Vehicle 79157
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: 30199
Diagram: 551
Allocations
| 25/02/57 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
| c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 4w/e 05/06/71 | Stored | ||
| 4w/e 03/07/71 | Reinstated | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |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09/04/77 - withdrawn vehicles in Ely Yard: 56303, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164
11/09/77 - Withdrawn vehicles noted at Ely awaiting movement to Snailwell: SC79083, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164.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:
| 3 | 79098 | 79163 | 79481 | 79444 | 79157 | 79108 | Noted 31st August 1957 | ||
| 79088 | 79157 | 79481 | 79164 | 79086 | Listed at 64H - 10/06/71 |
Images:
6th February 1957
Official image (5CR57) of the interior of Swindon Inter-City 79xxx series Intermediate Motor Second Sc79157 on 6/2/57. This is looking from the cab end towards the rear. British Railways.
24th June 1978
Stored in Ely Goods Yard, Cambridgeshire on the 24th June 1978 CL126 DMBS SC79157 had already been out of service for nearly 6 years. Some stripping of the vehicle had been undertaken but the presence of Asbestos Insulation has so far left it fairly intact. Operational from February 1957 until October 1972 she had called Leith Central MPD in Edinburgh home for all her service life as can be seen by the 64H shed code still clearly stencilled on her drivers side sole bar. Eventually towed to Mayer Newmans Yard at Snailwell she had been scrapped by June 1983. Bob Woolnough.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 24th June 1978
My previous image of a Class 126 having been an corridor connection equipped DMBS version, SC79157, this image portrays an outer unit DMBSL vehicle SC79100 complete with a standard drivers cab, guards van and toilet. She spent her working life, September 1956 to October 1972, at Leith Central MPD, Edinburgh before being dragged to Ely en route for storage and eventual disposal at the local Mayer Newman's Yard and had been dispatched through their firing tunnel at Snailwell by August 1983. Bob Woolnough.