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Vehicle 79171


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: 30321
Diagram: 633

Allocations

2w/e 02/06/56 New to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
circa Sep-56 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
Sep-57 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
Oct-57 Transferred to 3E (Monument Lane)
4w/e 28/12/57 On loan to 39A (Gorton)
01/02/58Depot code change9HER to LMR boundary change. Vehicles transferred 1st February on loan then permanently on 23rd February
Apr-58Depot code change9G
Oct-59 Transferred to Reddish
09/09/63Depot code change9C
4w/e 04/03/67 Transferred to 12B (Carlisle Upperby)
Mar-69 Transferred to 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)
19/04/69 Withdrawn from 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)

Disposal

Scrapped by Arnott Young, Dalmuir arrived 07/10/69 cut circa late 1969

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


79171 79672 As delivered to 6G - June 1956
79171 79186 Noted 17th November 1956
79171 79672 Transfer to 39A - 4w/e 28/12/57
79171 79673 Noted 19/12/67 - at Preston1

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers

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