Vehicle 79152
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: 30193
Diagram: 518
Allocations
| Sep-55 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 21/11/66 | Withdrawn from | 52J (South Gosforth) |
Notes
Whitsuntide 1956 - The 1956 Whitsuntide holiday traffic to Knaresborough saw Newcastle sets 79152/328/510 and 79153/329/511 sent to augment the Bradford diesels, which were all running as 4-car sets.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Heaton depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79152 | 79327 | 79402 | 79510 | As delivered to South Gosforth - September 1955 | |||||
| 79152 | 79328 | 79510 | Noted Whitsuntide 1956 - working from Bradford |
Images:
19th May 1962
E79152 at the front of the 11.35am Newcastle - Leeds City about to depart from York on May 19, 1962. This was one of the four-car sets, un-repainted since new as all vehicles still have the original lion over wheel crests. The cab front has had whiskers applied, and a dummy socket added for the jumper cables. There could be draft problems in the cab judging by the amount of papers shoved down the front of the drivers desk. Michael Mensing.