Vehicle 79150
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: 30193
Diagram: 518
Allocations
| Sep-55 | 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 | |
| 21/11/66 | Withdrawn from | 52J (South Gosforth) |
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, South Gosforth depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79150 | 79400 | 79325 | 79508 | As delivered to South Gosforth - September 1955 | |||||
| 79150 | 79327 | 79402 | 79154 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 19/03/60 - ex-loan |
Images:
6th June 1959
E79150 at the rear of a train departing from York 6th June 1959. Keith Long.
15th August 1970
Derby Lightweight vehicles E79150 and E79402 at South Gosforth on 15 August 1970. Both vehicles were from the four-car NER sets and would be cut up at the depot in July 1971. At the rear of the siding is a blue Cravens vehicle. David Mant.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa September 1955
An official image (Derby Works negative 55/677) of a four-car Derby Lightweight DMU posing on the Wirksworth branch circa September 1955. Formed of 79508 + 79325 + 79400 + 79150 the set would be delivered to the North Eastern Region for Newcastle - Middlesbrough services. British Railways.
Date: circa September 1955
An official image (Derby Works negative 55/681) showing the guards van of E79325. Note the vehicle number above the end door. The adjacent vehicle, 79150 has 2 + 2 seating and no interior doors dividing the three saloons. British Railways.