Vehicle 51691

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

51691 was involved in the following incident:

18/08/60 - Ince Moss

Derailment involving Class 112

The 2.10pm Liverpool-Wigan, formed 51722 (leading) + 51691 and 51719 + 51701, was noted at St Helens to be missing the freewheel on 51691. The driver did not stop or isolate the final drive and continued to Wigan at reduced speed. After passing a 15mph speed restriction at Ince Moss the guard heard bumping noises underneath and applied the brake. The driver, unaware of any incident went to investigate. Oil was leaking the the engines on the rear three cars and the rear vehicle 51701 was completely derailed. A gearbox was found in the "4 foot" rearwards of the train and a freewheel lay nearby.

Disposal

Sold to Bird Group, Long Marston then sold to BSC Shotton

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Date: 15th February 1982

Class 112 DMBS 51692 at BSC Shotton on 15 February 1982. It had been bought, along with 51691, from Birds at Long Marston in the early 1970s for use as permanent way vehicles at the steelworks, and they would be painted into a grey livery. It looks like it had been out of use for some time in this image, and is believed to have been cut up on site at some point over the next couple of years. Steve Large.