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Vehicle 79029


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

May-55 New to 40A (Lincoln)
10/04/57 Transferred to 39A (Gorton)
15/09/57 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
4w/e 13/06/59 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
5w/e 06/08/60 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
Nov-64 Transferred to 31A (Cambridge)
Oct-67 Reinstated 31A (Cambridge)
26/11/67 Withdrawn from 31A (Cambridge)

Disposal

Scrapped by Armytage, Sheepbridge arrived 18/06/69 cut 22/07/69

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


79029 79621 Noted Easter 1955
79029 79621 As delivered to 40A - May 1955
79029 79621 Noted August 1956
79029 79621 Transfer to 39A - April 1957
79029 79621 Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 05/10/57
79029 79621 Noted 02/09/67 - in Cambridge station1

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown

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