Vehicle 79030
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
| May-55 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 10/04/57 | Transferred to | 39A (Gorton) | |
| w/e 01/02/58 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 11/07/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 2w/e 23/06/62 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| Oct-64 | 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| 16/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |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:
| 79030 | 79622 | As delivered to 40A - May 1955 | |||||||
| 79030 | 79622 | Noted 9th May 1955 - Working BIF service between Birmingham (New St) & Castle Bromwich | |||||||
| 79030 | 79622 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79030 | 79622 | Transfer to 39A - April 1957 | |||||||
| 79030 | 79622 | Transfer to 32A - w/e 01/02/58 |
Images:
Unknown date
A Derby Lightweight DMU with DMBS E79030 closest (carrying the the tail lamp). Date unknown, taken at Melton Constable on the Midland & Great Northern Joint line, the lifted line to North Walsham on the left. Steve Davies Collection.