindon 79xxx formation at Swindon on 17 July 1956, likely on a test run. They are in a 3+3 formation, neither has a buffet car, closest is SC79099, and SC79098 was also noted as being in the formation. Stuart Mackay Collection.
7th March 1970
'Leading' power car Sc79099 is on the rear of a Swindon Inter-City DMU departing from Edinburgh Waverley on 7 March 1970. David Mant.