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Peak Forest lost its train service from March 6th 1967 but some of the station buildings still remain. Here Longsight allocated 25106 eases by with a train of covered hoppers on June 22nd 1977. It is easy to forget that this line once hosted the original 'Peaks' (D1 - D10, Class 44) and the Blue Pullmans. The nineteen year seven month career of D5256/25106 included many allocations to Eastern and London Midland Region depots.
Built: BR Derby Locomotive Works. Allocations D5256 was new to Toton (16A) on March 13th 1964. Further transfers were:
August 1964 to Derby (16C). Renumbered May 17th 1974. 25106 was the 198th Class 25 to be withdrawn. After withdrawal 25106 was briefly held at Springs Branch (noted there October 8th 1983) before moving to Swindon Works between October 28th 1983 & November 16th 1983 and was scrapped during the first week of February 1984. Works Visits Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Derby Works September 1971. Highlights
1964 Despite the closue of Dudley station, it was still used by excursion traffic visiting the zoo, on May 17th one such excursion from ?? was hauled by D5248 & D5256.
1966
1967
1971 On August 5th ex-works Southport vehicles M28323M, M29556M & M29877M were hauled from Horwich Works by 5256.
1972 At about 6pm on August 22nd 5256 was noted passing Park (Manchester) on a down freight. At about 7.30am on September 25th 5256 was noted passing Olive Mount Junction with an up freight. At about 5pm on October 3rd 5256 was noted passing St Helens Junction with an up freight. On November 27th & 28th 5256 made test runs from Derby Works. The snag sheet for November 27th recorded:
Radiator levels B low The snag sheet for November 28th recorded:
No other comments were recorded on the snag sheet.
1974
1975 25106 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T42) on July 22nd.
1976 During November 25106 was noted at Derby Works with collision damage to the No.1 cab end, the buffers had been knocked off, there were minor wrinkles in the cab sheet metal suggesting the cab had been forced downwards, the repair estimate was £18,000.
1977 On July 18th 25106 was noted light engine northbound through Wigan North Western station.
1978 On July 20th 25106 was the Manchester Victoria banker. On July 30th 25106 & 25214 worked the 08.40 Leicester - Skegness and 18.30 Skegness - Leicester. At about 6am on November 4th 25106 was at Liverpool Lime Street with a van train.
1979 25106 was the Manchester Victoria pilot on March 7th. Noted northbound on a freight at Gretna Junction on April 7th were 25106, 26014 & 27042. 25106 recieved an 'E' exam at Reddish during April. On May 19th 25106 was the Manchester Victoria banker. On June 3rd 25106 was noted at Chester depot. On June 23rd 25106 was noted at Buxton depot. On July 7th 25106 worked the 07.50 Cardiff - Crewe with sister 25107. On July 17th 25106 was noted at Guide Bridge. On the morning of August 28th 25106 was stabled at York. On December 1st 25106 was stabled at Longsight.
1980 The 13.00 Llandudno Town - Nottingham on May 31st was worked by 25106 (25101 worked the outward leg). The only recorded passenger working on the Cambrian line took place on June 28th with 25106 & 25125 handling the 10.10 Euston - Aberystwyth from Birmingham New Street, returning with the 16.10 Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury. During the afternoon of August 23rd Class 25s stabled at Birkenhead Mollington Street were 25106, 25205, 25211 & 25213. On September 9th 25211 & 25106 worked the Ellesmere Port - Cranmore bitumen tank train.
1981 On June 23rd 25106 and a train of track panels was noted on the Bridge Street branch, Northampton. On July 30th 25106 was noted at Winwick with a block train of chemical tanks. On August 6th 25106 & 25251 were noted at Morecambe with an unidentified nine coach passenger train. On August 23rd 25106 was stabled at Birkenhead Mollington Street. On September 22nd 25106 was stabled at Warrington Arpley. The 07.05 Blackpool North - Euston was dragged between Stafford & Rugby by 25106 & 25182 on October 18th 1981 due to the power being off for engineering work. On November 13th 25036 & 25106 worked the Leith South - Heysham Harbour pipe train (from Carlisle?).
1982 On February 23rd 25106 was noted passing through Trent with Merseyrail Class 502 electric multiple units for scrap at ?? On the afternoon of March 2nd 25106 was stabled at York. On a damp and gloomy March 6th 25106 & 37069 were noted eastbound through Nottingham with bogie tanks.
On May 15th 25106 & 25120 were noted southbound through Preston with a rake of PCA cement wagons. On June 17th 25154 was noted at Hereford with the afternoon Manchester - Bristol parcels and a dead 25106, which was taken off the train and left on the stabling line. 25106 was noted at Warrington Arpley on June 27th with a lengthy mixed freight train. 25106 & 25057 were noted southbound? passing Shipton, York on July 19th with eleven loaded bogie wagons. On July 27th 25106 & 25048 were noted at Bristol with a train of continuously welded rail. Early September found 25106 north of the border. On September 6th 25106 worked the 11.55 Glasgow Central - Carlisle and the 17.22 Carlisle - Glasgow Central. The next day (7th) 25106 worked the 11.55 Glasgow Central - Carlisle. On September 9th the 10.35 Stranraer Harbour - Ayr was worked by 25106.
1983 1983 brought the final passenger workings for 25106, beginning on April 3rd with the 23.45 Euston - Barrow forward from Preston. Two days later (5th) the relief 10.50 Barrow - Preston was worked by 25106. On April 20th 25106 worked the Dean Lane - Appley Bridge waste disposal train. A roundtrip Leicester - Skegness was worked on June 18th 1983 by 25106 & 25212.
The remarkable combination of a Class 25 & 40 on the Ditton – Broughton Lane BOC tanks continued throughout the summer, although pairs of Classes 25 or 40 were occasionally seen, such as 25106 & 25307 on July 28th. The final recorded passenger working for 25106 took place on August 9th 1983 working the 14.40 Euston - Blackpool North forward from Preston. On August 15th 25078 & 25106 worked the 03.44 MWFO Ditton - Wolverhampton BOC bogie tanks. On August 27th 25106 was noted on Northwich - Tunstead ICI empty hoppers. 25106 was withdrawn on October 9th 1983. Not all known passenger workings are recorded on this page.
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