Vehicle 79256
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30178
Diagram: 505
Allocations
| Jul-55 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| Feb-60 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| Jul-60 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 05/08/67 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Notes
July 1955 - 79252/6/8/9 were stored at Bardney while power cars 79036 /79040 /79042 /79043 were on loan to Lincoln as they don't have first class accommodation.
Disposal
Scrapped by Arnott Young, Parkgate
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79040 | 79256 | As delivered to 32A - July 1955 | |||||||
| 79040 | 79256 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79040 | 79256 | Noted 9th August 1959 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79256 | Transfer to 31A - Feb-60 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79256 | Transfer to 32A - 5w/e 06/08/60 | |||||||
| 79040 | 79256 | Noted June 1963 | |||||||
| 79040 | 79256 | Noted 18/04/69 - at Parkgate and Rawmarsh (withdrawn)1 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
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