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Vehicle 79168


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

15/04/57 New to 64A (St Margarets)
c. summer-58 Transferred to Leith Central
Nov-59Depot code change64H
19/10/72 Withdrawn from 64H (Leith Central)
p/e 08/09/73 Reinstated AY (Ayr) - to replace 51011
27/09/78 Withdrawn from AY (Ayr)

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
79109 79168 79478 79161 79100 Listed at 64H - 10/06/71
51030 79479 79168 Noted 07/04/1975 - at Ayr2
51050 59409 79168 Noted 25/08/75 - in Ayr station3
79088 79470 79168 26th July 1977
79088 79470 79168 Noted 5th August 1977

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown

Images:

Swindon 79xxx at Glasgow Central

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.

Swindon 79xxx at Ayr depot

September 1979

Set number: 422

The grounded body of withdrawn SC79168 in Ayr depot, September 1979. Karel 1999.

Swindon 79xxx at Ayr depot

28th October 1979

Set number: 422

The grounded body of Swindon Inter-City DMSL SC79168 at Ayr depot on 28 October 1979. Brian Daniels.

Swindon 79xxx at Ayr depot

Unknown date

Set number: 422

The grounded body of withdrawn Sc79168 at Ayr depot, date unknown. Spannerman37025.