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The seventeen year two month career of D5224/25074 was spent allocated to London Midland depots associated with the Midland mainline or the London area.
Built: BR Darlington Locomotive Works. Allocations D5224 was new to Toton (18A) on July 20th 1963. Further transfers were:
September 1963 to to Nottingham (16A). Renumbered March 16th 1974. 25074 was the 40th Class 25 withdrawn, one of nine retired during September 1980.
Works Visits Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Derby Works January 1965. Highlights
1964
1965 On the morning of October 2nd D5224 was at Nottingham Midland with empty coaching stock. On Sunday December 5th a visit to several East Midlands area installations produced the following Derby/Sulzer Type 2s:
Derby Works:
Derby shed:
Toton shed:
Nottingham shed:
Colwich shed
1966 On the morning of October 28th D5224 was at Mill Hill with an up local. On November 6th D5224 was stabled at Wellingborough.
1967 On July 3rd D5224 worked a Manchester Piccadilly - Sheffield Midland service.
1968
1969
1970 On the late morning of July 21st 1866, 227, 254 & 5224 were down light engines at Crewe.
1971 A day excursion from Euston on October 23rd 1971 was worked by 5224 & 5235 from Wolverhampton to Aberystwyth and return.
1972
Freight and parcels observations at Luton on the morning of July 21st include: A Nottingham - Aberystwyth mystery excursion on July 23rd was worked out & back by 5224 & 7640 for a total of 382 miles. On August 26th 5224 & 5248 were noted eastbound at Thetford with a passenger service, headcode 1Z94.
A trip from Luton to Derby for a visit to the Locomotive Works Open Day on August 26th includes the following observations: On September 16th the 14.30 Yarmouth - Walsall was worked from Norwich by 5224 & 7633.
Freight and special trains noted at Luton on November 4th include:
1973 A late evening working took place on April 15th with 5224 working the 20.43 Birmingham New Street - Peterborough. At the end of the summer season on September 1st 5224 & 5279 worked the summer dated roundtrip Nottingham - Llandudno Town. On the afternoon of September 7th 7667 & 5224 were stabled at York. On October 20th 5224 (Toton allocated) was noted at Exeter stabling point with headcode 6V51 - a sugar beet working?
1974 More seaside visits followed, on May 25th with the roundtrip Nottingham - Llandudno Town, returning as far as Derby. On May 26th 25046 & 25074 were noted at Yarmouth with an excursion from? On June 15th 25074 & 25025 worked a roundtrip Leicester - Skegness, the next day (16th) the same pair worked a relief roundtrip Alfreton & Mansfield - Skegness. On August 26th 25074 & 25134 worked a roundtrip relief Alfreton & Mansfield - Skegness. On November 18th the 15.30 St. Pancras - Nottingham with 45131 was assisted forward from Leicester (?) by 25074.
1975
There was a change of scenery on August 9th when the 08.25 Leicester - Blackpool North was worked from/to Nottingham - Blackpool North by 25074 & 25129. On August 26th 25074 & 25138 worked the twelve coach 09.20 Derby - Skegness and the return 19.25 Skegness - Derby. On August 28th 25074 was stabled at Saltley. The Derby - Norwich - Yarmouth - Norwich - Walsall diagram was worked by 25074 & 25132 on September 13th. On the afternoon of October 3rd 25206 & 25074 were stabled at York. On November 19th 1975 25074 made a test run from Derby Works. The snag sheet for November 19th recorded:
Radiators unbalanced B side low
1976 On August 21st with 25074 & 25065 on the full Derby - Norwich - Yarmouth - Norwich - Walsall diagram. 25074 & 25xxx (thought to be 25260) were noted at Aberystwyth on September 5th with the M&GN 'Cambrian Coaster' from Euston, its not sure where the Class 25s took over the special. On the afternoon of September 13th 25074, 25218 & 25290 were stabled at York.
1977 A Burton on Trent - Skegness day excursion was worked out & back by 25074 & 25076 on April 11th. On April 23rd 25074 was southbound at Leicester (for Birmingham?) with a six coach passenger service. 25074 was north of the border on May 17th working the 09.40 Edinburgh - Inverness to Perth. On July 23rd 25073 & 25074 were noted coupled together at Nottingham Midland. A three coach shoppers special was worked by 25074 on August 29th from Holyhead - Llandudno Junction, 24081 took the train forward to Llandudno Town. Permanent way work between Warwick and Hatton on September saw 25074 + 25132 and 25136 + 25282 in use. The 16.00 Crewe - Cardiff was worked by 25074 on October 8th. On October 11th 25074 was noted at Exeter with the 4B10 15.56 Bristol - Plymouth parcels (eight vans).
1978 The workings for 1978 started out with the run of the mill seaside visits but ended with a mammoth trip. On May 1st 25074 & 25036 wored a roundtrip relief Leicester - Skegness. A Swansea - Spalding flower excursion on May 6th was worked forward from Nottingham to Spalding by 25074 & 25073, replacing a locomotive failure on the outward leg, the return to Nottingham is assumed. On July 2nd & 6th 25074 & 25043 were noted on unidentified workings at Skegness, on the latter date the locomotives were failed at Skegness and replaced by 20107 & 20155. On July 13th 25074 was northbound at Northwich with a freight. 25074 was noted southbound through Preston with tankers (chlorine?) on August 23rd. September produced two Cardiff - Crewe line workings; on September 15th working the 06.04 Crewe - Cardiff and the 16.00 Crewe - Cardiff, on September 28th the 17.10 Cardiff - Crewe. The next day proved to be a monster for 25074 & 25073. They were diagrammed for the 'Wadebridge Wanderer' railtour departing Derby at 20.30 on September 29th for Plymouth working via West Ruislip, Greenford, Drayton Green Junction, Hanwell, Bath, Bristol Temple Meads, Taunton, Exeter St Davids, Newton Abbot and Plymouth. The return was equally as torturous, at Exeter St Davids the ex-LSWR route was taken to Salisbury & Basingstoke, then turning off to Reading and reaching Leicester by which route? for a total of at least 780 miles for each locomotive. Noted at Frodingham depot on October 22nd were 25074, 25100, 25107 & 25167. On October 27th 25074 worked three coal wagons and brakevan for the coal concentration depot at Pensnett. On the afternoon of November 18th 25074, 25102, 25260 & 25282 were stabled at Saltley.
1979 It was a lengthy day out on February 23rd when a diesel multiple unit failure saw 25074 and hauled stock work the 09.10 Liverpool - Hull, the return 13.47 Hull - Manchester Victoria and the 17.12 Manchester Victoria - Liverpool. On February 25th the 09.45 Manchester Piccadilly - St. Pancras was hauled from Manchester Piccadilly to Derby via the Woodhead route, with 45130 on the reverse move between Woodburn Junction & Sheffield. On the early afternoon of May 17th 25074 was noted at Bristol Bath Road. The final passenger working for 25074 was also a lengthy day out, with 25137 working a roundtrip Maryport - Stratford-on-Avon day excursion on May 19th 1979, for a total of 427 miles. On the afternoon of May 23rd 25074 was stabled at York. On the morning of May 25th 25074 was stabled at York. On the evening of June 22nd 25074 was noted at Crewe with an up freight. 25074 was noted at York station on September 29th. On October 6th 25074 & 25154 were noted at Shrewsbury with the TRPS 'Rheidol Rambler' from Euston for Tywyn. The Mondays Only 05.49 Toton - Eastleigh freight was worked by 25127 & 25074 on October 25th, the next day the same pair of locomotives were noted westbound light engines at Water Orton. On the morning of November 9th 25074 was stabled at York, by the afternoon 25074 was at Derby with a southbound oil. On December 7th 25074 worked the 12.25 Crewe - Cardiff.
1980 25074 was noted at Oxford depot on February 1st. On March 6th 25074 worked the 11.30 Bangor - Manchester Victoria. On the afternoon of April 28th 25074 was stabled at York. On July 4th 25074 was noted at Cambridge Road. 25074 was stabled at Springs Branch on September 1st. 25074 was withdrawn on September 7th 1980. A cabside number panel with TOPS decal survived the scrapping of 25074. Not all known passenger workings are recorded on this page.
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