Vehicle 79259
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) | |
| 10/09/67 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
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.
12/05/56 - A private charter was organised by the father of an RCTS member from Ipswich via Bury St.Edmunds, Ely, Sleaford and Lincoln to Doncaster (for a tour of the works) using 79043/79259. On the return journey there were signs of possible overheating at Lincoln so 79062/79278 were provided for the rest of the journey.
18/08/72 - withdrawn vehicles 50775, 50780, 50813, 50816, 79059 and 79132 noted on Cambridge depot
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79043 | 79259 | As delivered to 32A - July 1955 | |||||||
| 79043 | 79259 | Noted 12th May 1956 | |||||||
| 79043 | 79259 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79043 | 79259 | Noted 22nd March 1958 | |||||||
| 79053 | 79259 | Noted June 1963 | |||||||
| 79043 | 79259 | Noted 05/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
Images:
1962
A Derby Lightweight DMU in Lieston station (Suffolk) in 1962. The closest vehicle appears to be E79259. Ian Dinmore/railarchive.org.uk.