Vehicle 79055

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

Notes

13th April 1956 - 79055/79271 and 79056/79272 arrived at Leith Central from the ER. They started running on the Guldane branch to train drivers.
21/07/1956 - E79055/79271 operated all passenger workings on the Crieff branch, other than the 6.00pm Stirling to Crieff, from 11th June to 21st July. The set ran empty from Perth North shed to Comrie in the morning and returned light at night after working the 6.03pm Gleneagles to Comrie. On July 22nd the set ran light to Leith Central.
8th August 1956 - 79056/79272 were noted on the 2.50pm Edinburgh Waverley - North Berwick and 3.55pm return. 79055/79271 was on the 6.00pm North Berwick - Waverley.

Disposal

Scrapped by Arnott Young, Parkgate

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

Images:

circa February 1956

An official Met-Camm image showing the production line of 79xxx 'Lighweight' vehicles at their Saltley Works. The lined vehicle to the right is E79055, allocated new to 32A Norwich on 28/02/56, so this was probably taken in early February 1956. Taken from a Met-Camm promotional publication. Metropolitan Cammell.

21st June 1956

79055 + 79271 at Comrie after arriving with the 6.03pm Gleneagles - Comrie service on June 21, 1956. Hamish Stevenson.

21st June 1956

79055 + 79271 at Comrie after arriving with the 6.03pm Gleneagles - Comrie service on June 21, 1956. It was one of two sets borrowed from the Eastern Region for trials, DMU services would not start in Scotland until January 1957. Hamish Stevenson.

circa August 1956

A Scottish Region publicity image showing a Met-Camm "Lightweight" DMU (E79055 and presumably E79271) in Corstorphine station. Image courtesy of AA McLean. British Railways.