Vehicle 79083
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: 30196
Diagram: 550
Allocations
| 03/09/56 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | - on loan from WR |
| 4w/e 20/04/57 | Ex-loan back to | Swindon | |
| 10/10/59 | On loan to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 2w/e 23/09/61 | On loan to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 31/12/61 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | - Previously on loan to ScR now permanently transferred |
| Jan-62 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 4w/e 31/01/70 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| May-71 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| Oct-71 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| Nov-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| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |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.
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24/10/75 - withdrawn vehicles 79083, 79109 and 79164 noted at Ely
11/09/77 - Withdrawn vehicles noted at Ely awaiting movement to Snailwell: SC79083, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164.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:
| 79083 | 79470 | 79089 | Transfer to Ayr - 4w/e 24/10/59 - from WR | ||||||
| 79083 | 79084 | Noted 04/03/60 | |||||||
| 79083 | 51021 | Noted 11/04/60 | |||||||
| 79083 | 79085 | Noted 30/04/60 | |||||||
| 79083 | 79084 | Noted 08/05/60 | |||||||
| 79083 | 79086 | Noted 09/07/60 | |||||||
| 79083 | 59399 | 51019 | Noted 10/07/61 | ||||||
| 79083 | 59400 | 51013 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Ayr station sidings1 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
Images:
29th December 1957
Swindon Inter-City intermediate DMBS W79083 is seen running on its own near Lapworth station at around 12.40pm on Sunday 29th December 1957. Michael Mensing.
Unknown date
A Swindon Inter-City DMU on Tyseley depot, date unknown. Intermediate DMBSL W79083 is closest, new in September 1956, it would move to the Scottish Region in late 1959. Image taken by Peter Shoesmith. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
1983
Swindon Inter-City DMU vehicle SC79083 (with 3" high numbers) awaiting disposal at Snailwell in 1983. The other vehicles are MkI coaches. Joint Line.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
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.