Vehicle 79023
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30126
Diagram: 504
Allocations
| Jan-55 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 4w/e 13/10/56 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 04/10/58 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 02/11/58 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 13/06/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 16/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Arnott Young, Parkgate
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79023 | 79615 | As delivered to 40A - January 1955 | |||||||
| 79023 | 79615 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79023 | 79615 | Noted 30/07/64 | |||||||
| 79023 | 79622 | Noted 21/08/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79023 | 79613 | Noted 25/05/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79023 | 79658 | Noted 07/10/1967 - North Norfolk Railway Limited The Fenlands Rambler. Attached to unspecified service train unit Cromer Beach to Norwich |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
Images:
Unknown date
E79023 is the DMBS in this Derby Lightweight set seen at Long Melford. Date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.
30th July 1964
79023 and 79615 at Ipswich on the 30th July 1964. Tim Stubbs.