Vehicle 79037
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: 30177
Diagram: 504
Allocations
| Jun-55 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 13/10/56 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 3w/e 06/06/59 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| Feb-60 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| Jul-60 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| w/e 07/01/67 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 19/05/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Notes
May 1956 - 79011, 79013 and 79037 noted in Derby C&W Works circa late May / early June 1956.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Norwich
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79037 | 79253 | As delivered to 32A - June 1955 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Noted July 1955 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Noted 4th October 1956 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Noted 25/11/56 - on Stratford depot | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Noted 16th March 1958 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 13/06/59 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79256 | Transfer to 31A - Feb-60 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79256 | Transfer to 32A - 5w/e 06/08/60 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79253 | Transfer to 31A - 7w/e 07/01/67 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79615 | Noted 02/09/67 - in Cambridge station1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
Images:
Unknown date
DMBS E79037 on the rear of a Derby Lightweight two-car DMU heading for Norwich, date and location unknown, but possibly at Fakenham (East) station. Steve Davies Collection.