Vehicle 79184
Derby Lightweight
Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Yellow Diamond
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30324
Diagram: 633
Allocations
| Jul-56 | New to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | - on loan from 9A |
| circa Sep-56 | Ex-loan back to | 9A (Longsight) | |
| Jun-57 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| Oct-57 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Upperby) | |
| Feb-58 | Depot code change | 12B | |
| circa Sep-58 | On loan to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-58 | On loan to | 8C (Speke Junction) | |
| Oct-58 | On loan to | 27F (Brunswick) | |
| 5w/e 31/01/59 | Transferred to | 8C (Speke Junction) | |
| 5w/e 02/01/60 | Transferred to | 6G (Llandudno Junction) | |
| 3w/e 31/01/65 | Transferred to | 1E (Bletchley) | |
| w/e 06/01/68 | Transferred to | 12B (Carlisle Upperby) | |
| Mar-69 | Transferred to | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) | |
| 19/04/69 | Withdrawn from | 12A (Carlisle Kingmoor) |
Notes
11/08/1956 - The 10.30am (SO) Prestatyn - Manchester Exchange and the 1.30pm (SO) Manchester Exchange - Llandudno were worked by 79136/77/84 (presumably with their trailers), this was the first recorded visit of North Wales sets to Manchester.
8th February 1957 - M79184 was noted heading north, possibly for trials on the Newcastle - Carlisle line.
Disposal
Scrapped by George Cohen Ltd, Kettering arrived 16/06/70 cut circa mid-1970
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 79184 | 79189 | As delivered to 6G - July 1956 - on loan from 9A | |||||||
| 79184 | 79635 | Noted 25/06/65 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79184 | 79633 | Noted 26/02/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79184 | 79634 | Noted 26/03/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79184 | 79635 | Noted 04/06/66 - on Bletchley-Cambridge services1 | |||||||
| 79184 | 79635 | Noted 12/08/68 - on 2P59 10:35 Carlisle - Barrow-in-Furness via Maryport2 |
Formation Sources
1: Roy Endersby
2: Alan N Walker
Images:
21st June 1970
BR blue 'Derby Lightweight' driving trailer M79184 awaiting the torch at George Cohen's scrapyard at Cransley near Kettering on 21st June 1970. A victim of the many branch lines axed in the 1960's and being non-standard 'Yellow Diamond' coupling code. Gordon Edgar.