Vehicle 79045
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
| Aug-55 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 10/09/67 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Armytage, Sheepbridge arrived 17/06/69 cut 01/07/69
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79045 | 79261 | As delivered to 32A - August 1955 | |||||||
| 79045 | 79261 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79045 | 79261 | Noted 6th August 1961 | |||||||
| 79045 | 79261 | Noted 27/07/67 - in Doncaster Works yard1 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
Images:
1962
A British Railways publicity image showing two 2-car Derby Lightweight sets in Norwich Thorpe station in 1962. Displaying Sheringham on the destination blind, E79045 is paired with E79261 as the first set. British Railways.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 7th November 1967
A Derby Lightweight DMU is seen in the sidings at Cambridge on 7 November 1967. Closest is DTCL E79261, withdrawn a few weeks earlier after spending all of its short twelve year career allocated to Norwich depot. It seems to be coupled to E79043 rather than its regular partner E79045, all three were withdrawn on the same date - 10 September 1967. Stuart Mackay Collection.