Vehicle 79263
Met-Camm Lightweight
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30191
Diagram: 593
Allocations
| 05/01/56 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 25/01/58 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 23/01/60 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 08/09/68 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Notes
05/01/56 - Two new sets - 79047/79263 and 79048/79624 - were noted passing through Coventry en-route from Metro-Cammell to Norwich via Peterborough E.R.
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering arrived 02/03/70 cut circa mid-1970
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79047 | 79263 | As delivered to 32A - 5th January 1956 | |||||||
| 79047 | 79263 | Noted 5th January 1956 - En route from Metro-Cammell to Norwich | |||||||
| 79047 | 79263 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79047 | 79263 | Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 25/01/58 | |||||||
| 79047 | 79263 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 23/01/60 | |||||||
| 79047 | 79263 | Noted 26/08/67 - at Thetford1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
Images:
circa January 1956
An official Met-Camm image (negative DZ134) showing a new 'Lightweight' 79xxx series DMU. Despite 'Bury' being displayed on the destination blind, this is an Eastern Region set, E79263 + E79047 which would be allocated new to Norwich on 5 January 1956. Courtesy of the Kevin Dowd Collection. Metropolitan Cammell.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa January 1956
An official Met-Camm image (negative DZ133) showing a new 'Lightweight' 79xxx series DMU formed of E79047 (displaying Cambridge on the destination blind) and E79263. They would be allocated new to Norwich on 5 January 1956. Courtesy of the Kevin Dowd Collection. Metropolitan Cammell.