Vehicle 79021
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30126
Diagram: 504
Allocations
| Jan-55 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | - Arrived Lincoln 24/01/55 |
| 4w/e 13/10/56 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 04/10/58 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 4w/e 01/11/58 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 13/06/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 19/05/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Notes
24/01/1955 - 79021/79613 were scheduled to leave Derby C&W Works at 11.30am an arrive at Lincoln loco at 1.16pm.
2nd February 1955 - 79021/79613 seen at Lincoln station after beginning operation of Lincoln - Skegness trains.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Norwich
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79021 | 79613 | As delivered to 40A - 24th January 1955 | |||||||
| 79021 | 79613 | Noted 2nd February 1955 | |||||||
| 79021 | 79613 | Noted Mid-1955 | |||||||
| 79021 | 79613 | Noted August 1956 |
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