Vehicle 79027
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) | |
| 4w/e 28/12/57 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 13/06/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 16/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Notes
10th June 1955 - A 4-coach train composed of E79024/79616 and E79027/79619 was noted at Ipswich. At the time the new diesels were making three trips daily between Ipswich, Norwich and Yarmouth (Vauxhall).
Disposal
Scrapped by Armytage, Sheepbridge arrived 17/06/69 cut 12/07/69
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79027 | 79619 | As delivered to 40A - January 1955 | |||||||
| 79027 | 79619 | Noted 10th June 1955 | |||||||
| 79027 | 79619 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79027 | 79619 | Transfer to 39A - April 1957 | |||||||
| 79027 | 79619 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 28/12/1957 | |||||||
| 79027 | 79619 | Noted 6th August 1961 | |||||||
| 79027 | 79258 | Noted 03/09/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
No images of the vehicle available.
Do you have any you can add?