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Vehicle 79192 / 79634


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

08/09/56 New to 9A (Longsight)
Jun-57 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
Oct-57 On loan to 1E (Bletchley) - unpublished, assumed moved with 79187
Nov-57 Ex-loan back to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
4w/e 27/12/58 Transferred to 8C (Speke Junction)
5w/e 02/01/60 Transferred to 6G (Llandudno Junction)
3w/e 31/01/65 Transferred to 1E (Bletchley) - unpublished, assumed moved with 79187
w/e 06/01/68 Transferred to 12B (Carlisle Upperby) - unpublished, assumed moved with 79187
Mar-69 Transferred to 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)
Apr-69 Withdrawn from 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

79192 - original number
79634 - from 11/08/62 (conversion to trailer car)

Modifications

11/08/62 - Converted to DTCL - as 79634

Disposal

Scrapped by Arnott Young, Troon arrived 14/10/69 cut circa late 1969

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


79187 79192 As delivered to 9A - 8th September 1956
79901 79634 Noted 22/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79901 79634 Noted 23/10/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services as 7-car with 79190 + 79656 + 79136 and 79132 + 796721
79132 79634 Noted 11/12/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79184 79634 Noted 26/03/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79185 79634 Noted 11/06/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1
79185 79634 Noted 16/07/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1

Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby

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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 26th August 1956

Derby Lightweight power-twin M79187 + M79192 seen on 26 August 1956 standing outside Derby Loco Works roundhouse no.2. They are recorded as new on 8 September to 9A (Longsight). Stuart Mackay Collection.

DMU

Date: 30th April 1965

Derby Lightweight single car M79900 with trailer M79634 are seen stabled at Oxford Shed on the 30th of April 1965. The KDH Archive.