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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-63Depot code change9D
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30/11/68 Withdrawn from 14A (Cricklewood)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:

Inside a Class 112 DMU

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.

Class 112 DMU at

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.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

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.