Vehicle 79144
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: 30201
Diagram: 633
Allocations
| 28/01/56 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Jun-58 | Transferred to | 8E (Northwich) | |
| Oct-59 | Transferred to | Reddish | |
| 09/09/63 | Depot code change | 9C | |
| 4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | |
| Mar-69 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
| 19/04/69 | Withdrawn from | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Arnott Young, Dalmuir arrived 07/10/69 cut circa late 1969
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79144 | 79664 | As delivered to 3E - 28th January 1956 | |||||||
| 79144 | 79664 | Noted March 1956 | |||||||
| 79144 | 79680 | Noted 11/04/67 - at Carlisle1 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: December 1957
79664 and 79144 are at the head of a Derby Lightweight formation with at least three sets seen at Aston late in December 1957. Michael Mensing.