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circa 1966
Derby lightweight DMU E79252 at Halesworth on the East Suffolk Line. A good view of the end of the adjacent power car. Note that the rectangular exhaust pipe does not meet the pipe on the other side above the gangway as many did. Phil Bevan.
15th April 1989
Test Coach Iris, 975010, at Walton on Thames on 15 April 1989. Taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
October 1967
A Derby Lightweight 2 car set awaits departure from March with an unrecorded working. John Clark.
October 1954
A still from a video clip showing a Derby Lightweight cab mock up during a parade in Derby to mark the 800th anniversary of its charter in October 1954. The full video can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL-kuVj5cq0 with this appearing around the 15 minute mark.
Note the glass panel on the side allowing a good view of the interior. The windscreens have the strengthening strips on the inside. Peter Preston.
1967
A Derby Lightweight DMU arrives at Keswick station in 1967. The closest car is one of the original West Cumberland batch. David Hawkings.
Summary
Description
- Single cars
- Four-car sets
Drivers Instructions
Numbering
Liveries
Operations
- West Cumberland
- Lincolnshire
- East Anglia
- North Eastern Region
- Buckingham - Banbury
- Manchester
Non-Passenger Use
- Special Saloon
- Ultrasonic Test Train
Images
Details about preserved Derby Lightweights can be found here.