Vehicle 79052
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: 591
Allocations
| 30/01/56 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 04/10/58 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 4w/e 20/02/60 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 08/09/68 | Withdrawn from | 32A (Norwich) |
Notes
19/04/70 - 51712, 51714, 51725, 79044, 79049, 79052, 79068, 79264 and 79281 noted at Cohen's, Kettering.
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79052 | 79268 | As delivered to 32A - 30th January 1956 | |||||||
| 79052 | 79268 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79052 | 79268 | Noted June 1958 - in the new shade of green | |||||||
| 79052 | 79268 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 20/02/60 | |||||||
| 79052 | 79268 | Noted June 1963 |
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Date: circa 1961
A Met-Camm Lightweight set formed of E79269 + E79052 at Birdbrook station in Essex. Undated, the set has revised lining and whiskers, and was likely taken in 1961 just before closure of the Colne Valley line. Steve Davies Collection.