Vehicle 79250 / 975013
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30178
Diagram: 505
Allocations
| 11/05/55 | New to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 09/09/56 | Transferred to | 30A (Stratford) | |
| 10/02/57 | Transferred to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 26/05/57 | Transferred to | 39A (Gorton) | |
| 15/09/57 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 3w/e 04/07/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | - Not noted on vehicle's record card |
| 4w/e 28/11/59 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | - Not noted on vehicle's record card |
| 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| 12/06/67 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
79250 - original number
975013 - from Jun-67 (departmental stock)
Department Use as TDB975013
Staff messroom, Craigentinny From 6/67 to 4/77.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Craigentinny Carriage Sidings
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79034 | 79250 | As delivered to 32A - June 1955 | |||||||
| 79034 | 79250 | Noted July 1955 | |||||||
| 79034 | 79250 | Transfer to 30A - 09/09/56 | |||||||
| 79034 | 79250 | Transfer to 40A - February 1957 | |||||||
| 79034 | 79250 | Transfer to 39A - 26/05/57 | |||||||
| 79034 | 79250 | Noted June 1957 | |||||||
| 79034 | 79250 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 05/10/57 | |||||||
| 79025 | 79250 | Noted 2nd July 1958 - Derby Road - Chessington South excursion | |||||||
| 79034 | 79250 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 28/11/59 | |||||||
| 79034 | 79250 | Noted 1st June 1963 |
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 29th November 1980
Former Derby Lightweight DTCL DB975014 is sandwiched between a BR Mk.I catering vehicle and a Swindon 'Intercity' power car at the Mayer Newman scrapyard at Snailwell on November 29th 1980. It appears to have blacked out windows and an unusual style of number. Apparently after withdrawal in 1967 it (along with similar car DB975013), was used as Staff Mess coaches. A contemporary report at the time (Pennine Railway Society who visited Ely in November 1980), suggested that DB975014 was the last remaining original BR Green liveried DMU car on BR. There seems to be some mystery with this particular car, as DB975013 appears in some Ian Allan DMU books under 'Departmentals' in the early 1970's, however there is no reference to DB975014. However, according to the website 'Departmentals.com' the car had spells at Dundee and Edinburgh Craigentinny Depots as a Staff Mess facility. Martyn Hilbert.