Vehicle 79654
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30241
Diagram: 509
Allocations
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 79133 during the unknown period are:
| 03/03/56 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Jun-58 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) |
Then the allocations for 79654 are:
| circa 1967 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | - unpublished, 79133 went to 32A |
| Mar-69 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
| 19/04/69 | Withdrawn from | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) |
Notes
11/07/1956 - 79132/79654 and 79170/79671 were noted at Peterborough on the 1.45pm to Birmingham via Rugby.
Disposal
Scrapped by Arnott Young, Old Kilpatrick arrived 13/10/69 cut circa late 1969
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79133 | 79654 | As delivered to 3E - 3rd March 1956 | |||||||
| 79132 | 79654 | Noted 11/07/56 | |||||||
| 79187 | 79654 | Noted 03/07/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79132 | 79654 | Noted 08/07/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
Images:
circa 1965
A London Midland Region publicity image (negative DL2488) showing the inside of a new shed a Bletchley circa 1965. It contains a Class 24 and two Derby Lightweights. The readable numbers are M79654 and M79653 both being allocated there. The former came from Llandudno Junction in January 1965 and the other from Redditch the previous month. British Railways.