Vehicle 79325
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30194
Diagram: 508
Allocations
| Sep-55 | New to | South Gosforth | |
| 4w/e 26/12/59 | On loan to | 88A (Cardiff Cathays) | |
| 4w/e 19/03/60 | Ex-loan back to | South Gosforth | |
| Feb-64 | Depot code change | 52J | |
| 3w/e 13/08/66 | On loan to | 64H (Leith Central) | - NER list as 4w/e 13/08/66, ScR list as 4w/e 06/08/66 |
| 12/06/67 | Withdrawn from | 64H (Leith Central) | - NER list as 4w/e 15/07/67 |
Notes
August 1956 - Six special DMU diagrams were in operation for the August '56 Bank holiday providing a half-hourly service between Bradford and Knaresborough. Four diagrams were the eight Bradford sets running as 4-cars, the other two were being Newcastle sets 79153/79328/79511 and 79154/79325/79510. On the 7th August one diagram was dropped.
Disposal
Scrapped by BR, Derby C&W Works
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79150 | 79400 | 79325 | 79508 | As delivered to South Gosforth - September 1955 | |||||
| 79154 | 79325 | 79510 | Noted August 1956 - working Bradford - Knaresborough, August Bank Holiday | ||||||
| 79510 | 79325 | 79400 | 79512 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 19/03/60 |
Images:
circa September 1955
An official image (Derby Works negative 55/681) showing the guards van of E79325. Note the vehicle number above the end door. The adjacent vehicle, 79150 has 2 + 2 seating and no interior doors dividing the three saloons. British Railways.
circa September 1955
An official image (Derby Works negative 55/682) showing the guards compartment in E79325 circa September 1955. British Railways.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa September 1955
An official image (Derby Works negative 55/677) of a four-car Derby Lightweight DMU posing on the Wirksworth branch circa September 1955. Formed of 79508 + 79325 + 79400 + 79150 the set would be delivered to the North Eastern Region for Newcastle - Middlesbrough services. British Railways.