Vehicle 79742
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| Feb-59 | Withdrawn from | 1C (Watford) |
Notes
18/05/56 - 79742/4/6 were running as a three-car train on the St.Albans branch.
24/03/59 - M50413 failed before leaving Watford shed and so M79742/5 were rustled up for its duties on the Belmont line. By the time the pair reached Harrow M79746 had been added.
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. | ||||||
| 79742 | 79744 | 79746 | Noted 18th May 1956 | ||||||
| 79740 | 79747 | 79742 | Noted 1st November 1957 |
Images:
15th March 1956
ACV railcar M79742 in Watford Junction station on 15 March 1956. This was originally number 1 when it began trials in 1952, renumbered when taken into BR ownership in January 1955. It would be allocated to 1C for its short BR career, withdrawal was in February 1959. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 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.