Vehicle 79189
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: 30325
Diagram: 510
Allocations
| Jul-56 | New to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | - on loan from 9A |
| circa Sep-56 | Ex-loan back to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jun-57 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Oct-57 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Upperby) | |
| Feb-58 | Depot code change | 12B | |
| circa Sep-58 | On loan to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-58 | On loan to | 8C (Speke Junction) | |
| Oct-58 | On loan to | 27F (Brunswick) | |
| 5w/e 31/01/59 | Ex-loan back to | 8C (Speke Junction) | |
| 4 w/e 28/11/59 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) | |
| w/e 10/09/66 | Transferred to | 64H (Leith Central) | - LMR list as 5w/e 10/09/66, ScR as 4w/e 08/10/66. |
| 12/06/67 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) |
Notes
14/05/68 - DB975010, SC79036 and SC79189 noted on York shed, all three being used for crew training and route learning.
14/01/73 - 56294, 79189, 79190 and 79151 noted at Beighton Junction
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, Beighton
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79184 | 79189 | As delivered to 6G - July 1956 - on loan from 9A | |||||||
| 79186 | 79189 | Noted 21/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79186 | 79189 | Noted 31/05/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
Images:
circa 1969
Derby "Lightweight" DMU SC79189 (nearest camera) and SC79190 at York TMD - c.1969. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
circa 1970
BR Derby Lightweight (built 1956) low density DMCL SC79189 thought to be in store after withdrawal at Litchurch Lane, Derby - c.1970. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th May 1966
Bletchley allocated Derby Lightweight power twin M79186 + M79189 at Oxford on 15 May 1966. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: unknown
Sc79190 and Sc79189 at York, date unknown. Note that two panes of glass are missing from the cab front. AA McLean.
Date: May 1968
SC79036 + 79189 pass West Parade North Junction on the Scarborough line at Hull in May 1968. Officially withdrawn (from Leith Central in June 1967), they were in route learning use, possibly based at York. Seen at lunchtime on their return from the coast, these route learners were a regular feature in the Spring months for several years: they originated in West Yorkshire and took men over the route to Brid and Scarborough in preparation for the summer extras to the coastal resorts. Leonard Rogers.
Date: March 1972
Withdrawn Derby Lightweight vehicles, including Sc79190 and Sc79189, at Doncaster Works in March 1972. Mel Smith.