Vehicle 79052
Met-Camm Lightweight
Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30190
Diagram: 591
Allocations
| 30/01/56 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 04/10/58 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 20/02/60 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 08/09/68 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Notes
19/04/70 - 51712, 51714, 51725, 79044, 79049, 79052, 79068, 79264 and 79281 noted at Cohen's, Kettering.
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79052 | 79268 | As delivered to 32A - 30th January 1956 | |||||||
| 79052 | 79268 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79052 | 79268 | Noted June 1958 - in the new shade of green | |||||||
| 79052 | 79268 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 20/02/60 | |||||||
| 79052 | 79268 | Noted June 1963 |
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A Met-Camm Lightweight set at Birdbrook station in Essex. Undated, the set has revised lining suggesting mid to late-1960s. The DMBS is 79052, the trailer seems to read 79268. Steve Davies Collection.