Vehicle 79129
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30240
Diagram: 633
Allocations
| 18/02/56 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| w/e 02/01/60 | Transferred to | Reddish | |
| 09/09/63 | Depot code change | 9C | |
| 5w/e 08/04/67 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | |
| Mar-69 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
| 19/04/69 | Withdrawn from | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) |
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering arrived 07/07/70 cut circa mid-1971
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79129 | 79650 | As delivered to 3E - 18th February 1956 | |||||||
| 79129 | 79650 | Noted March 1956 |
Images:
circa 1957/8
Derby Lightweight DMBS M79129 stabled on its own at Monument Lane, seen from the station platform. Date unknown, it was allocated to the depot from new in February 1956 until May 1958 when it moved to Llandudno Junction. Note the jumper cables still in the sockets on the left side of the cab. Stuart Mackay Collection.
8th May 1968
M79129 at Keswick on 8th May 1968 with the 17.35 to Carlisle. Robert Thomas.