Vehicle 79666
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30202
Diagram: 642
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 79146 during the unknown period are:
| 11/02/56 | New to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| Jun-58 | Transferred to | 8E (Northwich) | |
| Oct-59 | Transferred to | Reddish | |
| 09/09/63 | Depot code change | 9C | |
| 4w/e 04/03/67 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) |
Then the allocations for 79666 are:
| Jun-67 | Withdrawn |
Disposal
Scrapped by EW Payne, on location at Bletchley depot
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79146 | 79666 | As delivered to 3E - 11th February 1956 | |||||||
| 79146 | 79666 | Noted March 1956 | |||||||
| 79186 | 79666 | Noted 01/08/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79132 | 79666 | Noted 07/04/67 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
Images:
Unknown date
The image is of 46501 with an engineers saloon but added as images of DMUs on Reddish Car Shops are rare, and Derby Lightweight trailer M79666 is seen to the right. Date unknown, it was allocated to the depot from 1959 to 1967, and this was probably circa 1965. Harvey Scowcroft / Nigel Valentine Collection.