Swindon Inter-City 79xxx series 3/6-car DMUs
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79100
Date unknown
A Swindon Inter-City DMU, in a 3+3 formation rather than a six-car, approaches Haymarket station. The rearmost car was noted as SC79100. Circa late 1950s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
6th April 1963
A Swindon Inter-City DMU at Bathgate on 6 April 1963. This wasn't the normal route for these sets, so possibly a diversion. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa 1961
A Scottish Region publicity image, negative 12218, showing a six-car Swindon Inter-City DMU comes of the Forth Bridge at North Queensferry, circa 1961.
Image courtesy of the AA McLean Collection. British Railways.
circa 1958
This undated view from the late 1950s shows an early Swindon 'Inter-City' DMU with the original paint finish and no train identification boxes. The train is passing Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road West Signal Box. Malvern Road station was on the GWR line from Honeybourne and was the second of 3 stations at Cheltenham, the others being St James (a terminus) and Cheltenham Spa (Lansdown) on the Birmingham - Bristol Line. Behind the signal can be seen the loco shed, a sub shed of Gloucester, the yards are full of freight wagond awaiting unloading or dispatch.
Image taken by Peter Shoesmith. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
Set Number: 605
18th July 1967
A mixed livery Swindon E&G DMU (set 605) approaches Falkirk Grahamston with the 11:30 Glasgow Queen Street - Waverley service on 18 July 1967.
At this time there was a half hourly service between the two cities, trains on the hour from each end were fast services via Falkirk High, normally taking 56 minutes. Services on the half hour were stoppers running via Falkirk Grahamston and normally taking 71 minutes.
Note the Park Royal railbus in the siding, likely 79971, in between services to Grangemouth. Stuart Mackay Collection.