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| 16/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |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:
Unknown date
E79026 on the back of a Boston service seen at Grantham, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.