Vehicle 79328
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30194
Diagram: 508
Allocations
| Sep-55 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 4w/e 26/12/59 | On loan to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| 4w/e 19/03/60 | Ex-loan back to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 3w/e 13/08/66 | On loan to | 64H (Leith Central) | - NER list as 4w/e 13/08/66, ScR list as 4w/e 06/08/66 |
| 12/06/67 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) | - NER list as 4w/e 15/07/67 |
Notes
Whitsuntide 1956 - The 1956 Whitsuntide holiday traffic to Knaresborough saw Newcastle sets 79152/328/510 and 79153/329/511 sent to augment the Bradford diesels, which were all running as 4-car sets.
August 1956 - Six special DMU diagrams were in operation for the August '56 Bank holiday providing a half-hourly service between Bradford and Knaresborough. Four diagrams were the eight Bradford sets running as 4-cars, the other two were being Newcastle sets 79153/79328/79511 and 79154/79325/79510. On the 7th August one diagram was dropped.
Disposal
Scrapped by Arnott Young, Parkgate
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79153 | 79328 | 79403 | 79511 | As delivered to South Gosforth - 11th October 1955 | |||||
| 79152 | 79328 | 79510 | Noted Whitsuntide 1956 - working from Bradford | ||||||
| 79153 | 79328 | 79511 | Noted August 1956 - working Bradford - Knaresborough, August Bank Holiday. | ||||||
| 79508 | 79328 | 79401 | 79509 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 19/03/60 | |||||
| 79508 | 79328 | 79403 | 79511 | Noted 27/08/66 - on 12:30 Edinburgh Waverley - North Berwick |
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