Vehicle 79121
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
| 10/12/55 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Jun-58 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Sep-58 | Transferred to | 8C (Speke Junction) | |
| 5w/e 31/01/59 | Transferred to | 27F (Brunswick) | |
| 4w/e 28/02/59 | Transferred to | 8C (Speke Junction) | |
| Oct-59 | Transferred to | Reddish | |
| 09/09/63 | Depot code change | 9C | |
| 3w/e 28/02/65 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | |
| Mar-69 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
| 19/04/69 | Withdrawn from | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) |
Notes
10/12/55 - M79121/79642 was the first set at Monument Lane for the Birmingham (New Street - Lichfield (City) line, hoping to begin sometime in March after 14 2-car sets had been delivered. The pair arrived from Derby on the 10th December. The following week they ran practice runs between Lichfield (city) and Four Oaks (the terminus of the then regular service from New Street), and each day travelled from Monument Lane to Lichfield via Soho Junction and Walsall.
12/12/55 - After arriving at Monument Lane carriage shed for trials and crew training, 79121 + 79642 were due to run empty between Birmingham New Street and Lichfield City from the 12th to 17th December 1955.
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering arrived 09/07/70 cut circa mid-1971
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79121 | 79642 | As delivered to 3E - 10th December 1955 | |||||||
| 79121 | 79642 | Noted 10th December 1955 | |||||||
| 79121 | 79603 | Noted 19/12/67 - at Carnforth with 79018 + 796411 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
Images:
Unknown date
M79121 leads a twin set with 'Lichfield via Four Oaks' on the destination blind, seen in Birmingham New Street, date unknown. Stuart Mackay Collection.