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
25/02/57 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | |
c. summer-58 | Transferred to | Leith Central | |
Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
09/04/77 - withdrawn vehicles in Ely Yard: 56303, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164
11/09/77 - Withdrawn vehicles noted at Ely awaiting movement to Snailwell: SC79083, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164.
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
4 | 79096 | 79158 | 79474 | 79445 | 79155 | 79104 | Noted 31st August 1957 |
Intermediate 79xxx series Swindon Inter-City DMSL Sc79158 on Ayr depot, date unknown. Glyn Weigh.
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.