Vehicle 51701
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
| 17/10/59 | New to | 24A (Accrington) | |
| 4w/e 26/03/60 | Transferred to | 8C (Speke Junction) | |
| 5w/e 03/12/60 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| 5w/e 05/05/62 | Transferred to | 24A (Accrington) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 10E | |
| 3w/e 02/12/67 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 02/11/69 | Withdrawn from | 14A (Cricklewood) |
51701 was involved in the following incidents:
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.
08/02/61 - Royton Station, LMR
Collision involving Class 112 / Class 105
Info from Bill Read, Richard Greenwood, Peter Dawson
Two ECS Cravens twin-units collided at about 40mph with the buffer stops at Royton Station at 6.12am. 5 persons injured. More Details.
Disposal
Scrapped by Bird Group, Long Marston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51701 | 51726 | As delivered to 24A - 17th October 1959 | |||||||
| 51701 | 51726 | Transfer to 8C - 4w/e 26/03/60 | |||||||
| 51701 | 51719 | Transfer to 26A - Nov-60 |
Images:
8th February 1961
Taken soon after the accident at Royton on 8/2/61, 51701 on the left and its DMC hard against it. Richard Greenwood.
8th February 1961
M51701 embedded into 13-15 High Barn Street, Royton, on 8/2/61. Richard Greenwood.
8th February 1961
DMBS M51701 on the left and its DMC on the right, taken in High Barn Street, Royton, 8/2/61. Richard Greenwood.
8th February 1961
The badly damaged M51701 after the collision at Royton on 8/2/61. It would be repaired and returned to traffic. Richard Greenwood.
8th February 1961
M51701 in the rubble of 13-15 High Barn Street, Royton, on 8/2/61. Richard Greenwood.
8th February 1961
By midday on 8/2/61 a ramp had been built to the left to lift M51701 into Royton station. Richard Greenwood.
8th February 1961
M51701 is being slowly moved to the left towards the ramp that will take it up to Royton station, 8/2/61. Richard Greenwood.
8th February 1961
Cravens DMBS M51701 inside a house in High Barn Street, Royton, on February 8, 1961. Stuart Mackay Collection.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 8th February 1961
The DMC involved in the Royton accident on 8/2/61 after it had been pulled back from M51701. Richard Greenwood.