Vehicle 79137
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: 527
Allocations
| 16/03/56 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 4w/e 26/12/59 | On loan to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| 4w/e 19/03/60 | Ex-loan back to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| w/e 19/06/65 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 16/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Armytage, Sheepbridge arrived 18/06/69 cut 19/08/69
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79137 | 79658 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 16th March 1956 | |||||||
| 79137 | 79658 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 19/03/60 | |||||||
| 79137 | 79658 | Noted 17/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79137 | 79658 | Noted 24/07/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79137 | 79618 | Noted 02/09/67 - in Cambridge station2 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
2: Gerald Brown
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