Vehicle 79684
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 79142 during the unknown period are:
| Jul-56 | New to | 26D (Bury) | |
| Sep-58 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
| 4w/e 02/01/65 | Transferred to | 9C (Reddish) | |
| 5w/e 08/04/67 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) |
Then the allocations for 79684 are:
| Feb-68 | Withdrawn |
Disposal
Scrapped by JR Miller, on location at Carlisle Upperby
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79142 | 79684 | Noted 18th June 1956 - On test, with BSK M9866 attached | |||||||
| 79142 | 79684 | As delivered to 26D - July 1956 |
Images:
circa June 1956
A Derby Works image (negative 56/429) showing Derby Lightweight construction work circa June 1956. The workers at the benches are working on electrical components, the first on a control box for the underframe that holds the BIS and fuses, at his feet are junction boxes for behind the drivers seat and the small boxes are air pressure switches for the final drives. Note under the desk by the second chap is a light box for testing the control wiring. Two vehicles are identifiable, M79684 which would be delivered to Bury in July 1956. Note the vehicle is lined but the drivers door is not (although it has had a PRIVATE transfer added), and still lacks seats inside. The DMBS it was to be built with was converted to one of the single cars for the Buckingham-Banbury service and one of these - M79900 - is seen behind it with Cresswell on the destination blind. British Railways.