Vehicle 79623
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30127
Diagram: 505
Allocations
| May-55 | New to | 40A (Lincoln) | |
| 10/04/57 | Transferred to | 39A (Gorton) | |
| 4w/e 25/01/58 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| 4w/e 13/06/59 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 2w/e 23/06/62 | Transferred to | 32A (Norwich) | |
| Nov-64 | Transferred to | 31A (Cambridge) | |
| 16/06/68 | Withdrawn from | 31A (Cambridge) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Norwich
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79031 | 79623 | As delivered to 40A - May 1955 | |||||||
| 79031 | 79623 | Noted 9th May 1955 - Working BIF service between Birmingham (New St) & Castle Bromwich | |||||||
| 79031 | 79623 | Noted August 1956 | |||||||
| 79031 | 79623 | Transfer to 39A - April 1957 | |||||||
| 79031 | 79623 | Transfer to 32A - 4w/e 25/01/58 |
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The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1956
A Derby Lightweight DMU seen in Grantham station. Closest is DMBS E79031 with Cleethorpes on the destination blind, its partner is presumably E79623. The date is unknown, but likely 1956. The pair were delivered to Lincoln depot in May 1955 but went on loan to Bradford Hammerton Street soon after, remaining there most of the rest of the year. They spent 1956 back at Lincoln, then moved on to Gorton in April 1957. Mel Smith.