Vehicle 79745
ACV / BUT Lightweight Railcars
Builder: ACV / BUT
Layout: 4-Wheel Railcars
Length: 37ft
Coupling Code: Unique
Coupling Type: screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30175
Diagram: 506
Allocations
| 23/07/55 | New to | 1C (Watford) | |
| Feb-59 | Stored U. | 1C (Watford) | |
| Feb-59 | Withdrawn from | 1C (Watford) |
Notes
24/03/59 - M50413 failed before leaving Watford shed and so M79742/5 were rustled up for its duties on the Belmont line. By the time the pair reached Harrow M79746 had been added.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Derby C&W Works
Images:
23rd January 1960
An ACV railcar in Harrow and Wealdstone station on a rainy 23 January 1960. The three vehicles are thought to be M79745 + M79747 + M79742 which were the regular cars in use on the Belmont service at that time. Stuart Mackay Collection.
23rd January 1960
An ACV railcar in Harrow and Wealdstone station on a rainy 23 January 1960. The three vehicles are thought to be M79745 + M79747 + M79742 which were the regular cars in use on the Belmont service at that time. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1957
An image from the Derby Works Collection (negative 57/420) showing three of the ACV railcars: M79744, M79746 and M79745, presumably at their home depot of Watford circa spring 1957. British Railways.
Date: 23rd January 1960
An ACV railcar on the Belmont branch seen from Harrow and Wealdstone on a rainy 23 January 1960. The three vehicles are thought to be M79742 + M79747 + M79745 which were the regular cars in use on the Belmont service at that time. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 23rd January 1960
An ACV railcar in Belmont station on a rainy 23 January 1960. Closest is M79742, the other two are thought to be M79747 + M79745, the regular cars in use on the braqnch at that time. Stuart Mackay Collection.