Class swindon-79xxx DMU images
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April 1973
Withdrawn Class 126 units at Millerhill in April 1973 (SC79109 closest). Most of the withdrawn E&G Swindons, which is what we knew them as, ended up stored at Millerhill Yard before being taken south for Scrap. They then hung around in East Anglia for a quite a while as we kept stumbling across them when we were on trips at such unlikely places as Ely and Mistley awaiting devouring by Kings scrapyards in Norwich and Snailwell. Some also went to Swindon for cutting up and sat alongside the Westerns waiting their turn to go. Alistair Ness.
early 1974
Several rows of Swindon SC79xxx vehicles are seen stored at Millerhill in early 1974 when displaced from E&G duties by push-pull class 27s, and from their home at Leith Central when it closed in 1972. They would eventually make their way to Snailwell for scrapping. Murray Liston.
12th April 1974
Sc79102 in Polmadie shed on April 12, 1974. Withdrawn, it was there for component stripping, as were 79163 and 79167. Arnie Furniss.
circa 1975
Mess vehicle ADB975426 formed in the Bletchley TMD breakdown train. The fresh paint suggests this was soon after conversion circa 1975. Ian McDonald.
circa 1975
Withdrawn Swindon-built 79xxx vehicles at Ely circa 1975, Sc79164 closest, Sc79109 behind. John Law.
26th January 1975
Withdrawn Scottish Region DMU coaches no. Sc79089, Sc79100 & Sc79105, which used to work the Glasgow to Edinburgh services, await their fate outside Swindon Works, whilst on the right, Eastern Region Class 305 EMU no. 452 awaits overhaul before being returned to service. January 26th, 1975. Suthen Softy.
21st February 1976
E&G Swindon vehicles at Ely Station Yard on 21/2/76 awaiting movement for scrapping - it would be four years before they moved to Snailwell. Right to left are DMSL Sc79164 and DMBSLs Sc79109 and Sc79083. Bob Gregory.
1st May 1976
Rover's Returned. After spending many years in Scotland SC79105 has returned home. These units were built at Swindon Works and were always known as Inter-City Units, they dated from 1957. Taken on 1 May 1976. It had been withdrawn from Leith Central in 1972 and would be scrapped at Snailwell in 1983. Geoff Dowling.
3rd August 1976
Many of the 79xxx series Inter-City units were spread around the country after withdrawal as they slowly worked their way to Snailwell. Here DMS SC79164 and an 'leading' DMBS SC79109 are seen at Ely on 3/8/76. Ian Francis.
September 1976
Withdrawn Swindon Inter-City 79xxx vehicles stored at Ely while the await movement to Snailwell for disposal. September 1976. Alan Rintoul.
26th February 1977
Swindon Inter-City centre car SC79479 in Ayr station on 26-02-77. Built as a TF(L), it is now a TC(L). Vincent Haworth.
March 1977
An "intermediate" 79xxx series Swindon Inter-City DMU at Ely in March 1977, condemned and waiting to go to King's at Snailwell. Robert Forsythe.
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.
11th September 1977
Withdrawn Swindon Inter-City leading DMBSL SC79100 at Ely on 11 September 1977. It faces the rear end of an intermediate DMSL - possibly SC79164 - which has a condemned date of 11-72 painted on, there is also a paint date on the solebar of 25-8-67. Rob Edwards.
11th September 1977
Withdrawn Swindon Inter-City intermediate DMBSL SC79161 at Ely on 11 September 1977. It faces the rear end of another DMBSL. Rob Edwards.
11th September 1977
Withdrawn Swindon Inter-City intermediate DMBSL SC79162 at Ely on 11 September 1977. Rob Edwards.
18th May 1978
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Sc79088 in the leading vehicle of this long Swindon Inter-City formation arriving into Glasgow Central on May 18th, 1978. Rex Holt.
24th June 1978
BR Swindon Works built Class 126 DMSL SC79164 is seen dumped in Ely Station Goods Yard on the 24th June 1978. Withdrawn from use by BR Scottish Region in October 1972 she would spend several years stored at Ely before being scrapped at the nearby Mayer Parry yard, Snailwell, Cambridgeshire in December 1981. Bob Woolnough.
24th June 1978
Stored in Ely Goods Yard, Cambridgeshire on the 24th June 1978 CL126 DMBS SC79157 had already been out of service for nearly 6 years. Some stripping of the vehicle had been undertaken but the presence of Asbestos Insulation has so far left it fairly intact. Operational from February 1957 until October 1972 she had called Leith Central MPD in Edinburgh home for all her service life as can be seen by the 64H shed code still clearly stencilled on her drivers side sole bar. Eventually towed to Mayer Newmans Yard at Snailwell she had been scrapped by June 1983. Bob Woolnough.
24th June 1978
My previous image of a Class 126 having been an corridor connection equipped DMBS version, SC79157, this image portrays an outer unit DMBSL vehicle SC79100 complete with a standard drivers cab, guards van and toilet. She spent her working life, September 1956 to October 1972, at Leith Central MPD, Edinburgh before being dragged to Ely en route for storage and eventual disposal at the local Mayer Newman's Yard and had been dispatched through their firing tunnel at Snailwell by August 1983. Bob Woolnough.