Swindon Inter-City 79xxx series 3/6-car DMUs
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12th April 1971
A Swindon 79xxx series "E&G" unit at Gogar on 12 April 1971, in the final weeks of them operating this service before being replaced by Class 27 operated push-pull sets. From a negative that is deteriorating. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date unknown
A pair of Swindon 79xxx series Inter-City DMUs. There were no details with the slide, the darkness suggests Glasgow Queen Street, the yellow panels mid/late 1960s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
79092
September 1958
A Swindon Inter-City DMU, W79092 closest, in Cardiff station in September 1958 with what is likely a service for Birmingham Snow Hill. Stuart Mackay Collection.
79083
Date unknown
A Swindon Inter-City DMU on Tyseley depot, date unknown. Intermediate DMBSL W79083 is closest, new in September 1956, it would move to the Scottish Region in late 1959.
Image taken by Peter Shoesmith. Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection.
79105
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 It had been withdrawn from Leith Central in 1972 and would be scrapped at Snailwell in 1983.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.