Vehicle 79191 / 79633
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 | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jun-57 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Jan-58 | On loan to | 24E (Blackpool Central) | |
| 4w/e 29/11/58 | Transferred to | 8C (Speke Junction) | |
| 4w/e 29/11/58 | On loan to | 27F (Brunswick) | |
| 5w/e 31/01/59 | Ex-loan back 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| 3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) | - unpublished, assumed moved with 79186 |
| w/e 06/01/68 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | - unpublished, assumed moved with 79186 |
| Mar-69 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
| Apr-69 | Withdrawn from | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) |
Notes
16/07/1956 - M79186/79191 began driver training from Longsight and Manchester (London Road) on Monday 16th July 1956. They made two morning runs to Buxton via Stockport and Whaley Bridge, and an afternoon trip to Macclesfield (Hibel Road) via Cheadle Hume.
The vehicle carried the following numbers:
79191 - original number
79633 - from 4w/e 30/06/62 (conversion to trailer car)
Modifications
4w/e 30/06/62 - Converted to DTCL - as 79633
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering arrived 07/07/70 cut circa spring 1970
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79186 | 79191 | As delivered to 9A - July 1956 | |||||||
| 79186 | 79191 | Noted 16th July 1956 | |||||||
| 79133 | 79633 | Noted 15/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79184 | 79633 | Noted 26/02/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79131 | 79633 | Noted 12/06/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
Images:
4th September 1965
A Derby Lightweight twin arrives into Claydon station with an Oxford service on 4 September 1965. Closest seems to be M79633, originally built as power car M79191 then converted to a trailer in 1962. John Cosford.
1971
The remains (underframe and number panel) of Derby Lightweight 79633 at Cohen's Kettering yard, probably in 1971. It had been built as power car 79191 before conversion to a trailer in 1962. Behind, another vehicle awaits the chop. The grey material scattered all over the ground is blue asbestos. Tony Wilkins.