The career of D5168/25018 was a couple of weeks short of fifteen years with the vast majority spent allocated to Eastern Region depots apart from a short period on the Scottish Region.
Built: BR Darlington Locomotive Works.
Circular gauge added to fuel tank (1967?)
Final exhaust roof panel: raised 'L' shape.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: ?? months.
Time between withdrawal and scrapping: 20 months.
Allocations
D5168 was new to Thornaby (51L) on December 1st 1961. Further transfers were:
July 1967 to Gateshead (52A).
November 1967 to Thornaby (51L).
November 1967 to Holbeck (55A).
May 1970 to Thornaby (51L).
November 1970 to Holbeck (55A).
October 1971 to Gateshead (52A).
April 1972 to Holbeck (55A).
October 1972 to Tinsley (41A).
October 1973 to Holbeck.
March 1974 to Tinsley.
February 1976 to Eastfield.
November 18th 1976 stored unserviceable.
Withdrawn November 22nd 1976.
Renumbered February 1974.
25018 was the 14th Class 25 to be withdrawn.
After withdrawal 25018 was stored at Ayr from November 1976 until August 5th 1977 when it was moved to Glasgow Works, being broken up there during July 1978.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Darlington Works October 1962.
Noted Derby Works January 1965?
Noted Derby Works June 1967 (repainted blue/yellow livery?).
Noted Derby Works August & September 1970.
Noted Derby Works December 1972 - January 1973.
Highlights
1962
1963
Condition no month: green livery with small yellow warning panels, curved upper corners, bottom of panel only partially coveres frame level stripe; gangway doors in place, engine exhaust in original location, no blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds in place, ridge sided sandboxes, three rung bogie mounted footsteps.
On June 3rd D5168 was noted southbound at Darlington with the 2Z86 comprised of seven passenger coaches.
1964
On Sunday March 15th noted at Thornaby shed were:
D5112, D5113, D5151, D5155, D5158, D5160, D5163, D5165, D5166, D5168, D5169, D5171, D5172, D5175 and D5183.
1966
On the afternoon of April 14th D5168 was at Reilly Mill with an up freight.
On the morning of April 15th D5168 was light engine at Doncaster.
On the evening of May 14th D5170 was stabled at Darlington shed.
On the morning of June 3rd D5168 was light engine at Darlington.
Noted at Darlington between 5.30pm & 6.30pm on July 6th were:
D5154: up freight
D5168: down light engine
D5163: up light engine
D5157: down light engine
D5166: down freight
1967
On the afternoon of July 25th D5168 was at Pelaw with an up freight.
1968
On the afternoon of May 11th D5168 was at Leeds City, it would later taken up three coaches as the Bradford portion of the northbound Devonian (1N37).
On the afternoon of June 8th D5168 & 92167 were noted at Leeds City with the 5N28 Heysham - Neville Hill oil tanks.
1969
5168 worked the 09.08 Bradford - Poole as far as Huddersfield on July 12th.
On the morning of December 17th 5168 was at Dringhouses with a down parcels (6E01).
1970
On November 11th 5168 worked the 7E77 Nottingham - Lincoln, returning light engine to Nottingham.
1971
The recorded passenger workings for D5168/25018 were few, the first recorded took place on July 3rd 1971 working a ten coach Scarborough - Manchester Victoria throughout.
1973
On the evening of January 30th 5168 was light engine at York station (8N67).
On the evening of March 6th 5168 was light engine at York station (0L03).
A rescue job on April 19th saw 5168 take a relief Cardiff - Newcastle forward from somewhere south of Sheffield to Newcastle after 1651 failed and was removed.
On the evening of May 26th 5177 & 5168 were eastbound at Grange over Sands with an unidentified passenger working of nine coaches.
1974
On the afternoon of April 19th 25018 was light engine at York.
On the afternoon of May 9th 25018 was stabled at York.
On June 15th the 07.22 Chesterfield - Yarmouth was worked to Grassmoor Junction by 25018 (replaced here by 47046), returning with the 11.59 Yarmouth - Sheffield from Grassmoor Junction with 25101.
1975
On the morning of January 21st 25018 & 25150 were stabled at York.
At about 3pm on March 18th 25018 & 25274 were noted arriving at Exeter light engines.
During the later afternoon of March 23rd 25274 & 25018 worked a Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids empty coaching stock train for a Waterloo service.
On the morning of April 10th 25018 was light engine north of York.
On the morning of May 31st 25018 was noted at Sheffield Midland with a weedkiller train.
On June 14th 25018 was stabled at Frodingham.
On the morning of June 24th 25018 & 25020 were stabled at York.
On June 28th 25018 & 25299 worked the 09.20 Derby - Skegness and 13.05 Skegness - Derby.
On the afternoon of July 29th 25018 was stabled at York.
On August 16th 25018 worked the 07.18 Sheffield - Skegness & the 10.55 return.
On the morning of August 22nd 25018 was stabled at York.
On September 6th & 13th 25018 worked the 07.18 Sheffield - Skegness & the 10.55 return.
On the morning of December 9th 25018 was stabled at York.
1976
On the morning of January 22nd 25145, 25018 & 25021 were stabled at York.
25018 was noted at Tyne Yard on January 26th.
A new contract to move pipes from Leith Docks to several long distance locations including Derby, Wisbech and Salisbury, and shorter hauls to Carlisle, Darlington, Law Jct, Maud & Montrose would provide much work for pairs of Scottish Class 25s. The Leith – Salisbury diagram involved the Scottish Type 2’s working as far as Didcot, including 25018 & 25031 on April 10th.
25018 was stabled at Eastfield on July 27th.
On November 8th the 7S64 20.10 Carlisle - Falkland Jct freight, made up of five wagons and a brake van ran through a red signal opposite Ayr depot, derailing at the catch points. 25018 rolled over onto its side, becoming wedged against 20125 which was leaving the depot. Damage to the Type 2 was GBP26,000 enough to see it withdrawn during November.
Extract from Thornaby Shed Repair Record Book
D5168 for the periods 20/7/1961 - 2/11/1961 and 1/6/62 - 27/12/1962.
10/6/62 B exam
20/6/62 B exam
29/6/62 B exam
4/7/62 Sands to be made to run
22/7/62 B exam
24/7/62 Deadman’s faulty, wiper
31/7/62 B exam, Only registering 19” vac
8/8/62 Drivers wiper not working, sands open out
10/8/62-12/8/62 B exam, bogie rivets
14/8/62 Horn not working
17/8/62 AWS isolating switch
2/9/62 Brake hanger bracket rivets
11/9/62 B exam
18/9/62 Deadman’s not working
28/9/62 Sands
3/10/62 Heavy knock engine room, B exam
4/10/62 Oil leak against triple pump, E exam
5/10/62 Sands
8/10/62 Brake block hanger bolt, bracket bolts loose
9/10/62 Oil pressure low, sands
12/10/62 Oil leak in engine room, sands
24/10/62 B exam
30/10/62 Fire bottle pins, sands
2/11/62 Sands
3/11/62 Route indicator
4/11/62 B exam, main generator
9/11/62 Brakes to adjust
13/11/62 Sands
16/11/62 B exam
30/11/62 F exam, heaters
4/12/62 Gangway plate buckled
6/12/62 Engine room door not opening
7/12/62 Lack of power
10/12/62 Engine room door lock missing
13/12/62 B exam
18/12/62 Not getting sufficient regulating air
24/12/62 B exam
Not all known passenger workings are recorded on this page.
Resources:
Repair book information courtesy Peter Maynard.
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Page added August 9th 2013.
Last updated May 17th 2023.