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Vehicle 79118


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: 30235
Diagram: 633

Allocations

26/11/55 New to 12A (Carlisle Upperby) - on loan from 3E
Jan-57 Ex-loan back to 3E (Monument Lane)
Jun-57 Transferred to 12A (Carlisle Upperby)
Oct-57 Transferred to 3E (Monument Lane)
May-58 On loan to 1C (Watford)
Jul-58 On loan to 12B (Carlisle Upperby)
4w/e 27/12/58 Transferred to 12B (Carlisle Upperby)
22/02/69 Withdrawn from 12B (Carlisle Upperby)

Disposal

Scrapped by TW Ward, on location at Carlisle Upperby

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


79118 79639 As delivered to 12A - 26th November 1955 - on loan
79118 79639 Noted 21st January 1957
79118 79639 Noted 24th May 1958
79118 79662 Noted 12th November 1958

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 4th September 1956

A Derby Lightweight DMU in Workington station on 4 September 1956. This is not one of the original West Cumberland batch (split windscreens) - there were three of these later sets in the area at the time and this seems to be M79637 + M79118. Stuart Mackay Collection.