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British Rail Classes 112 and 113
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company· from 1960· class of 25 two-car diesel multiple units built by Cravens
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Last train at Arkwright Street 2022606: David Hillas· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Class 112 and Class 113 DMUs used the standard Cravens body used on Class 105s but had a single Rolls-Royce C8NFLH engine rated at 238 hp (177 kW) per car, all of which formed into 'power twins' – two car sets with both vehicles powered. There were two batches built, the first 50 vehicles (25 sets) had standard mechanical transmission via a gearbox and were allocated the Class 112. The second batch of 50 cars (25 sets) had hydraulic transmissions, and became Class 113s.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 66 years ago, in 1960.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 9 years (1960–1969).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1960
- in service from
- 1960
- retired
- 1969
- status
- retired
- number built
- 25
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- operators
- British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- 177 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (1A)(A1)+(1A)(A1)
- formation
- Power-twin: DMBS, Driving Motor Brake Second-DMCL, Driving Motor Composite with lavatory
- length
- 17.4 m
- weight
- 30.5 t
- capacity
- 64 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970713, Wikipedia: British Rail Classes 112 and 113 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.