Vehicle 79613
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30127
Diagram: 505
Allocations
| Jan-55 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | - Arrived Lincoln 24/01/55 |
| 4w/e 13/10/56 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 04/10/58 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 4w/e 01/11/58 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 13/06/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 5w/e 06/08/60 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| circa June 1965 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 19/05/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Notes
24/01/1955 - 79021/79613 were scheduled to leave Derby C&W Works at 11.30am an arrive at Lincoln loco at 1.16pm.
2nd February 1955 - 79021/79613 seen at Lincoln station after beginning operation of Lincoln - Skegness trains.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Norwich
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79021 | 79613 | As delivered to 40A - 24th January 1955 | |||||||
| 79021 | 79613 | Noted 2nd February 1955 | |||||||
| 79021 | 79613 | Noted Mid-1955 | |||||||
| 79021 | 79613 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79046 | 79613 | Transfer to 32A - Jul-60 | |||||||
| 79023 | 79613 | Noted 25/05/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
Images:
5th March 1960
Derby Lightweight DTCL E79613 at March 5th March 1960. Keith Long.