Vehicle 51685
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
| 01/08/59 | New 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| 30/11/68 | Withdrawn from | 14A (Cricklewood) |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 Steelbreaking & Dismantling Ltd, Chesterfield arrived 07/07/69 cut Jul-69 delivered from Rugby
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51685 | 51710 | As delivered to 26A - 1st August 1959 | |||||||
| 51685 | 51710 | Transfer to 14A - 4w/e 31/12/66 |
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Date: 7th August 1965
Rolls-Royce powered Cravens twin set M51706 + M51685 waits to leave Royton with the 13.45 (SO) departure to Manchester on 7 August 1965. The short line to Royton Junction on the Oldham Loop line closed on 16 April 1966. Scanned from a 6x9cm negative taken by Brian Barlow, copyright of the Industrial Railway Society. Kevin Lane Collection.