Vehicle 79102
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
| 15/10/56 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 4w/e 05/06/71 | Stored | ||
| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Notes
31st August 1957 - Spare at 64H.
Disposal
Scrapped by Bird Group, Long Marston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79101 | 79155 | 79471 | 79445 | 79160 | 79102 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Edinburgh1 | |||
| spare | 79102 | Listed at 64H - 10/06/71 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
Images:
8th June 1959
A six-car Swindon Inter-City DMU on a B service at Saughton Junction on 8 June 1959. The vehicles are recorded as 79102 (with roofboard) + 79163 + 79472 (with roofboard, not recorded as moving from WR to ScR till 9/59) + 79440 (buffet, moved WR to ScR 6/59) + 51008 (an Ayrshire vehicle on loan to Leith Central) + 79096. Stuart Mackay Collection.
12th April 1974
Sc79102 in Polmadie shed on April 12, 1974. Withdrawn, it was there for component stripping, as were 79163 and 79167. Arnie Furniss.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th March 1958
A Swindon Inter-City DMU formation (two three-car sets)seen at Craigentinny on 15 March 1958. Two numbers are noted on the rear of the print - 79105 and 79102 - both are 'leading' types so 79102 will be at the far end. Stuart Mackay Collection.