Vehicle 79258
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30178
Diagram: 505
Allocations
| Jul-55 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 28/04/62 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 19/11/67 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Notes
July 1955 - 79252/6/8/9 were stored at Bardney while power cars 79036 /79040 /79042 /79043 were on loan to Lincoln as they don't have first class accommodation.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Norwich
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79042 | 79258 | As delivered to 32A - July 1955 | |||||||
| 79042 | 79258 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79027 | 79258 | Noted 03/09/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
Images:
circa late 1955
A Derby Lightweight at Ipswich circa late 1955. It appears to be E79258 and it is still a third class only vehicle, it would later be converted to a composite. British Railways.