Vehicle 79124
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: 30235
Diagram: 633
Allocations
| 07/01/56 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Jun-58 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Sep-58 | Transferred to | 1C (Watford) | |
| 4w/e 27/12/58 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | |
| w/e 02/01/60 | Transferred to | Reddish | |
| 09/09/63 | Depot code change | 9C | |
| 3w/e 28/02/65 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | |
| 30/11/68 | Withdrawn from | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) |
Notes
circa Mar-56 - 79124 / 79143 on short-term loan to Llandudno Junction for trails and training.
03/06/56 - The first of a series of Sunday excursions took M79124/79645, M79134/79655 and M79169/79670 from Birmingham New Street to Oxford. Outward journey was via Bletchley and return was via Northampton.
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, on location at Carlisle Upperby
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79124 | 79645 | As delivered to 3E - January 1956 | |||||||
| 79124 | 79645 | Noted January 1956 | |||||||
| 79124 | 79645 | Noted 3rd June 1956 |
Images:
15th June 1969
Withdrawn Derby Lightweights at Carlisle Upperby on 15th June 1969. The blue vehicle with the front corner removed (accident or disposal?) is thought to be M79124, the green vehicle on the left is likely M79009 or 79010. Both were cut up there the following month by TW Ward. Keith Long.