Vehicle 79028
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) | |
| 15/09/57 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 13/06/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 3w/e 02/02/63 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| Dec-63 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 10/09/67 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 4w/e 04/11/67 | Reinstated | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 16/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering arrived 11/06/69 cut circa mid-1969
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79028 | 79620 | As delivered to 40A - January 1955 | |||||||
| 79028 | 79620 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79028 | 79620 | Transfer to 39A - April 1957 | |||||||
| 79028 | 79620 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 05/10/57 | |||||||
| 79028 | 79620 | Transfer to 32A - 3w/e 02/02/63 | |||||||
| 79028 | 79619 | Noted 22/02/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
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