Vehicle 79068
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
| 22/05/56 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 4w/e 26/01/57 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 07/09/57 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 02/11/57 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 3w/e 16/05/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 3w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 19/01/69 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |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:
| 79068 | 79284 | As delivered to 40A - 22nd May 1956 | |||||||
| 79068 | 79284 | Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 26/01/57 | |||||||
| 79068 | 79284 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 07/09/57 | |||||||
| 79068 | 79284 | Transfer to 30A - 4w/e 02/11/57 | |||||||
| 79068 | 79284 | Noted 18th January 1958 | |||||||
| 79068 | 79284 | Noted 3rd June 1958 | |||||||
| 79068 | 79284 | Transfer to 31A - 4w/e 16/05/59 | |||||||
| 79068 | 79284 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 11/07/59 | |||||||
| 79068 | 79283 | Noted 26/08/67 - at Thetford1 |
Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
Images:
4th October 1958
A Met-Camm "Lightweight" DMU on a Norwich (City) - Melton Constable - Cromer service, location unknown, 4 October 1958. The number on the DMBS appears to read E79068. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown date
A Met-Camm Lightweight DMU with E79068 at the front, Kings Lynn on the destination blind, at Roundham Junction on the Ely to Norwich line. Date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.