Vehicle 51706
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: 30534
Diagram: 603
Allocations
| 31/10/59 | New to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| 5w/e 04/02/61 | Transferred to | 24A (Accrington) | |
| 4w/e 30/12/61 | Transferred to | 26A (Newton Heath) | |
| Sep-63 | Depot code change | 9D | |
| 3w/e 30/04/66 | Transferred to | 10E (Accrington) | |
| 2w/e 12/11/66 | Transferred to | 14A (Cricklewood) | |
| 02/11/69 | Withdrawn from | 14A (Cricklewood) |
Disposal
Scrapped by Bird Group, Long Marston
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51681 | 51706 | As delivered to 26A - 31st October 1959 |
Images:
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.