Vehicle 79653
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30241
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 79132 during the unknown period are:
| 03/03/56 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Jun-58 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 4w/e 30/01/60 | Transferred to | Reddish | |
| 09/09/63 | Depot code change | 9C | |
| 4w/e 02/01/65 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) |
Then the allocations for 79653 are:
| circa 1967 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | - unpublished, 79132 went to 32A |
| P5/68 | Withdrawn from | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Arnott Young, Dinsdale arrived 16/06/69 cut circa mid-69
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79132 | 79653 | As delivered to 3E - 3rd March 1956 | |||||||
| 79131 | 79653 | Noted 02/03/65 | |||||||
| 79131 | 79653 | 79190 | Noted 16/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | ||||||
| 79185 | 79653 | Noted 23/08/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79901 | 79653 | Noted 30/12/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79131 | 79653 | Noted 31/05/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79136 | 79653 | Noted 05/07/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
Images:
circa 1957
A Derby Lightweight DMU in Sutton Coldfield station with a Lichfield C via Four Oaks service. Date unknown, closest is M79653 which was a Monument Lane vehicle from new in March 1956 till June 1958 so likely in that period. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1965
A London Midland Region publicity image (negative DL2488) showing the inside of a new shed a Bletchley circa 1965. It contains a Class 24 and two Derby Lightweights. The readable numbers are M79654 and M79653 both being allocated there. The former came from Llandudno Junction in January 1965 and the other from Redditch the previous month. British Railways.