Vehicle 79015
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: 30123
Diagram: 503
Allocations
| 15/01/55 | New to | 12A (Carlisle Upperby) | - Official listing date. Arrived Carlisle Dec-54. |
| 4w/e 16/07/55 | Transferred to | 12D (Workington) | |
| Oct-55 | Depot code change | 12C | |
| Apr-58 | Depot code change | 11B | |
| Jun-60 | Depot code change | 12F | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 12D | |
| w/e 12/09/64 | Transferred to | 9D (Newton Heath) | |
| 3w/e 28/02/65 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | |
| 03/02/68 | Withdrawn from | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Arnott Young, Dinsdale arrived 18/06/69 cut circa mid-69
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79015 | 79607 | 17th December 1954 - Unit scheduled to go from Derby Works to Carlisle. | |||||||
| 79015 | 79607 | As delivered to 12A - 15th January 1955 | |||||||
| 79015 | 79609 | Noted mid-Sep-67 - at Kilmarnock, 79015 in green 79609 in blue |
Images:
24th March 1963
Derby Lightweight DMU M79015 + M79607 with another set behind are seen in Carlisle Upperby depot on 24 March 1963. Stuart Mackay Collection.
25th June 1966
Carlisle Citadel station has always been a mecca for the railfan and even today, for the follower of the modern railway scene, remains so, with a good variety of motive power. On 25th June 1966 Wigan Spring's Branch's Stanier 'Black 5' 4-6-0 44873 blows off impatiently in the bay platform 5, with an English Electric Type 3 and 'Derby Lightweight' DMBS M79015 in the two centre roads. Photograph by Mike Blenkinsop. Gordon Edgar Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa November 1954
An official image (Derby Works negative 54/1070) during construction of the Derby Lightweight vehicles. Taken in late 1954 these are thought to be units destined for West Cumberland. The bogie in the foreground shows the sand containers for the sanding equipment that was initially fitted to the vehicles, two on the inner face and one on each side in the centre. They would only be used on one axle per bogie, as only one was powered, and sand would be fed to one side of the wheel at a time depending on the direction of travel. The final drive has an oil change date of 4.11.54 so this was probably taken soon afterwards. It is also marked No.16, and as two were fitted to each one wonders if this would be fitted to the eighth vehicle - M79015? British Railways.