Vehicle 79470
Swindon Inter-City 79xxx series
Builder: Swindon Works
Layout: Inter-City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: White Circle
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Lot Number: 30198
Diagram: 570
Allocations
| Aug-56 | New to | WR (Western Region) | |
| 10/10/59 | On loan to | 67C (Ayr) | - Paper move, vehicle went direct to Leith |
| 13/10/59 | On loan to | Leith Central | |
| Nov-59 | Depot code change | 64H | |
| 31/12/61 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | - from WR, previously on loan |
| 4w/e 12/11/66 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 4w/e 31/01/70 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | AY | |
| circa Jan-81 | Stored U. | ||
| Jul-81 | Withdrawn from | AY (Ayr) |
Notes
18th September 1979 - Carriage letter holders still in situ.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79083 | 79470 | 79089 | Transfer to Ayr - 4w/e 24/10/59 - from WR | ||||||
| 166 | 51045 | 79470 | 51021 | Noted circa Sep-69 | |||||
| 165 | 51044 | 79470 | 51027 | Listed at 67C - Aug-70 | |||||
| 51042 | 79470 | 51044 | Noted 15/08/70 - in Kyle St sidings1 | ||||||
| 51042 | 79470 | 51015 | Noted 11/09/71 - at Ayr station sidings1 | ||||||
| 51044 | 79470 | 51025 | Noted 24/07/1972 - at Ayr2 | ||||||
| 79088 | 79470 | 51026 | Noted 07/08/1974 - at Glasgow Central2 | ||||||
| 51045 | 79470 | 50936 | Noted 05/04/1976 - at Glasgow Central 2 | ||||||
| 51034 | 79470 | 51013 | Noted 09/09/76 - at Barrassie3 | ||||||
| 79088 | 79470 | 79168 | 26th July 1977 | ||||||
| 79088 | 79470 | 79168 | Noted 5th August 1977 | ||||||
| 51042 | 79470 | 51022 | Noted 05/04/78 - on 17:25 Glasgow - Stranraer Harbour4 | ||||||
| 51034 | 79470 | 51049 | Noted 23rd May 1979 - 2 DMBS | ||||||
| 51042 | 79470 | 51020 | Noted 13th December 1979 | ||||||
| 51034 | 79470 | 51009 | Noted 11th June 1980 | ||||||
| 422 | 79088 | 79470 | Listed at AY - 01/02/81 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Phil Shatford
Images:
April 1957
Part-built Swindon Inter-City trailer first W79470 in the SNCF testing shop at Vitry-sur-Siene (in the southeastern suburbs of Paris). It spent a week there (9th - 16th April 1957) undergoing strength and stress testing. Image one of five that accompanied the official report. SNCF.
April 1957
Strength / stress testing underway in part-built Swindon Inter-City trailer first W79470 in the SNCF testing shop at Vitry-sur-Siene in April 1957. Image two of five that accompanied the official report. SNCF.
April 1957
Strength / stress testing underway in part-built Swindon Inter-City trailer first W79470 in the SNCF testing shop at Vitry-sur-Siene in April 1957. The hydraulics are applying pressure to the coupling area of the headstock. Image three of five that accompanied the official report. The tests proved the soundness of the design which would evolve into the Mk2 coach. SNCF.
April 1957
Strength / stress testing underway in part-built Swindon Inter-City trailer first W79470 in the SNCF testing shop at Vitry-sur-Siene in April 1957. Image four of five that accompanied the official report, it shows pressure being applied to the vehicle end above where the gangway would be. SNCF.
April 1957
Inside part-built Swindon Inter-City trailer first W79470 in the SNCF testing shop at Vitry-sur-Siene in April 1957 where it underwent strength / stress testing. Image five of five that accompanied the official report. SNCF.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 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.