Vehicle 79615
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30127
Diagram: 505
Allocations
| Jan-55 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 4w/e 13/10/56 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 04/10/58 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 02/11/58 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 13/06/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 16/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering arrived mid-1969 cut circa early 1970
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79023 | 79615 | As delivered to 40A - January 1955 | |||||||
| 79023 | 79615 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79023 | 79615 | Noted 30/07/64 | |||||||
| 79025 | 79615 | Noted 5th July 1965 | |||||||
| 79031 | 79615 | Noted 11/06/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79037 | 79615 | Noted 02/09/67 - in Cambridge station2 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
2: Gerald Brown
Images:
June 1966
Two 2-car Derby Lightweight sets at East Suffolk Junction in June 1966. Leading appears to be E79615 and it has Cambridge on the destination blind. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 30th July 1964
79023 and 79615 at Ipswich on the 30th July 1964. Tim Stubbs.