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Vehicle 79026


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)
10/04/57 Transferred to 39A (Gorton)
Nov-57 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
4w/e 13/06/59 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
16/06/68 Withdrawn from 31A (Cambridge)

Disposal

Scrapped by A King, Norwich

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


79026 79618 As delivered to 40A - January 1955
79026 79618 Noted August 1956
79026 79618 Transfer to 39A - April 1957
79026 79618 Noted November 1957
79026 79621 Noted 07/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79026 79620 Noted 20/08/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1

Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby

Images:

Derby lightweight at Grantham

Unknown date

E79026 on the back of a Boston service seen at Grantham, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.