Vehicle 79744
ACV / BUT Lightweight Railcars
Builder: ACV / BUT
Layout: 4-Wheel Railcars
Length: 37ft
Coupling Code: Unique
Coupling Type: screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30174
Diagram: 506
Allocations
| 23/07/55 | New to | 1C (Watford) | |
| Feb-59 | Stored U. | 1C (Watford) | |
| Feb-59 | Withdrawn from | 1C (Watford) |
Notes
18/05/56 - 79742/4/6 were running as a three-car train on the St.Albans branch.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Derby C&W Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79744 | Noted 18th March 1956 - Working solo on St Albans branch | ||||||||
| 79742 | 79744 | 79746 | Noted 18th May 1956 | ||||||
| 79743 | 79746 | 79744 | Noted 1st November 1957 |
Images:
circa 1957
An image from the Derby Works Collection (negative 57/420) showing three of the ACV railcars: M79744, M79746 and M79745, presumably at their home depot of Watford circa spring 1957. British Railways.