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<- 79129 | 79130 | 79131 ->

Vehicle 79130


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: 30240
Diagram: 633

Allocations

03/03/56 New to 3E (Monument Lane)
Jun-58 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
w/e 02/01/60 Transferred to Reddish
09/09/63Depot code change9C
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 12B (Carlisle Upperby)
5w/e 08/04/67 Withdrawn from 12B (Carlisle Upperby)

Disposal

Scrapped by JR Miller, on location at Carlisle Upperby

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


79130 79651 As delivered to 3E - 3rd March 1956

Images:

Derby lightweight at Rhyl

23rd August 1959

Two Derby Lightweight twin sets, the closest M79130 and M79651, are seen to the West of Rhyl on August 23rd, 1959. Michael Mensing.