Vehicle 79066
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
| 15/05/56 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 16/06/69 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Bird Group, Long Marston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79066 | 79282 | As delivered to 32A - 15th May 1956 | |||||||
| 79066 | 79282 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79066 | 79281 | Noted 06/07/67 |
Images:
circa 1970
A row of withdrawn Met-Camm "Lightweight" vehicles with E79066 closest on Ipswich Loco Shed circa 1970. Tony Wilkins.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd May 1971
Following withdrawal from East Anglian branch line services, Metropolitan-Cammell 2-car units E79057-E79273 and E79066-E79270 and E79282 awaiting movement for scrap from 32B Ipswich shed, 2nd May 1971. Gordon Edgar.