Vehicle 79192 / 79634
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
| 08/09/56 | New to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jun-57 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Oct-57 | On loan to | 1E (Bletchley) | - unpublished, assumed moved with 79187 |
| Nov-57 | Ex-loan back to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 4w/e 27/12/58 | Transferred to | 8C (Speke Junction) | |
| 5w/e 02/01/60 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) | - unpublished, assumed moved with 79187 |
| w/e 06/01/68 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | - unpublished, assumed moved with 79187 |
| Mar-69 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
| Apr-69 | Withdrawn from | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) |
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
79192 - original number
79634 - from 11/08/62 (conversion to trailer car)
Modifications
11/08/62 - Converted to DTCL - as 79634
Disposal
Scrapped by Arnott Young, Troon arrived 14/10/69 cut circa late 1969
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79187 | 79192 | As delivered to 9A - 8th September 1956 | |||||||
| 79901 | 79634 | Noted 22/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79901 | 79634 | Noted 23/10/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services as 7-car with 79190 + 79656 + 79136 and 79132 + 796721 | |||||||
| 79132 | 79634 | Noted 11/12/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79184 | 79634 | Noted 26/03/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79185 | 79634 | Noted 11/06/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79185 | 79634 | Noted 16/07/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 26th August 1956
Derby Lightweight power-twin M79187 + M79192 seen on 26 August 1956 standing outside Derby Loco Works roundhouse no.2. They are recorded as new on 8 September to 9A (Longsight). Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 30th April 1965
Derby Lightweight single car M79900 with trailer M79634 are seen stabled at Oxford Shed on the 30th of April 1965. The KDH Archive.