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M79971 grounded in Millerhill yard where it was used as a hut for several years after withdrawal. Date unknown. Hamish Stevenson.
April 1969
Photographed in April 1969 W79977 lies at the south end of Millerhill Yard. It was withdrawn from service at the end of January 1968 when passenger services ended between Alloa and Falkirk / Grangemouth and was cut up on site by R B Hepburn in April 1969. John Clark.
October 1971
Withdrawn E&G Swindon Inter-City DMUs stored at Millerhill in October 1971. Alistair Ness.
circa 1972
Withdrawn Swindon 79xxx vehicles stored at Millerhill Yard circa 1972 after replacement on Edinburgh - Glasgow services by Class 27 push-pulls. Tony Wilkins.
circa 1972
Replaced on the Edinburgh - Glasgow line by Class 27 push-pull sets, redundant Swindon Inter-City cars sit in Millerhill Yard awaiting their fate. Tony Wilkins.
October 1972
Class 06 shunter D2435 alongside rows of stored Swindon E&G DMU vehicles at Millerhill in October 9172. Alistair Ness.
19th October 1972
A small part of an official image (ScR Negative 1972/2814) which showed trackwork in progress at Millerhill on 19/10/72. In this small part of the image, behind the stack of track panels, are rows of stored Swindon 79xxx series Inter-City vehicles. There is also a row of Clayton locos on the left. The brake vans suggests the DMU vehicle were loco hauled to the yard. In the second row from the Claytons there are at least eight buffet cars together at this end (identifiable by the large covers over the kitchen ventilator fans). The third row contains just two Swindon vehicles but there is also a Gloucester unit behind. British Rail.
10th November 1972
A small part of an official image (ScR Negative 1972/3218) which showed trackwork in progress at Millerhill on 10/11/72. In comparison with the image taken almost a month earlier (https://railcar.co.uk/images/17256) the Claytons have gone but there seems to be no change in the rows of Swindon Inter-City vehicles, and the Gloucester set is still there in the third row. British Rail.
February 1973
One of the out-of-use Edinburgh - Glasgow Swindon Inter-City vehicles at Millerhill in February 1973. Alan Rintoul.
April 1973
Out of use Swindon Iner-City sets at Millerhill Yard in April 1973, displaced from the Edinburgh - Glasgow line by Class 27 powered push-pull sets. Alan Rintoul.
April 1973
Withdrawn Class 126 units at Millerhill in April 1973 (SC79109 closest). Most of the withdrawn E&G Swindons, which is what we knew them as, ended up stored at Millerhill Yard before being taken south for Scrap. They then hung around in East Anglia for a quite a while as we kept stumbling across them when we were on trips at such unlikely places as Ely and Mistley awaiting devouring by Kings scrapyards in Norwich and Snailwell. Some also went to Swindon for cutting up and sat alongside the Westerns waiting their turn to go. Alistair Ness.
June 1973
The body of Park Royal railbus M79971 in Millerhill on June 1973. Alistair Ness.
June 1973
Park Royal railbus body M79971 Millerhill, June 1973. Most of the text on the side can be clearly read: 15 tons, 43'-0" x 9'-3", 50S, DRB, S.P. 8.67, Lifted 7501, 12.3.65, 6-6-58 Docker Syn, C7 and an unreadable date. Alistair Ness.
early 1974
Several rows of Swindon SC79xxx vehicles are seen stored at Millerhill in early 1974 when displaced from E&G duties by push-pull class 27s, and from their home at Leith Central when it closed in 1972. They would eventually make their way to Snailwell for scrapping. Murray Liston.
Unknown Date
M79971 grounded in Millerhill yard where it was used as a hut for several years after withdrawal. Date unknown. Hamish Stevenson.
28th February 1976
Park Royal Railbus body M79971 Millerhill on 28 February 1976. This former railbus body was in use throughout the 1970s as a staff bothy on the east side of the up yards. Sadly it was too far gone and full of asbestos to be preserved so it was taken to Patterson's Tip in Glasgow and unceremoniously buried in the ground. Alistair Ness.
28th February 1976
Park Royal Railbus body M79971 at Millerhill on 28 February 1976. This former railbus body was in use throughout the 1970s as a staff bothy on the east side of the up yards. Sadly it was too far gone and full of asbestos to be preserved so it was taken to Patterson's Tip in Glasgow and unceremoniously buried in the ground. Alistair Ness.
1st May 1977
This Park Royal built Railbus was delivered in 1958 to Bedford depot and numbered M79971. However, just over a year later it was reallocated north to Scotland where it worked for a further 8 years before withdrawal from Eastfield in 1968. The body was then placed alongside Millerhill Yard for use as a staff bothy, modified to include a couple of stoves taken from brake vans hence the two chimneys visible when seen here on 1st May 1977. The 20 year old paint is rapidly fading but shows the original number M79971 which was never given a Sc prefix. It was later removed and buried in Paterson's tip at Mount Vernon due to its blue asbestos content. Murray Liston.
1st May 1977
SC51540 was the rear car of the 08.05 Perth to Edinburgh on 31st December 1976 when it caught fire between Winchburgh and Bathgate Junctions. 25072 was sent out to shunt the formation into the loop there, and to haul the leading car - still with passengers aboard - to Waverley almost 2 hours late. 51540 was moved to Millerhill for storage where it is seen on 1st May 1977 with one of the stored class 24s in the distance. It was cut up on site here in early 1978. Murray Liston.
13th August 1977
Class 101 SC51540 Millerhill 13 August 1977. Alistair Ness.
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