AC Cars Railbus images
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circa January 1967
An AC Cars railbus travelling north at Leominster. This was not a normal operating area for them, the three crew in the front and no sign of passengers suggests an empty move. This is likely one of the Western Region vehicles on transfer to Scotland in January 1967. Of these three still had whiskers - 79975, 79976 and 79978. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1967
An AC Cars railbus in Grangemouth station in 1967. The KDH Archive.
Unknown Date
An AC Cars railbus heading out of Falkirk Grahamston. Date unknown. Stuart Rankin.
1967
W79975 in Falkirk. The image is undated, the vehicle moved to Scotland in January 1967 and was withdrawn by the end of the year. Stuart Rankin.
30th December 1967
Falkirk Grahamston on 30/12/1967 with AC Railbus W79977 awaiting departure for Grangemouth. John Clark.
Unknown Date
No details with this image, but this vehicle is in platform 1 of Stirling station, and the W prefix with yellow panel means this is 79977. Stuart Mackay Collection.
1967/8
An former Western Region AC Cars railbus, presumably 79978, at Falkirk Grahamston. Date unknown, but 1967 or 1968. Stuart Rankin.
20th January 1968
An unknown AC Cars vehicle (probably W79977) crosses the "other" Forth Bridge on 20th January 1968, only a few days before withdrawal. WS Sellar.
20th January 1968
AC Cars railbus W79977 at Larbert on 20 January 1968. It would be withdrawn two weeks later, just after the passenger services to Grangemouth ended. It was one of only two of the five vehicles to have a yellow panel on the cab fronts, slightly narrower than the one 79979. It was also easy to tell them apart as this one had a white roof dome. Stuart Mackay Collection.
27th January 1968
W79977 seen at Throsk on the 27th January 1968. WS Sellar.
27th January 1968
W79977 between Alloa Jct and Airth on 27/1/68. WS Sellar.
27th January 1968
The final day - 27th January 1968, and W79978 waits in Grangemouth station, and it would be the last railbus to operate in BR service. Hamish Stevenson Collection.
Unknown Date
Sc79979 at Craigentinny, now a grounded body. Date unknown. AA McLean.
Unknown Date
Sc79979 grounded at Craigentinny. Date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.
April 1969
Photographed in April 1969 W79977 lies at the south end of Millerhill Yard. It was withdrawn from service at the end of January 1968 when passenger services ended between Alloa and Falkirk / Grangemouth and was cut up on site by R B Hepburn in April 1969. John Clark.
10th August 1969
W79976 was built by AC Cars in 1958 and delivered to the Western Region for staff training in August of that year. Alongside classmates W79975, W79977 and W79978, it was put to work on the Kemble-Cirencester Town and Kemble-Tetbury branch lines from February 1959 until closure in April 1964. W79976 and W79975 were used on services between Yeovil Town and Yeovil Junction starting from December 1964. When Yeovil Town closed in October 1966 the services continued through to Yeovil Pen Mill but the railbuses soon found themselves displaced by larger DMUs. As with the other AC Cars railbuses, W79976 was transferred to Scotland in January 1967 and operated around Ayr, chiefly on the branch line to Kilmarnock. However it did not last long in service and in January 1968 it was officially withdrawn. This Agfachrome transparency I took at Ayr TMD on 10th August 1969. Following withdrawal from BR and storage at Ayr TMD it entered preservation. Gordon Edgar.
26th May 1974
Take the wheels off and there you have it, a mess van. SC79979 was resident in Craigentinny for a number of years. Seen on the 26th May 1974, on the left can be seen one of the Derby Lightweight vehicles that were also used there after withdrawal from passenger duties. 54A South Dock.
February 1977
SC79979 AC Cars Railbus Craigentinny February 1977. A sorry affair involved the recovery and removal of this unit to the Strathspey Railway in the early 80s where it was discovered to contain asbestos which was too costly to remove so it was taken to Glasgow for disposal. Alistair Ness.
February 1977
SC79979 AC Cars Railbus Craigentinny February 1977. A sorry affair involved the recovery and removal of this unit to the Strathspey Railway in the early 80s where it was discovered to contain asbestos which was too costly to remove so it was taken to Glasgow for disposal. Alistair Ness.