Vehicle 79078
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: 592
Allocations
| 10/12/55 | New to | 26D (Bury) | |
| Sep-58 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
| 3w/e 28/02/65 | Transferred to | 9C (Reddish) | |
| 2w/e 18/03/67 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| 15/07/67 | Withdrawn from | 9A (Longsight) |
Notes
10/05/59 - Noted receiving attention in Horwich Works were M50440, 50495, 50772, 50805, 59148, 79078, 79080 and 79627.
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, Beighton
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79078 | 79628 | As delivered to 26D - 10th December 1955 |
Images:
Unknown date
Met-Camm "Lightweight" vehicles - including M79078 - on Buckley Wells depot at Bury, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.