Vehicle 79163
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
| 18/03/57 | 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| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Bird Group, Long Marston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 3 | 79098 | 79163 | 79481 | 79444 | 79157 | 79108 | Noted 31st August 1957 | ||
| 79100 | 79161 | 79447 | 79481 | 79163 | 79107 | Noted 15/08/70 - at Edinburgh Waverley1 | |||
| 79093 | 79163 | 79475 | 79160 | 79104 | Listed at 64H - 10/06/71 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 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.
Date: 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 Withdrawn, it was there for component stripping, as were 79163 and 79167.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.