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Class 116 Derby Suburban

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Class 119 Gloucester RCW

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Class 122 Gloucester RCW

Class 123 Swindon Intercity

Class 124 Trans-Pennine

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Class 126 Swindon Intercity

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Class 129 Cravens DMLV

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Class 131 DPU (Ex-122)

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Derby Lightweight

The Derby Lightweight DMU's were the first major production DMU type built by British Railways. They were built at BR's Derby Works between 1954 and 1955. They were called 'Lightweights' because they used aluminium alloy in the body construction to save weight. This was to cause corrosion problems in later life. They were originally produced as 2 and 4 car units. Two single car units were converted from a two car unit a couple of years later. This is the subject of a separate page.

Bachmann produce an excellent RTR model of this class. Silver Fox Models offer a RTR version of this class as the 2 car BEMU or single car. In addition, Silver Fox Models also offer the single car version as Test Coach Iris or the 2 car version as Test Unit Gemini and Craftsman Models produced a conversion kit based on the Lima Class 117. DC Kits offered a kit of this class in various versions. MTK also offered a kit of this class as a 2 car unit and single car unit. Anbrico produced a kit of this class some years ago.