Vehicle 79963

Waggon und Maschinenbau (WMD) Railbus

Builder: Waggon und Maschinenbau
Layout: Railbus
Length: 41ft
Coupling Code: None
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: None
Lot Number: 30482
Diagram: 611

Allocations

Notes

Jun-62 - E79963 fitted with an AEC engine at Stratford in June 1962.

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Images:

7th June 1958

New W&M railbus E79963 in Cambridge depot on 7 June 1958, with another and a Derby Lightweight behind. Walter Burt.

5th May 1965

Waggon und Maschinenbau No. E79963 at Newcastle Central on 5 May 1965. The railbus had been sent north from Cambridge for trials on the Alston branch. It eventually returned to Cambridge, then entered preservation. Darren Kitson Collection.

circa March 1967

German railbus E79963 on Cambridge depot, from where it had been withdrawn in November 1966. The slide process date was March 1967. The second vehicle is likeley E79960, both would start a new life in preserved at the North Norfolk Railway, and are picture in image 14547 at Wymondham with the same Special being displayed on the destination blind. Stuart Mackay Collection.

1967

E79963 and presumably E79960 at Wymondham. The vehicles are probably on their way to preservation on the North Norfolk Railway in 1967. The formation also includes a quad-art set. Steve Davies Collection.