Vehicle 79959
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
| 08/11/58 | New to | Leith Central | |
| 3w/e 20/12/58 | Transferred to | 60B (Aviemore) | |
| 19/05/59 | Transferred to | 66C (Hamilton) | |
| 06/01/62 | Transferred to | 67D (Ardrossan) | |
| 05/03/62 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 04/03/63 | Transferred to | 63A (Perth) | |
| 19/10/64 | Transferred to | 60B (Aviemore) | |
| 4w/e 31/12/65 | Transferred to | 60A (Inverness) | |
| 04/10/66 | Withdrawn from | 60A (Inverness) |
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
Images:
circa 1963
Bristol railbus SC79959 on Perth shed, circa 1963. Note how the panels to access the heater has been removed, the Wickham railbus behind is thought to be SC79967. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1963
A Wickham railbus, thought to be SC79967 - it had a slightly narrower yellow panel than the others, on Perth shed circa 1963 The Bristol railbus partially seen on the left is SC79959. Stuart Mackay Collection.