Vehicle 79961

Waggon und Maschinenbau (WMD) Railbus

Builder: Waggon und Maschinenbau
Layout: Railbus
Length: 41ft
Coupling Code: None
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30482
Diagram: 611

Allocations

Disposal

Scrapped by Slag Reduction, Ickles

Images:

1st April 1958

Waggon und Maschinenbau 4-wheel diesel railbus E79961 at Stratford TMD - 01/04/1958. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

1st April 1958

A publicity image (negative RX216) showing a driver posing at the controls of new Waggon und Maschinenbau railbus E79961. Taken at Stratford Works on 1st April 1958. British Railways.

1st April 1958

A publicity image showing the interior of Waggon und Maschinenbau railbus E79961, taken at Stratford depot on 1/4/58. British Railways.

1st April 1958

A publicity image (negative RX213) of new Waggon und Maschinenbau railbus E79961. Taken at Stratford depot on 1 April 1958. British Railways.

21st March 1959

German railbus E79961 is seen in Witham station on March 21, 1959 with the 3.42pm service to Braintree. Michael Mensing.

Unknown date

Waggon und Maschinenbau railbus E79961 in platform 4 of Witham station, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Unknown date

Inside Waggon und Maschinenbau railbus E79961 in Witham station, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.

late 1966

Withdrawn German railbus E79961 at Derby in late 1966. It had spent a short spell on the Buxton line that year and would be scrapped soon afterwards - the only one of the five not to be preserved. The shunter in front is noted as being D2380. Stuart Mackay Collection.