Vehicle 79036
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: 30177
Diagram: 504
Allocations
| 28/05/55 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 15/07/55 | On loan to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 15/07/55 | On loan to | 37C (Hammerton Street) | |
| by 16/11/55 | Ex-loan back to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 16/09/56 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 04/06/58 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 29/06/58 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 3w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 01/11/59 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 16/10/66 | On loan to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 06/11/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | |
| 12/06/67 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Notes
14/05/68 - DB975010, SC79036 and SC79189 noted on York shed, all three being used for crew training and route learning.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Heaton depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79036 | 79252 | As delivered to 32A - June 1955 | |||||||
| 79033 | 79036 | Noted 16th July 1955 - In service in Leeds-Bradford area | |||||||
| 79036 | 79252 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79036 | 79252 | Noted 4th October 1956 | |||||||
| 79036 | 79252 | Noted 18th January 1958 | |||||||
| 79036 | 79252 | Noted June 1958 |
Images:
29th October 1966
An acquired slide showing Derby Lightweight E79036 in Edinburgh Waverley on 29th October 1966. It had moved to Leith from Norwich earlier in the month, the destination blind has not been changed and display Lowestoft. A GRC&W set is on the right. The KDH Archive.
May 1968
SC79036 + 79189 pass West Parade North Junction on the Scarborough line at Hull in May 1968. Officially withdrawn (from Leith Central in June 1967), they were in route learning use, possibly based at York. Seen at lunchtime on their return from the coast, these route learners were a regular feature in the Spring months for several years: they originated in West Yorkshire and took men over the route to Brid and Scarborough in preparation for the summer extras to the coastal resorts. Leonard Rogers.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 1957
A Derby Lightweight sits in the bay platform at Wickford Junction, circa early 1957 with a Southminster service. DTC E79252 is closest, presumably with DMBS E79036. They had been delivered to Norwich and transferred to Stratford in September 1956. On the left an EMU enters with a Down train, the Shenfield to Southend had just recently been electrified. British Railways.