Vehicle 79087
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
| 30/10/56 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | - on loan from WR |
| Apr-57 | Ex-loan back to | Swindon | |
| w/e 03/10/59 | On loan to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 31/12/61 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | - Previously on loan to ScR now permanently transferred |
| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Disposal
Scrapped by J McWilliam, Shettleston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79087 | 79472 | 79088 | Noted May 1957 - WR crew training | ||||||
| 79087 | 79472 | 79090 | Transfer to Leith Central - 4w/e 24/10/59 - from WR | ||||||
| 79085 | 79195 | 79482 | 79166 | 79087 | Listed at 64H - 10/06/71 |
Images:
17th June 1957
On the first day of the Birmingham Snow Hill - South Wales diesel service - Monday 17th June 1957 - W79087 is at the head of the 12.25pm to Cardiff General (via Stratford-upon-Avon). As the clock shows the departure is delayed as had to back out from platform 12 where it was behind another 3-car set that may have failed, or it was just at the wrong end of an incoming set. Michael Mensing.