Vehicle 79958
BCV / ECW Railbus
Builder: Bristol Commercial Vehicles /
Layout: Railbus
Length: 42ft
Coupling Code: None
Coupling Type: None
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30483
Diagram: 610
Allocations
| 4w/e 27/09/58 | New to | 60B (Aviemore) | |
| Mar-59 | Transferred to | 67B (Hurlford) | |
| 17/05/59 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 06/01/62 | Transferred to | 67D (Ardrossan) | |
| 08/06/62 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 03/12/62 | Transferred to | 60B (Aviemore) | |
| 04/03/63 | Transferred to | 63A (Perth) | |
| 01/04/63 | Transferred to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| 16/12/63 | Transferred to | 60B (Aviemore) | |
| 04/10/66 | Withdrawn from | 60B (Aviemore) |
Notes
mid-May 1959 - Sc79958/9 had arrived in Hamilton for driver training by mid-May 1959. The former had worked the first month of the Beith branch service - not devoid of failure and replaced by SC79979 (after it had spent several months on the Crieff branch). SC79959 had been on the Aviemore - Elgin line until replaced early in April by Sc79970. The other Park Royal SC79974 was at Ayr.
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, Inverkeithing
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79958 | Noted 09/06/1962 - Working Beith branch |
Images:
August 1958
Sc79958 outside the Eastern Coach Works in 1958. Phil Trotter Collection.
24th August 1958
Sc79958 at Stratford on August 24th 1958. It had been exhibited at Marylebone eight days earlier, and shortly afterwards went to Scotland under its own power (thanks to Evan Green-Hughes for the information). Stuart Mackay Collection.
8th March 1959
Sc79958 at Hurlford depot on the 8th March 1959. Bill Hamilton.
Unknown date
Sc79958 arrives at Lugton. It was working between here and Beith. Date unknown. Hamish Stevenson.
April 1962
Bristol Railbus Sc79958 in Beith Town Station, August 1962. Corriebob.
August 1962
SC79958 in Beith Town station, August 1962. Corriebob.
3rd December 1962
Sc79958 at Beith on the last day of services before closure, 3rd December 1962. WS Sellar.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: unknown
One of the Bristol railbuses (probably Sc79958) at Beith on Lugton - Beith workings. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: unknown
One of the Bristol railbuses (probably Sc79958) on Beith - Lugton workings arriving into Lugton. Hamish Stevenson.
Date: unknown
One of the Bristol railbuses (probably Sc79958) at Beith, it was working between here and Lugton. Hamish Stevenson.