Vehicle 79663
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30202
Diagram: 642
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 79143 during the unknown period are:
| 28/01/56 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 3w/e 21/4/56 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| May-57 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 8E (Northwich) | |
| Oct-59 | Transferred to | Reddish | |
| 09/09/63 | Depot code change | 9C | |
| Mar-67 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) |
Then the allocations for 79663 are:
| Jan-68 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | |
| P5/68 | Withdrawn from | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) |
Notes
Easter 1956 - During the Easter (Easter Sunday was 1st April) sets M79135/79656, M79136/79657, M79143/79663 and M79147/79667 were noted working in the North Wales area.
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, on location at Carlisle Upperby
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79143 | 79663 | As delivered to 3E - 28th January 1956 | |||||||
| 79143 | 79663 | Noted 16th February 1956 | |||||||
| 79143 | 79663 | Noted April 1956 - working in North Wales | |||||||
| 79135 | 79663 | Noted 21/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79131 | 79663 | Noted 26/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79136 | 79663 | Noted 19/02/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79136 | 79663 | Noted 26/02/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79135 | 79663 | Noted 22/07/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa September 1956
Derby Lightweight vehicles M79143 + M79656 are shown in this Derby Works image (negative 56/931) circa September 1956 presumably on the Wirksworth Branch as these often were. Neither vehicle is new, and it's a non-original pairing. M79143 is believed to have been new to Monument Lane with M79663 where they spent a few weeks before moving to Llandudno Junction. M79656 is thought to have been new to Llandudno Junction with M79135, and the new date on the end of the vehicle can be read as 14-5-56. British Railways.