Vehicle 79510
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: 30192
Diagram: 502
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 | |
| 21/11/66 | Withdrawn |
Notes
Whitsuntide 1956 - The 1956 Whitsuntide holiday traffic to Knaresborough saw Newcastle sets 79152/328/510 and 79153/329/511 sent to augment the Bradford diesels, which were all running as 4-car sets.
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, Heaton depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79152 | 79327 | 79402 | 79510 | As delivered to South Gosforth - September 1955 | |||||
| 79152 | 79328 | 79510 | Noted Whitsuntide 1956 - working from Bradford | ||||||
| 79154 | 79325 | 79510 | Noted August 1956 - working Bradford - Knaresborough, August Bank Holiday | ||||||
| 79153 | 79326 | 79400 | 79510 | Noted 15th September 1956 - working 'The Pennine Diesel' AKA 'Little North Western' railtour | |||||
| 79510 | 79325 | 79400 | 79512 | Transfer to South Gosforth - 4w/e 19/03/60 |
Images:
15th September 1956
A 4-car Derby Lightweight set formed E79510 + E79326 + E79400 + E79153. Taken on the 15th September 1956 at Tebay, this was a joint RCTS / BR tour from Leeds named 'The Little North Western'. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 15th September 1956
The 'The Little North Western' - a joint RCTS / BR tour from Leeds - seen at Arnside on 15 September 1956. It was formed of E79153 + E79400 + E79326 + E79510. Stuart Mackay Collection.