Vehicle 79270
Met-Camm Lightweight
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30191
Diagram: 593
Allocations
| 14/02/56 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 16/06/69 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Bird Group, Long Marston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79054 | 79270 | As delivered to 32A - 14th February 1956 | |||||||
| 79054 | 79270 | Noted 1st March 56 - Part of centenary exhibition at Southend (Central) | |||||||
| 79054 | 79270 | Noted August 1956 |
Images:
circa 1958
Met-Cam "Lightweight" DTS E79270 heads a Dereham service at Kings Lynn - c.1958. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 2nd May 1971
Following withdrawal from East Anglian branch line services, Metropolitan-Cammell 2-car units E79057-E79273 and E79066-E79270 and E79282 awaiting movement for scrap from 32B Ipswich shed, 2nd May 1971. Gordon Edgar.