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Vehicle 79963


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

23/04/58 New to 31A (Cambridge)
18/08/65 On loan to South Gosforth
22/09/65 Ex-loan back to 31A (Cambridge)
06/11/66 Withdrawn from 31A (Cambridge)

Notes

Jun-62 - E79963 fitted with an AEC engine at Stratford in June 1962.

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Images:

Wm railbus at Cambridge depot

7th June 1958

New W&M railbus E79963 in Cambridge depot on 7 June 1958, with another and a Derby Lightweight behind. Walter Burt.

Wm railbus at Wymondham

1967

E79963 and presumably E79960 at Wymondham. The vehicles are probably on their way to preservation on the North Norfolk Railway in 1967. The formation also includes a quad-art set. Steve Davies Collection.