Vehicle 79740
ACV / BUT Lightweight Railcars
Builder: ACV / BUT
Layout: 4-Wheel Railcars
Length: 37ft
Coupling Code: Unique
Coupling Type: screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30128
Diagram: 500
Allocations
| 22/01/55 | New to | 1C (Watford) | - had been on loan to BR since 1952, now BR stock |
| Feb-59 | Stored U. | 1C (Watford) | |
| Feb-59 | Withdrawn from | 1C (Watford) |
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Derby C&W Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79740 | 79741 | 79742 | Noted circa/1955 - St Albans Abbey, working to Watford Junction | ||||||
| 79740 | 79741 | 79742 | Noted 19th March 1955 | ||||||
| 79740 | 79741 | 79742 | Noted 25th April 1955 - Unit reappeared on Harrow-Belmont service. | ||||||
| 79740 | 79747 | 79742 | Noted 1st November 1957 |
Images:
24th May 1954
A London Midland Region publicity image (negative DG499) showing the original three ACV/BUT railcar vehicles in Belmont station on 24 May 1954. Vehicles are 2 (later M79740), 3 (later M79741) and 1 (later M79742). Note the BUT plaque on the buffer beam. British Railways.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1952
An image from a British United Traction brochure showing the three 1952 built ACV railcars at South Howden station on the Hull & Barnsley line. These would be numbered 1, 3 and 2, later becoming 79742, 79741 and 79740 when taken into BR stock. This was an enhanced image, with details picked out by hand, not uncommon in publications at the time. British United Traction.
Date: circa 1952
This image of a 4-wheeled chassis, from a British United Traction brochure, is thought to be from one of the first three ACV railcars (power car 1 or 2, later 79742 or 79740) that would have a Park Royal body fitted. British United Traction.