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Vehicle 79162


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-59Depot code change64H
19/10/72 Withdrawn from 64H (Leith Central)

Notes

09/04/77 - withdrawn vehicles in Ely Yard: 56303, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164
11/09/77 - Withdrawn vehicles noted at Ely awaiting movement to Snailwell: SC79083, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164.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:


2 79105 79167 79477 79442 79162 79111 Noted 31st August 1957
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
79099 79105 79480 79162 79096 Listed at 64H - 10/06/71

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown

Images:

Swindon 79xxx at Kingsknowe

29th June 1964

A Swindon Inter-City DMU led by DMSL Sc79162 arrives into Kingsknowe station on 29 June 1964. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Swindon 79xxx at Ely

11th September 1977

Withdrawn Swindon Inter-City intermediate DMBSL SC79162 at Ely on 11 September 1977. Rob Edwards.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 29th June 1964

A Swindon Inter-City DMU in Kingsknowe station on 29 June 1964. The DMSL at the far end is Sc79162. Stuart Mackay Collection.