Vehicle 79131
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) | |
| May-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 | 1C (Watford) | |
| 3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) | |
| w/e 06/01/68 | Withdrawn from | 1E (Bletchley) |
Disposal
Scrapped by EW Payne, on location at Bletchley depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79131 | 79652 | As delivered to 3E - 3rd March 1956 | |||||||
| 79131 | 79653 | Noted 02/03/65 | |||||||
| 79131 | 79653 | 79190 | Noted 16/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | ||||||
| 79131 | 79663 | Noted 26/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79131 | 79656 | 79190 | Noted 23/08/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | ||||||
| 79900 | 79131 | 79656 | Noted 02/09/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | ||||||
| 79131 | 79657 | Noted 01/04/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79131 | 79653 | Noted 31/05/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79131 | 79633 | Noted 12/06/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79131 | 79657 | Noted 11/10/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
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