Vehicle 79035
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: 30177
Diagram: 504
Allocations
| 04/06/55 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 09/09/56 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 04/06/58 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 29/06/58 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 3w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 4w/e 28/11/59 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 16/10/66 | On loan to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 06/11/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 12/06/67 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Notes
early June 1955 - E79035 was on show in front of Festival Hall, London, as part of Aluminium Centenary Exhibition from 1st to 10th June.
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, Inverkeithing
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79035 | 79251 | As delivered to 32A - June 1955 | |||||||
| 79035 | 79251 | Noted July 1955 | |||||||
| 79035 | 79251 | Transfer to 30A - 09/09/56 | |||||||
| 79035 | 79251 | Noted 17th September 1956 | |||||||
| 79035 | 79251 | Noted 18th January 1958 | |||||||
| 79035 | 79251 | Noted June 1958 |
Images:
16th May 1955
E79035 being loaded into position at the Royal Festival Hall, prior to the Aluminium Centenary Exhibition, 16/5/55. The vehicle had yet to see passenger service. Also visible in the background is a London Underground vehicle. Lens of Sutton Collection/Chris Moxon Collection.
circa late May 1955
Derby Lightweight power car E79035 in display outside the Royal Festival Hall in London for the Aluminium Centenary Exhibition. To the right is a London Underground vehicle. The lack of flags on the flagpoles and scaffolding around the large signage suggests this was before the opening of the exhibition on the 1st June 1955. Stuart Mackay Collection.
July 1956
E79035 + E79251 rounds the curve at Wymondham South Junction on crew training from Dereham-Norwich Thorpe, July 1956. Russell Walker Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: July 1956
Wells-on-Sea (renamed Wells-next-the-Sea the following year) has 2-car Derby Lightweight E79251 & E79035 visiting for trial and and driver training purposes. Claud Class D16/3 4-4-0 No. 62564 awaits to take over the passenger train, July 1956. Russell Walker Collection.