Vehicle 79253
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30178
Diagram: 505
Allocations
| Jun-55 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 13/10/56 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 3w/e 06/06/59 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 16/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Notes
circa Sep-68 - For filming the 1969 film 'The Virgin Soldiers' the cab end of withdrawn E79253 was converted to an open ended balcony observation car. See www.disused-stations.org.uk/features/virgin_soldiers/ for more details.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Norwich
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79037 | 79253 | As delivered to 32A - June 1955 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Noted July 1955 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Noted 4th October 1956 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Noted 25/11/56 - on Stratford depot | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Noted 16th March 1958 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 13/06/59 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Transfer to 31A - 7w/e 07/01/67 | |||||||
| 79058 | 79253 | Noted 26/08/67 - at Thetford1 | |||||||
| 79046 | 79253 | Noted 02/09/67 - in Cambridge station1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
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