Vehicle 79161
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: 30199
Diagram: 551
Allocations
| 04/03/57 | 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| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |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
31st August 1957 - Spare at 64H.
09/04/77 - withdrawn vehicles in Ely Yard: 56303, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164
11/09/77 - Withdrawn vehicles noted at Ely awaiting movement to Snailwell: SC79083, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79084 | 79168 | 79481 | 79446 | 79161 | 79106 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Edinburgh1 | |||
| 79100 | 79161 | 79447 | 79481 | 79163 | 79107 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||
| 79109 | 79168 | 79478 | 79161 | 79100 | Listed at 64H - 10/06/71 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
Images:
11th September 1977
Withdrawn Swindon Inter-City intermediate DMBSL SC79161 at Ely on 11 September 1977. It faces the rear end of another DMBSL. Rob Edwards.