Derby Lightweight DMU images identified by Vehicle No.
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79684
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.
79900
July 1956
An official LMR publicity image of Derby Lightweight 'bubble car' M79900 circa July 1956, probably taken on the Wirksworth branch. This image was distributed with the press release advertising the Buckingham - Banbury branch experiment. British Railways.
July 1956
An official image (Derby Works negative 56/601) of M79900 at Derby C&W Works, circa July 1956. British Railways.
July 1956
An official image (Derby Works negative 56/602) of M79900 number two end at Derby C&W Works circa July 1956. British Railways.
July 1956
An official image (Derby Works negative 56/603) of the interior of M79900, circa July 1956. This is taken from the guards van (number two) end. British Railways.
July 1956
An official image (Derby Works negative 56/604) of the interior of M79900, circa July 1956. This is looking towards the guards van, with the sliding door into the van closed. British Railways.
July 1956
An official image (Derby Works negative 56/605) of the interior of M79900, circa July 1956. This is looking towards the guards van, with the sliding door into the van open. British Railways.
circa early August 1956
M79900 at Bletchley circa early August 1956 before the Buckingham-Banbury services started. Driver Bert Bennett is being instructed by Stan Smith while shedmaster E Dodd watches from the platform (wearing the trilby hat). Image by former Bletchley driver Arthur Grigg from his 1972 book 'In Railway Service' by kind permission of Graham Baker. AE Grigg.
circa early August 1956
M79900 departs from Bletchley on a driver training run circa early August 1956 before the Buckingham-Banbury services started. Bert Bennett is at the controls under the instruction of Stan Smith. To the right Baltic Tank 42487 waits to leave platform 2 with an Oxford service. Image by former Bletchley driver Arthur Grigg from his 1972 book 'In Railway Service' by kind permission of Graham Baker. AE Grigg.
6th April 1957
Derby Lightweight 'double ender' M79900 in Banbury Merton Street station on April 6, 1957. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown Date
British Railways (Derby Lightweight) single unit (DMBS) railcar M79900 at Banbury Merton Street station with a service for Buckingham - c.1958. Remarkably this railcar survives to this day, having been rebuilt as test coach "Iris", based at Bletchley and numbered 975010 in the departmental series. Its last years of service were with the Research Centre at Derby where it was again repainted into lined green livery. It is now preserved at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway. 53A Models of Hull Collection.
30th August 1958
Derby Lightweight railcar M79900 pauses at Buckingham up platform on 30 August 1958. Scanned from a negative taken by the late Doug Clayton, now the copyright of the Industrial Railway Society. Kevin Lane Collection.
6th August 1960
The two "double-ender" Derby Lightweights (M79900 and M79901) arrive into Brackley station with the 6.30pm Buckingham - Banbury service on 6 August 1960. Michael Mensing.
25th August 1960
M79900 sits in Banbury Merton Street station. It will depart on the 1.55pm to Buckingham. Michael Mensing.
25th August 1960
Derby Lightweight double-ender M79900 arrives at Banbury with the 12.30pm from Bletchley on 25 August 1960. Michael Mensing.
18th April 1964
Double-ender M79900 is seen south of Padbury (near Buckingham) with the 4.0pm Bletchley - Buckingham service on April 18, 1964. The small saloon immediately behind the van has been converted to a parcels area, the window has a wire mesh and a stack of parcels is visible. Michael Mensing.
18th April 1964
Derby Lightweight double-ender M79900 working the 4.35pm Buckingham - Bletchley service west of Winslow (near Buckingham) on April 18, 1964. Michael Mensing.
30th April 1965
Derby Lightweight single car M79900 with trailer M79634 are seen stabled at Oxford Shed on the 30th of April 1965. The KDH Archive.
May 1968
M79900 approaches West Parade North Junction on the Scarborough line at Hull in May 1968. The vehicle was in route learning use based at York. Seen at lunchtime on its return from the coast, these route learners were a regular feature in the Spring months for several years: they originated in West Yorkshire and took men over the route to Brid and Scarborough in preparation for the summer extras to the coastal resorts. Leonard Rogers.
79901
1960
Derby Lightweight "Double-Ender" 79901, thought to be at Buckingham. The photographer notes "it must be returning to Verney Junction and if it is only shuttling over that short length of the Banbury branch the rest must have already had its passenger service withdrawn." Taken in 1960. Adrian Vaughan.