Vehicle 79329
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 | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| w/e 13/08/66 | On loan to | 64H (Leith Central) | - NER list as 4w/e 13/08/66, ScR list as 5w/e 10/09/66 |
| 12/06/67 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) | - NER list as 4w/e 15/07/67 |
Notes
Whitsuntide 1956 - The 1956 Whitsuntide holiday traffic to Knaresborough saw Newcastle sets 79152/328/510 and 79153/329/511 sent to augment the Bradford diesels, which were all running as 4-car sets.
Disposal
Scrapped by TJ Thomson, Stockton
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79154 | 79329 | 79404 | 79512 | As delivered to South Gosforth - September 1955 | |||||
| 79153 | 79329 | 79511 | Noted Whitsuntide 1956 - working from Bradford |
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