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<- 79179 | 79180 | 79181 ->

Vehicle 79180


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

w/e 16/06/56 New to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
Oct-56 Transferred to 9A (Longsight)
May-57 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
Jul-57 Transferred to 3E (Monument Lane)
Nov-57 Transferred 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
6w/e 11/07/59 Transferred to 8C (Speke Junction)
Oct-59 Transferred to Reddish
09/09/63Depot code change9C
4w/e 04/02/67 Transferred to 12B (Carlisle Upperby)
Mar-69 Transferred to 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)
19/04/69 Withdrawn from 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)

Notes

May 1956 - 79177/80/1/7 were noted in Derby C&W Works ready for delivery circa late May / early June 1956.

Disposal

Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering arrived 09/07/70 cut circa late-1971

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


79180 79681 As delivered to 6G - w/e 16th June 1956
79180 79681 Noted November 1957

Images:

Derby lightweight at Aspatria

25th June 1968

A blue-liveried Derby Lightweight DMU led by M79180 departs from Aspatria station with a Carlisle - Whitehaven service on 25 June 1968. Michael Mensing.