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Vehicle 79958


BCV / ECW Railbus

Builder: Bristol Commercial Vehicles /
Layout: Railbus
Length: 42ft
Coupling Code: None
Coupling Type: None
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30483
Diagram: 610

Allocations

4w/e 27/09/58 New to 60B (Aviemore)
Mar-59 Transferred to 67B (Hurlford)
17/05/59 Transferred to 66C (Hamilton)
06/01/62 Transferred to 67D (Ardrossan)
08/06/62 Transferred to 67C (Ayr)
03/12/62 Transferred to 60B (Aviemore)
04/03/63 Transferred to 63A (Perth)
01/04/63 Transferred to 60A (Inverness)
16/12/63 Transferred to 60B (Aviemore)
04/10/66 Withdrawn from 60B (Aviemore)

Notes

mid-May 1959 - Sc79958/9 had arrived in Hamilton for driver training by mid-May 1959. The former had worked the first month of the Beith branch service - not devoid of failure and replaced by SC79979 (after it had spent several months on the Crieff branch). SC79959 had been on the Aviemore - Elgin line until replaced early in April by Sc79970. The other Park Royal SC79974 was at Ayr.

Disposal

Scrapped by TW Ward, Inverkeithing

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


79958 Noted 09/06/1962 - Working Beith branch

Images:

Bcv railbus at Eastern Coach Works

August 1958

Sc79958 outside the Eastern Coach Works in 1958. Phil Trotter Collection.

Bcv railbus at Stratford

24th August 1958

Sc79958 at Stratford on August 24th 1958. It had been exhibited at Marylebone eight days earlier, and shortly afterwards went to Scotland under its own power (thanks to Evan Green-Hughes for the information). Stuart Mackay Collection.

Bcv railbus at Hurlford

8th March 1959

Sc79958 at Hurlford depot on the 8th March 1959. Bill Hamilton.

Bcv railbus at Lugton

Unknown date

Sc79958 arrives at Lugton. It was working between here and Beith. Date unknown. Hamish Stevenson.

Bcv railbus at Beith Town

April 1962

Bristol Railbus Sc79958 in Beith Town Station, August 1962. Corriebob.

Bcv railbus at Beith Town

August 1962

SC79958 in Beith Town station, August 1962. Corriebob.

Bcv railbus at Beith

3rd December 1962

Sc79958 at Beith on the last day of services before closure, 3rd December 1962. WS Sellar.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: unknown

One of the Bristol railbuses (probably Sc79958) at Beith on Lugton - Beith workings. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: unknown

One of the Bristol railbuses (probably Sc79958) on Beith - Lugton workings arriving into Lugton. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: unknown

One of the Bristol railbuses (probably Sc79958) at Beith, it was working between here and Lugton. Hamish Stevenson.