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Vehicle 79158


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-59Depot code change64H
19/10/72 Withdrawn from 64H (Leith Central)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09/04/77 - withdrawn vehicles in Ely Yard: 56303, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164
11/09/77 - Withdrawn vehicles noted at Ely awaiting movement to Snailwell: SC79083, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164.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:


4 79096 79158 79474 79445 79155 79104 Noted 31st August 1957

Images:

Swindon 79xxx at Ayr depot

Unknown date

Intermediate 79xxx series Swindon Inter-City DMSL Sc79158 on Ayr depot, date unknown. Glyn Weigh.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

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.