Vehicle 79022
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30126
Diagram: 504
Allocations
| Jan-55 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 4w/e 13/10/56 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 04/10/58 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 4w/e 01/11/58 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 13/06/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 19/05/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Notes
24/01/1955 - 79022/79614 - test run on Wirksworth branch scheduled.
25/08/1956 - 79022/79614 noted passing on the main line at Barkston, August Bank Holiday Saturday 1956. It was working the regular SO diagram - 8.00am, 12.08pm and 4.15pm from Grantham and the 10.12am, 1.30pm and 6.30pm from Doncaster.
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Norwich
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79022 | 79614 | Noted 24th January 1955 | |||||||
| 79022 | 79614 | Noted 25/08/1956 | |||||||
| 79022 | 79614 | Noted 13/11/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
Images:
circa late summer 1955
A Lincoln - Cleethorpes service formed of Derby Lightweight vehicles E79022 + E79614 with a parcels van in tow at Barnetby station. Undated, the image appeared in the November 1955 British Railways staff magazine so was probably taken in late summer 1955. RE Vincent.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: January 1955
A Derby Works photo (negative 55/57) showing a new Eastern Region Derby Lightweight twin for Lincolnshire formed of E79614 + E79022 in January 1955. British Railways.