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<- 79188 | 79189 | 79190 ->

Vehicle 79189


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: 30325
Diagram: 510

Allocations

Jul-56 New to 6G (Llandudno Junction) - on loan from 9A
circa Sep-56 Ex-loan back to 9A (Longsight)
Jun-57 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
Oct-57 Transferred to 12A (Carlisle Upperby)
Feb-58Depot code change12B
circa Sep-58 On loan to 26A (Newton Heath)
Sep-58 On loan to 8C (Speke Junction)
Oct-58 On loan to 27F (Brunswick)
5w/e 31/01/59 Ex-loan back to 8C (Speke Junction)
4 w/e 28/11/59 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
3w/e 31/01/65 Transferred to 1E (Bletchley)
w/e 10/09/66 Transferred to 64H (Leith Central) - LMR list as 5w/e 10/09/66, ScR as 4w/e 08/10/66.
12/06/67 Withdrawn from 64H (Leith Central)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.
14/01/73 - 56294, 79189, 79190 and 79151 noted at Beighton Junction

Disposal

Scrapped by TW Ward, Beighton

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


79184 79189 As delivered to 6G - July 1956 - on loan from 9A
79186 79189 Noted 21/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79186 79189 Noted 31/05/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1

Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby

Images:

Derby lightweight at

circa 1969

Derby "Lightweight" DMU SC79189 (nearest camera) and SC79190 at York TMD - c.1969. 53A Models of Hull Collection.

Derby lightweight at Litchurch Lane, Derby.

circa 1970

BR Derby Lightweight (built 1956) low density DMCL SC79189 thought to be in store after withdrawal at Litchurch Lane, Derby - c.1970. 53A Models of Hull Collection.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 15th May 1966

Bletchley allocated Derby Lightweight power twin M79186 + M79189 at Oxford on 15 May 1966. Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: unknown

Sc79190 and Sc79189 at York, date unknown. Note that two panes of glass are missing from the cab front. AA McLean.

DMU

Date: 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 Officially withdrawn (from Leith Central in June 1967), they were in route learning use, possibly based at York.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.

DMU

Date: March 1972

Withdrawn Derby Lightweight vehicles, including Sc79190 and Sc79189, at Doncaster Works in March 1972. Mel Smith.