Vehicle 79082
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
| 17/12/55 | 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| 15/07/67 | Withdrawn from | 9A (Longsight) |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
19/12/55 - 79082 + 79632 were noted passing though Coventry en-route from Metro-Cammell to London for official inspection. They returned the same evening to Birmingham, and later went on to Bury.
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, Beighton
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79082 | 79632 | As delivered to 26D - 17th December 1955 | |||||||
| 79082 | 79632 | Noted 19th December 1955 |
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 14th May 1962
M79626 and what seems to be M79082 at Derby on 14 May 1962. The two Met-Camm Lightweight vehicles are not multied together, they look ex-works and are likely in a train that will take them back to their home depot of Newton Heath. Stuart Mackay Collection.