Vehicle 51684
Class 112
Builder: Cravens
Layout: Low Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engine: Rolls Royce 238hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30533
Diagram: 602
Allocations
| 29/08/59 | New to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| 4w/e 31/12/60 | Transferred to | 9G (Gorton) | |
| 4w/e 04/03/61 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 10E (Accrington) | |
| 4w/e 31/12/66 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 30/11/68 | Withdrawn from | 14A (Cricklewood) |
Disposal
Scrapped by A King, Wymondham
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51684 | 51709 | As delivered to 26A - 29th August 1959 | |||||||
| 51684 | 51709 | Transfer to 14A - 4w/e 31/12/66 |
Images:
circa August 1959
The drivers compartment of DMBS M51684, taken at Darnall presumably when new in August 1959. It was one of the 100 Cravens power cars fitted with Rolls-Royce engines, and one of the 50 of these with mechanical transmission, later known as a Class 112. Delivered to Newton Heath, it would also spend time at Gorton, Accrington and Cricklewood before withdrawal in 1968 after just over nine years in service. Cravens.
circa August 1959
New Rolls-Royce powered Cravens power-twin M51684 and presumably M51709 circa August 1959. The image is matted as it was used in a company publicity advert. Cravens.
1969
A row of condemned Rolls-Royce powered Cravens cars at Wymondham in 1969. There are fifteen vehicles visible, M51684 being the closest. It was still in green, but more than half the others are in blue, with a variety of yellow end styles - for example the second vehicle has a yellow panel, the fourth has yellow cab doors. These would have been withdrawn from Cricklewood in November 1968, the vehicle seeing just nine years in traffic. They would be cut by Kings at Wymondham. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: circa 1963
The west end of Accrington carriage shed, with 51684 / 51709 nearest the camera, along with 2 113's, and probably 4 other 112's. Believed to be circa 1963, as the stationary steam loco that was used to heat carriages, and was kept in front of the building with the chimney, has gone, and all the vans are believed to be stored. Accrington shed closed to steam on 5th March 1961. It became 10E in 1963, and closed on 2nd October 1972. The depot was used for storage after this date, and was apparently demolished circa 1974-75. Andrew Dyson Collection.