Vehicle 79479
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
| 30/10/56 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 4w/e 03/08/68 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| 27/09/78 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 5 | 79097 | 79159 | 79479 | 79443 | 79165 | 79107 | Noted 31st August 1957 | ||
| 173 | 79088 | 79479 | 51014 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51034 | 79479 | 51026 | Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1 | ||||||
| 51032 | 79479 | 51028 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Ayr station sidings1 | ||||||
| 51041 | 79479 | 51029 | Noted 29/07/1972 - at Ayr2 | ||||||
| 51036 | 79479 | 51014 | Noted 24/07/1973 - at Glasgow Central3 | ||||||
| 107 | 51037 | 79479 | 51024 | Noted 05/09/73 - at Ayr4 | |||||
| 51051 | 79479 | 51009 | Noted 15/08/74 - on 1645 Ayr-Glasgow Central | ||||||
| 51030 | 79479 | 79168 | Noted 07/04/1975 - at Ayr2 | ||||||
| 51036 | 79479 | 51027 | Noted 02/08/76 - on 10.42 Glasgow Central – Stranraer (to Ayr, different vehicles onwards)5 | ||||||
| 51032 | 79479 | 51010 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Barrassie4 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Jeremy Goodyear
4: Gerald Brown
5: Phil Shatford
Images:
26th February 1977
Swindon Inter-City centre car SC79479 in Ayr station on 26-02-77. Built as a TF(L), it is now a TC(L). Vincent Haworth.
Unknown date
SC79479 is one of several 79xxx Swindon Inter-City vehicles built for the Edinburgh - Glasgow services that were transferred to work with the later Ayrshire 5xxxx sets. It is seen here in Glasgow Works. To the left is Class 122 DTS (either SC56291 or SC56297), to the right a Mk1. Undated. Malcolm Clements.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: January 1958
A Swindon 79xxx series six-car set at Ayr in January 1958. 79098 + 79479 + 79095 / 79158 + 79474 + 79106 spent three weeks running timing trials between Glasgow St Enoch and Girvan in preparation for the 5xxxx series Swindon sets that would be introduced there the following year. Ayrshire Post.
Date: unknown
A withdrawn Class 122 DTS (either SC56291 or SC56297) awaiting disposal at Glasgow Works. To the right is Sc79479. Malcolm Clements.