Vehicle 79086
Swindon Inter-City 79xxx series
Builder: Swindon Works
Layout: Inter-City
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: White Circle
Coupling Type: Buckeye
Gangway Type: Pullman
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30196
Diagram: 550
Allocations
| 15/10/56 | New to | 64A (St Margarets) | - on loan from WR |
| Apr-57 | Ex-loan back to | Swindon | |
| Sep-59 | On loan to | Leith Central | |
| w/e 31/10/59 | On loan to | 67C (Ayr) | |
| 31/12/61 | Transferred to | 67C (Ayr) | - Previously on loan to ScR now permanently transferred |
| 2w/e 12/05/62 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 19/10/72 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Notes
09/04/77 - withdrawn vehicles in Ely Yard: 56303, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164
11/09/77 - Withdrawn vehicles noted at Ely awaiting movement to Snailwell: SC79083, 79086, 79089, 79100, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79109, 79156, 79157, 79158, 79161, 79162, 79164.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79086 | 79471 | 79093 | Transfer to Leith Central - 14/09/59 - from WR | ||||||
| 79085 | 79086 | Noted 26/02/60 | |||||||
| 79084 | 79086 | Noted 02/05/60 | |||||||
| 79085 | 79086 | Noted 06/05/60 | |||||||
| 79083 | 79086 | Noted 09/07/60 | |||||||
| 79085 | 79086 | Noted 28/12/60 | |||||||
| 79088 | 79157 | 79481 | 79164 | 79086 | Listed at 64H - 10/06/71 |
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 6th August 1978
Withdrawn Swindon Inter-City DMUs at Ely on 6 August 1978. They were a common sight there for several years as they awaited movement to Snailwell for disposal. On the left is SC79164, in the centre seems to be SC79086 or SC79089. Derek Hoskins.