Vehicle 79680
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30322
Diagram: 511
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 79179 during the unknown period are:
| w/e 09/06/56 | New to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| circa Sep-56 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jun-57 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Jul-57 | On loan to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Aug-57 | Ex-loan back to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 4w/e 05/10/57 | Transferred to | 39A (Gorton) | |
| 01/02/58 | Depot code change | 9H | ER to LMR boundary change. Vehicles transferred 1st February on loan then permanently on 23rd February |
| Apr-58 | Depot code change | 9G | |
| Oct-59 | Transferred to | Reddish | |
| 09/09/63 | Depot code change | 9C | |
| 4w/e 04/02/67 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) |
Then the allocations for 79680 are:
| Feb-68 | Withdrawn |
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, on location at Carlisle Upperby
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79179 | 79680 | As delivered to 6G - w/e 9th June 1956 | |||||||
| 79179 | 79680 | Transfer to 39A - 4w/e 05/10/57 | |||||||
| 79144 | 79680 | Noted 11/04/67 - at Carlisle1 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
Images:
May 1967
M79680 leads a two-car Derby Lightweight DMU in May 1967 having just left the former Morecambe Promenade station. John Carter Collection.
15th June 1969
Derby Lightweight M79680 waiting scrapping at Carlisle Upperby on 15th June 1969. Keith Long.