Vehicle 79672
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30322
Diagram: 511
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 79171 during the unknown period are:
| 2w/e 02/06/56 | New to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| circa Sep-56 | Transferred to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Sep-57 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Oct-57 | Transferred to | 3E (Monument Lane) | |
| 4w/e 28/12/57 | On loan to | 39A (Gorton) | |
| 01/02/58 | Depot code change | 9H | ER to LMR boundary change. Vehicles transferred 1st February on loan then permanently on 23rd February |
| Apr-58 | Depot code change | 9G | |
| 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 79672 are:
| Mar-69 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | - from Upperby |
| Apr-69 | Withdrawn from | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) |
Notes
31st August 1957 - On show at Derby Works Open Day
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering arrived 09/07/70 cut circa mid-1972
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79171 | 79672 | As delivered to 6G - June 1956 | |||||||
| 79177 | 79672 | Noted 31st August 1957 | |||||||
| 79171 | 79672 | Transfer to 39A - 4w/e 28/12/57 | |||||||
| 79185 | 79672 | Noted 15/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79132 | 79672 | Noted 23/10/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services as 7-car with 79190 + 79656 + 79136 and 79901 + 796341 | |||||||
| 79135 | 79672 | Noted 02/03/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79186 | 79672 | Noted 11/06/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
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