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<- 79190 | 79191 | 79192 ->

Vehicle 79191 / 79633


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 9A (Longsight)
Jun-57 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
Jan-58 On loan to 24E (Blackpool Central)
4w/e 29/11/58 Transferred to 8C (Speke Junction)
4w/e 29/11/58 On loan to 27F (Brunswick)
5w/e 31/01/59 Ex-loan back to 8C (Speke Junction)
5w/e 02/01/60 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
3w/e 31/01/65 Transferred to 1E (Bletchley) - unpublished, assumed moved with 79186
w/e 06/01/68 Transferred to 12B (Carlisle Upperby) - unpublished, assumed moved with 79186
Mar-69 Transferred to 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)
Apr-69 Withdrawn from 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)

Notes

16/07/1956 - M79186/79191 began driver training from Longsight and Manchester (London Road) on Monday 16th July 1956. They made two morning runs to Buxton via Stockport and Whaley Bridge, and an afternoon trip to Macclesfield (Hibel Road) via Cheadle Hume.

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

79191 - original number
79633 - from 4w/e 30/06/62 (conversion to trailer car)

Modifications

4w/e 30/06/62 - Converted to DTCL - as 79633

Disposal

Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering arrived 07/07/70 cut circa spring 1970

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


79186 79191 As delivered to 9A - July 1956
79186 79191 Noted 16th July 1956
79133 79633 Noted 15/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79184 79633 Noted 26/02/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79131 79633 Noted 12/06/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1

Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby

Images:

Derby lightweight at Claydon

4th September 1965

A Derby Lightweight twin arrives into Claydon station with an Oxford service on 4 September 1965. Closest seems to be M79633, originally built as power car M79191 then converted to a trailer in 1962. John Cosford.

Derby lightweight at Cohen&#039;s Kettering

1971

The remains (underframe and number panel) of Derby Lightweight 79633 at Cohen's Kettering yard, probably in 1971. It had been built as power car 79191 before conversion to a trailer in 1962. Behind, another vehicle awaits the chop. The grey material scattered all over the ground is blue asbestos. Tony Wilkins.