Vehicle 79050
Met-Camm Lightweight
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30190
Diagram: 591
Allocations
| 16/01/56 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 04/10/58 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 11/07/59 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 08/09/68 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Notes
3rd March 56 - A 6-car Southend Centenary train to Liverpool Street and return contained 79049 + 79265, 79050 + 79269 and 79051 + 79267.
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering arrived 02/03/70 cut circa spring 1970
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79050 | 79266 | As delivered to 32A - 16th January 1956 | |||||||
| 79050 | 79269 | Noted 3rd March 56 - Part of 6-car Southend Centenary train to Liverpool Street and return | |||||||
| 79050 | 79266 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79050 | 79266 | Noted June 1958 - in the new shade of green | |||||||
| 79050 | 79266 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 11/07/59 | |||||||
| 79050 | 79266 | Noted 9th August 1959 |
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa July 1956
An Eastern Region publicity image showing inside the new diesel maintenance depot at Norwich. The closest Met-Camm 'lightweight' vehicle is E79266, presumably paired with E79050. Behind it in the centre road is a Derby Lightweight driving trailer. Undated, circa July 1956. Image courtesy of the Chris Booth Collection. British Railways.