Class Derby Lightweight DMU

Single Car Unit M79900

M 79900 was also ADB975010 when used as a departmental test unit

My Archive Steam Photos from the 1960s

Those were the days!

The British Rail Derby Lightweight diesel multiple units (DMU), were the first such modern passenger traction trains to be mass produced for British Railways. The Derby Lightweight units were built at BR's Derby Works from 1954 to 1955. The Derby Lightweight  units were built in various formations, including 12 power-twin 2-car units, 84 power-trailer 2-car units, and four 4-car units. The two single car units were originally built as a two-car unit and one of them is illustrated below and used as a DMU single car unit.

Scenes of diesel multiple unit Derby Lightweight DMU M79900 (Driving Motor Brake Second (DMBS)) standing in Quorn and Woodhouse station with a Loughborough Central to Leicester North stations, Great Central Railway heritage weekend Gala 'Railways at Work' (GCR August 2023)

The interior of Derby Lightweight DMU coach M79900	View from rear cab at Loughborough Derby Lightweight DMU
The driving cab of Derby Lightweight DMU M79900	View from down the track from cab of Derby Lightweight DMU

 

M 79900 with a general view of Wirksworth station on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway (April 2018)
 

Derby Lightweight M79900 standing in Wirksworth station, Ecclesbourne Valley Railway (April 2018)

Class DL Diesel Railcar Driving Motor Brake Second (class) 79900 converted to a single car for working a rural branch line.

M 79900 was built at Derby Works in 1954 or 1956 ?

The iconic British Railways symbol on the side of Derby Lightweight car M79900 test car IRIS

My Archive Steam Photos from the 1960s

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Good trainspotting 'TRAINSPOTS' Good trainspotting and photographic locations  Barnetby Station, North Lincolnshire  *  Carlisle Station  *  Clapham Junction Station, London  *  Colton Junction, south of York  *  Crewe Station  *  Doncaster Station, South Yorkshire  * Hellifield station - Carlisle to Settle line * Lancaster station  * Newcastle Station  *  Northallerton Station  *  Nuneaton Station  *  Sheffield Station  *  Stratford Station, East London * Warrington Bank Quay station * Wigan North Western - WCML *  York Station

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