Vehicle 79098 / 975426

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

Notes

16/06/56 - Sc79095/6/8/9 noted fully painted in DMU green with whiskers outside the Railcar shop at Swindon Works.
08/06/75 - at BM(M) Bletchley DED

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

79098 - original number
975426 - from Jul-76 (departmental stock)

Department Use as ADB975426

Mess coach From 7/76 to 1982.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

Images:

28th June 1956

A Swindon Works image of a completed 79xxx Inter-City power car, negative MT57. It is "Leading Motor Brake Second" Sc79098. Thought to be taken on 28 June 1956. British Railways.

28th June 1956

A Swindon Works image of a completed 79xxx Inter-City power car, negative MT60. It shows a side view of "Leading Motor Brake Second" Sc79098 taken on 28 June 1956. British Railways.

6th September 1956

Swindon Inter-City vehicles Sc79098 and Sc79096 are seen at Craigentinny on the 6th September 1956, probably during driver training. Stuart Mackay Collection.

10th September 1956

A Swindon Inter-City power twin formed of Sc79098 + Sc79096 seen at Craigentinny on 10 September 1956, probably on a driver training run. Stuart Mackay Collection.

circa 1975

Mess vehicle ADB975426 formed in the Bletchley TMD breakdown train. The fresh paint suggests this was soon after conversion circa 1975. Ian McDonald.

1st December 1979

975426 (ex-79098) taken at Westhouses depot on December 1 1979. Howard Johnston.

circa 1982

ADB975426, which was converted from Swindon Inter-City DMBSL 79098 to become a mess van part of the Bletchley TMD Breakdown Train. It was replaced around 1977 and was then acquired by the Chief Civil Engineering department and noted a several locations around the Midlands. Date / location if this location is unknown, appearances suggest it could be en-route to scrapping at Snailwell circa May 1982. K F Tomes Duckwailk.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: January 1958

A Swindon 79xxx series six-car set at Ayr in January 1958. 79098 + 79479 + 79095 / 79158 + 79474 + 79106 spent three weeks running timing trials between Glasgow St Enoch and Girvan in preparation for the 5xxxx series Swindon sets that would be introduced there the following year. Ayrshire Post.