Vehicle 79049
Met-Camm Lightweight
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30190
Diagram: 591
Allocations
| 16/01/56 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 22/02/58 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 28/11/59 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 11/08/68 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Notes
3rd March 56 - A 6-car Southend Centenary train to Liverpool Street and return contained 79049 + 79265, 79050 + 79269 and 79051 + 79267.
09/05/56 - E79049 + E79265 were noted on a trial run at Parkeston Quay and Harwich Town.
19/04/70 - 51712, 51714, 51725, 79044, 79049, 79052, 79068, 79264 and 79281 noted at Cohen's, Kettering.
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering arrived 06/03/70 cut circa May 1970
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79049 | 79265 | As delivered to 32A - 16th January 1956 | |||||||
| 79049 | 79265 | 3rd March 56 - Part of 6-car Southend Centenary train to Liverpool Street and return | |||||||
| 79049 | 79265 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79049 | 79265 | Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 22/02/58 | |||||||
| 79049 | 79265 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 28/11/59 |
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 13th May 1956
Resting on a Sunday at the newly built DMU maintenance depot at Norwich is E79257, 13/5/56. The Metro Cammell Lightweight vehicle just visible on the right is E79049). Ron Hodge.