Vehicle 79106
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
| 26/04/57 | 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| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |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 - Under repair at 64H.
Disposal
Scrapped by Bird Group, Long Marston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79084 | 79168 | 79481 | 79446 | 79161 | 79106 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Edinburgh1 | |||
| 79106 | 79162 | 79440 | 79482 | 79164 | 79110 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||
| 79106 | 79162 | 79440 | 79482 | 79164 | 79110 | Noted 17/08/70 - at Edinburgh2 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
27th May 1957
A Swindon Inter-City 79xxx set seen at Craigentinny on May 27, 1957. The first and last power cars were 79106 and 79107. Stuart Mackay Collection.
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.