Vehicle 79089
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
| 12/11/56 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | - on loan from WR |
| Apr-57 | Ex-loan back to | Swindon | |
| 10/10/59 | On loan to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| w/e 31/10/59 | 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 |
| 4w/e 05/06/71 | Stored | ||
| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Notes
09/04/77 - withdrawn vehicles in Ely Yard: 56303, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164
11/09/77 - Withdrawn vehicles noted at Ely awaiting movement to Snailwell: SC79083, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164.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:
| 79083 | 79470 | 79089 | Transfer to Ayr - 4w/e 24/10/59 - from WR |
Images:
2nd April 1958
W79089 at the front of a Swindon Inter-City DMU in Birmingham Snow Hill forming the 8.35pm to Wellington on 2 April 1958. The vehicles were fitted with brackets for coach letters by the outer passenger doors, but in this case the coach letters have been applied to the passenger windows. Michael Mensing.
22nd April 1959
Replaced on the Birmingham - South Wales route by Swindon Cross-Country DMUs, this Inter-City DMU is working the 1.20pm Birmingham Moor Street - Leamington Spa General service, seen leaving Acock's Green on 22 April 1959. Intermediate DMBSL W79089 leads the non-buffet set, it would move to Scotland in October. Michael Mensing.
26th January 1975
Withdrawn Scottish Region DMU coaches no. Sc79089, Sc79100 & Sc79105, which used to work the Glasgow to Edinburgh services, await their fate outside Swindon Works, whilst on the right, Eastern Region Class 305 EMU no. 452 awaits overhaul before being returned to service. January 26th, 1975. Suthen Softy.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 17th July 1979
Former E&G vehicles stored at Ely on 17 July 1979 awaiting movement to disposal at Snailwell scrapyard. SC79109 is in the centre, on the right seems to be SC79089 and on the left should be SC79164. Phil Bevan.