Vehicle 79647
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30236
Diagram: 509
Allocations
The London Midland Region didn't publish trailer car details until late in 1968. Although not 100% reliable, if it is assumed that the trailers remained with the same power cars, the allocations for 79126 during the unknown period are:
| 21/01/56 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| circa 1956 | Corrected | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Jun-58 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 5w/e 31/01/59 | Transferred to | 27F (Brunswick) | |
| 6w/e 11/07/59 | Transferred to | 8C (Speke Junction) | |
| Oct-59 | Transferred to | Reddish | |
| 09/09/63 | Depot code change | 9C | |
| 3w/e 28/02/65 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) |
Then the allocations for 79647 are:
| Feb-68 | Withdrawn |
Disposal
Scrapped by TW Ward, on location at Carlisle Upperby
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79126 | 79647 | As delivered to 3E - January 1956 | |||||||
| 79126 | 79647 | Noted March 1956 | |||||||
| 79177 | 79647 | Noted 13th May 1967 |
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