Vehicle 79109
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: 30200
Diagram: 552
Allocations
| 18/12/56 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Notes
07/01/75 - 79083 + 79109 noted on South Gosforth depot for spares recovery
24/08/75 - 79083 + 79109 noted on South Gosforth depot for spares recovery
24/10/75 - withdrawn vehicles 79083, 79109 and 79164 noted at Ely
09/04/77 - withdrawn vehicles in Ely Yard: 56303, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164
11/09/77 - Withdrawn vehicles noted at Ely awaiting movement to Snailwell: SC79083, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 1 | 79103 | 79160 | 79447 | 79482 | 79156 | 79109 | Noted 31st August 1957 | ||
| 79109 | 79168 | 79478 | 79161 | 79100 | Listed at 64H - 10/06/71 |
Images:
12th January 1957
Sc79109 at the head of a three-car Swindon Inter-City set in Glasgow Queen Street on 12th January, 1957. The power car has no crest on the bodyside, but is carrying an 'Edinburgh - Glasgow' roof board. George Bett.
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Withdrawn Class 126 units at Millerhill in April 1973 (SC79109 closest). Most of the withdrawn E&G Swindons, which is what we knew them as, ended up stored at Millerhill Yard before being taken south for Scrap.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.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1975
Withdrawn Swindon-built 79xxx vehicles at Ely circa 1975, Sc79164 closest, Sc79109 behind. John Law.
Date: 21st February 1976
E&G Swindon vehicles at Ely Station Yard on 21/2/76 awaiting movement for scrapping - it would be four years before they moved to Snailwell. Right to left are DMSL Sc79164 and DMBSLs Sc79109 and Sc79083. Bob Gregory.
Date: 3rd August 1976
Many of the 79xxx series Inter-City units were spread around the country after withdrawal as they slowly worked their way to Snailwell. Here DMS SC79164 and an 'leading' DMBS SC79109 are seen at Ely on 3/8/76. Ian Francis.
Date: March 1979
Sc79164 in a scrap line at Ely awaiting movement to Snailwell. March 1979. On the left is Sc79109. Karel 1999.
Date: 29th November 1980
Grounded 'white circle' Swindon built 'Intercity' ex Scottish Region DMU cars were awaiting the end at the King's scrapyard at Snailwell on a snowy November 29th 1980. The units were built in 1956 and worked between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh until 1971 when they were replaced by Class 27's on push-pull duties. Centre is SC79164, on the right SC79109 and on the left facing away is believed to be SC79105. Martyn Hilbert.
Date: 29th November 1980
The end of the line for four former Scottish Region, Swindon built 'Inter City' DMU power cars. The intermediate car is SC79164, two of the others are noted as SC79105, SC79109 (the latter with the cab facing us). They stand off the rails in Kings Scrapyard at Snailwell in Cambridgeshire on a wintery 29th November 1980. The units were contaminated with asbestos and would be passed through the on-site firing tunnel before the charred remains were cut-up for scrap. Martyn Hilbert.