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<- 79189 | 79190 | 79191 ->

Vehicle 79190


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: 30325
Diagram: 510

Allocations

Jul-56 New to 6G (Llandudno Junction) - on loan
circa Sep-56 Ex-loan back to 9A (Longsight)
Jun-57 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
Oct-57 Transferred to 12A (Carlisle Upperby)
Jan-58 On loan to 24E (Blackpool Central)
May-58 On loan to 26D (Bury)
Sep-58 On loan to 26A (Newton Heath)
Oct-58 On loan to 27F (Brunswick)
5w/e 31/01/59 Transferred to 8C (Speke Junction)
4w/e 28/11/59 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
w/e 25/01/65 Transferred to 1E (Bletchley)
Aug-66 On loan to 64H (Leith Central)
12/06/67 Withdrawn from 64H (Leith Central)

Notes

14/01/73 - 56294, 79189, 79190 and 79151 noted at Beighton Junction

Disposal

Scrapped by TW Ward, Beighton

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


79185 79190 As delivered to 6G - July 1956 - on loan from 9A
79176 79190 Noted 17th November 1956
79185 79190 Noted 17th January 1958
79131 79653 79190 Noted 16/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79132 79656 79190 Noted 30/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79131 79656 79190 Noted 23/08/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79136 79656 79190 Noted 23/10/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services as 7-car with 79901 + 79634 and 79132 + 796721
79136 79190 Noted 28/10/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79900 79190 Noted 27/11/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79187 79190 Noted 03/02/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79900 79190 Noted 12/03/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79900 79190 Noted 03/06/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1

Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby

Images:

Derby lightweight at York

Unknown date

Sc79190 and Sc79189 at York, date unknown. Note that two panes of glass are missing from the cab front. AA McLean.

Derby lightweight at Doncaster Works

March 1972

Withdrawn Derby Lightweight vehicles, including Sc79190 and Sc79189, at Doncaster Works in March 1972. Mel Smith.

Derby lightweight at Derby Litchurch Lane

19th August 1972

Derby Lightweight SC79190, taken at Derby Litchurch Lane on 19/8/72. Keith Gunner.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1969

Derby "Lightweight" DMU SC79189 (nearest camera) and SC79190 at York TMD - c.1969. 53A Models of Hull Collection.