Vehicle 79471
Swindon Inter-City 79xxx series
Builder: Swindon Works
Layout: Inter-City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: White Circle
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30198
Diagram: 570
Allocations
| May-56 | New to | WR (Western Region) | |
| 14/09/59 | On loan to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 31/12/61 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | - from WR, previously on loan |
| 4w/e 12/11/66 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 3w/e 25/03/67 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 3w/e 27/04/68 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| Jun-68 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 4w/e 05/06/71 | Stored | ||
| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Notes
28-30 Jun-57 - E50415 / incomplete Wickham trailer / W79083 / W79471 exhibited at the Modern Railway Travel exhibition at Battersea Wharf.
Disposal
Scrapped by J McWilliam, Shettleston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79086 | 79471 | 79093 | Transfer to Leith Central - 14/09/59 - from WR | ||||||
| 79101 | 79155 | 79471 | 79445 | 79160 | 79102 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Edinburgh1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
Images:
1st March 1957
A Swindon Works image (negative 5CR69) showing the centre compartment in Inter-City trailer first W79471 on 1 May 1957. The trafolyte plaque under the alarm chain tells us the veneer is Golden Olive Ash from Europe. The compartment letter (D) is noted on the door. The curtains - which seem rather see through - have a decorative edge to them. British Railways.