Vehicle 79644
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30236
Diagram: 509
Allocations
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 79123 during the unknown period are:
| w/e 31/12/55 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| May-58 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Sep-58 | Transferred to | 8C (Speke Junction) | |
| Oct-59 | Transferred to | Reddish | |
| 09/09/63 | Depot code change | 9C | |
| 3w/e 28/02/65 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) |
Then the allocations for 79644 are:
| Mar-69 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
| 19/04/69 | Withdrawn from | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Arnott Young, Troon arrived 14/10/69 cut circa late 1969
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79123 | 79644 | As delivered to 3E - 31st December 1955 | |||||||
| 79123 | 79644 | Noted January 1956 |
Images:
circa 1956
M79644 at the front of a Derby Lightweight set at Kenilworth on a service for Leamington Spa Avenue, circa 1956. Walter Burt.