Vehicle 79187
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: 30324
Diagram: 633
Allocations
| 08/09/56 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jun-57 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Oct-57 | On loan to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Nov-57 | Ex-loan back to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 4w/e 27/12/58 | Transferred to | 8C (Speke Junction) | |
| 4w/e 28/11/59 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) | |
| w/e 06/01/68 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | |
| 4w/e 08/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) |
Notes
May 1956 - 79177/80/1/7 were noted in Derby C&W Works ready for delivery circa late May / early June 1956.
Disposal
Scrapped by Arnott Young, Troon arrived 16/06/69 cut circa mid-1969
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79187 | 79192 | As delivered to 9A - 8th September 1956 | |||||||
| 79187 | 79654 | Noted 03/07/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79187 | 79190 | Noted 03/02/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79187 | 79656 | Noted 19/04/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79187 | 79635 | Noted 18/07/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
Images:
26th August 1956
Derby Lightweight power-twin M79187 + M79192 seen on 26 August 1956 standing outside Derby Loco Works roundhouse no.2. They are recorded as new on 8 September to 9A (Longsight). Stuart Mackay Collection.
23rd June 1964
My time at Derby Station was not very productive due to the very dull weather. There were however some interesting ex-works machines around such as this Derby built DMU. Also seen is a (probably new) Brush type 4. 23/6/64. David Christie.