Vehicle 79024
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) | |
| w/e 31/03/57 | Transferred to | 39A (Gorton) | |
| 4w/e 02/11/57 | 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) | |
| 16/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Notes
10th June 1955 - A 4-coach train composed of E79024/79616 and E79027/79619 was noted at Ipswich. At the time the new diesels were making three trips daily between Ipswich, Norwich and Yarmouth (Vauxhall).
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Norwich
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79024 | 79616 | As delivered to 40A - January 1955 | |||||||
| 79024 | 79616 | Noted 10th June 1955 | |||||||
| 79024 | 79616 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79024 | 79616 | Transfer to 39A - March 1957 | |||||||
| 79024 | 79616 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 02/11/1957 |
Images:
6th June 1960
A Cambridge allocated Derby Lightweight DMU with E79024 leading leaves Peterborough East for Peterborough North with the 11.50am service from Cambridge on Whit Monday, 6 June 1960. Michael Mensing.