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<- 79291 | 79325 | 79326 ->

Vehicle 79325


Derby Lightweight

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30194
Diagram: 508

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-64Depot code change52J
3w/e 13/08/66 On loan to 64H (Leith Central) - NER list as 4w/e 13/08/66, ScR list as 4w/e 06/08/66
12/06/67 Withdrawn from 64H (Leith Central) - NER list as 4w/e 15/07/67

Notes

August 1956 - Six special DMU diagrams were in operation for the August '56 Bank holiday providing a half-hourly service between Bradford and Knaresborough. Four diagrams were the eight Bradford sets running as 4-cars, the other two were being Newcastle sets 79153/79328/79511 and 79154/79325/79510. On the 7th August one diagram was dropped.

Disposal

Scrapped by BR, Derby C&W Works

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


79150 79400 79325 79508 As delivered to South Gosforth - September 1955
79154 79325 79510 Noted August 1956 - working Bradford - Knaresborough, August Bank Holiday
79510 79325 79400 79512 Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 19/03/60

Images:

Inside a Derby lightweight

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.

Inside a Derby lightweight

circa September 1955

An official image (Derby Works negative 55/682) showing the guards compartment in E79325 circa September 1955. British Railways.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

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.