Vehicle 79168
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
| 15/04/57 | 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| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| p/e 08/09/73 | Reinstated | AY (Ayr) | - to replace 51011 |
| 27/09/78 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79084 | 79168 | 79481 | 79446 | 79161 | 79106 | Noted 27/05/70 - at Edinburgh1 | |||
| 79109 | 79168 | 79478 | 79161 | 79100 | Listed at 64H - 10/06/71 | ||||
| 51030 | 79479 | 79168 | Noted 07/04/1975 - at Ayr2 | ||||||
| 51050 | 59409 | 79168 | Noted 25/08/75 - in Ayr station3 | ||||||
| 79088 | 79470 | 79168 | 26th July 1977 | ||||||
| 79088 | 79470 | 79168 | Noted 5th August 1977 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
Images:
5th August 1977
Class 126 vehicles SC79168 SC79470 SC79088 are the rear three cars in this six-car formation seen departing from Glasgow Central station on 05/08/1977. They is one of the early batch dating from 1956. Graeme Phillips Collection.
September 1979
Set number: 422
The grounded body of withdrawn SC79168 in Ayr depot, September 1979. Karel 1999.
28th October 1979
Set number: 422
The grounded body of Swindon Inter-City DMSL SC79168 at Ayr depot on 28 October 1979. Brian Daniels.
Unknown date
Set number: 422
The grounded body of withdrawn Sc79168 at Ayr depot, date unknown. Spannerman37025.