Vehicle 79013
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30123
Diagram: 503
Allocations
| 15/01/55 | New to | 12A (Carlisle Upperby) | - Official listing, arrived Carlisle circa Dec-54. |
| Feb-58 | Depot code change | 12B | |
| w/e 12/09/64 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| 3w/e 28/02/65 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | |
| 4w/e 08/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) |
Notes
May 1956 - 79011, 79013 and 79037 noted in Derby C&W Works circa late May / early June 1956.
Disposal
Scrapped by Arnott Young, Troon arrived 16/06/69 cut circa mid-1969
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79013 | 79605 | As delivered to 12A - 15th January 1955 |
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Date: 6th March 1968
A Derby Lightweight DMU formed of M79606 and M79013 in Preston station with the 12:41 to Barrow-in-Furness on 6 March 1968. Both were withdrawn a few weeks later. Robert Thomas.