The sixteen year five month career of D5277/25127 was spent allocated to a small number of London Midland Region depots.
Built: BR Derby Locomotive Works.
Boiler room grilles sheeted over.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: ?? months.
Time between withdrawal and scrapping: 32 months.
Allocations
D5277 was new to Nottingham (16A) on June 11th 1964. Further transfers were:
July 1964 to Derby (16C).
July 1964 to Trafford Park (9E).
March 1968 to Longsight (9A).
June 1968 to Manchester Division (D09).
April 1972 to Nottingham Division (D16).
May 1973 to Toton.
Withdrawn November 2nd 1980.
Renumbered March 1st 1974.
25127 was the 60th Class 25 withdrawn, one of seventeen retired during November 1980 and the 2nd to be retired of the original batch of Class 25s allocated to handle the ICI Tunstead - Northwich limestone trains.
After withdrawal 25127 was moved to Swindon Works on January 14th 1981 and broken up there by the end of June 1983.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Derby Works October 1964.
Noted Derby Works November 1975.
Noted Derby Works December 1979 (N6 repairs).
Highlights
1964
During March D5255 & D7586 were transferred to Trafford Park (9E), presumably to be trialled on the limestone workings. D5255 was transferred back to Toton during April, but D7586 remained allocated to Trafford Park until January 1965 when it was briefly reallocated to the Nottingham Division, but returned to Trafford Park the same month. With the testing completed the decision was made to utilise the Sulzer Type 2s on the limestone trains. To accomplish this seven Type 2s would be allocated to Trafford Park (9E) shed. All the locomotives selected were virtually brand new and had been on allocation to Toton (D16) after delivery from the workshops. D7586 which had been one of the locomotives used in the trials remained at Trafford Park, perhaps an odd choice since the locomotive was boiler equipped. The remainder were D5274 - D5279 and arrived during June & July.
1965
On June 27th a Derby (?) - Llandudno Town day excursion was worked out & back (?) by D5277 & D5279.
1972
5277 was the Manchester Victoria banker (T43) on April 4th.
An unusual visitor to the London area were 5277 & 5212. Having arrived on March 15th with empty coaching stock from the north, they were borrowed by Willesden for a couple of days before returning north with a freight.
The cross-London workings still featured Class 25s on the trips to Hither Green. On June 20th & 21st 5277 & 7568 were noted on the Toton - Southfleet coal train.
The summer dated roundtrip Nottingham - Llandudno Town was worked by 5277 on June 24th.
1974
On June 22nd 25127 & 25081 worked a roundtrip Leicester - Skegness service. On August 31st a Derby - Skegness roundtrip was worked by sisters 25127 & 25126.
1975
On July 12th the Derby - Norwich - Yarmouth - Norwich - Walsall diagram was worked by 25127 & 25252.
The 17.00 Derby - Matlock and the 17.50 Matlock - Derby were worked by 25127 on August 19th.
The 08.00 Walsall - Yarmouth to Norwich and the return 14.15 Yarmouth - Derby from Norwich were worked by 25127 & 25263 on September 6th.
1976
During the morning of March 6th 25127 was noted westbound through Featherstone with one coal hopper and a brakevan. The locomotive would return eastbound a short while later.
On July 31st a roundtrip Leicester - Skegness was worked by 25127 & 25132. The 10.07 Aberystwyth - Euston on August 7th was worked to Wolverhampton (?) by 25127 & 25090 (see image below).
1977
On June 11th the 08.52 Leicester - Skegness and the 12.35 Skegness - Leicester were worked by 25127 & 25126.
25070, 25127 & 25275 were stabled at Goucester on July 23rd.
25127 was noted at Springs Branch on August 11th. The last days of August proved to be busy for 25127 & 25107. On August 27th they worked Derby - Norwich - Yarmouth - Norwich - Derby diagram. The following days produced roundtrips to Skegness, from Leicester on 28th, 30th & 31st and from Derby (relief) on 29th.
1978
On April 29th 25127 & 25152 worked a Mountsorrel - Trowse stone train. They were noted the next day stabled at Norwich.
A lengthy outing took place on June 3rd with 25127 working the 16.39 Leeds - Bristol Temple Meads throughout. A week later on June 10th the 08.00 Walsall - Yarmouth to Norwich and the 14.15 Yarmouth - Derby from Norwich were worked by 25127 & 25136. The following day (11th) the same pair worked a roundtrip Leicester - Skegness service. On July 15th the Nottingham - Derby portion of the Llandudno Town service was worked in both directions by 25127, with 25301 working the service west of Derby (see image below).
1979
On June 18th 25127 was noted on a Cardiff - Crewe line service late in the day. It was also noted on this route with passenger workings on June 20th & 21st.
The relief 09.53 Nottingham - Skegness and the relief 18.15 Skegness - Nottingham were worked by 25127 & 25125 on August 1st. The Derby - Norwich - Yarmouth - Norwich - Walsaal diagram was worked by 25127 & 25136 on August 18th. A week later on August 24th the 17.05 Poole - Nottingham was worked forward from Birmingham New Street by 25127 (to at least Derby?).
The Mondays Only 05.49 Toton - Eastleigh freight was worked by 25127 & 25074 on October 25th.
1980
Although 1980 ws the last year in service for 25127, it was able to obtain a good selection of passenger workings. On May 24th 25127 worked the 07.35 Nottingham - Llandudno Town and the 13.00 Llandudno Town - Nottingham. A week later on May 31st 25127 & 25219 worked the 08.02 Walsall - Yarmouth to Norwich returning with the 14.15 Yarmouth - Derby from Norwich. The same pair worked a Leicester - Skegness roundtrip on June 1st, and the 10.05 Derby - St. Pancras on June 2nd, they were later noted at Cricklewood with the empty coaching stock before going to the depot for stabling.
On July 12th the 08.35 Derby - Yarmouth to Norwich and the return 14.15 Yarmouth - Derby from Norwich (not the normal diagram) were worked by 25127 & 25170. The next day (13th) the same pair worked the 09.00 Derby - Skegness and the return 18.15 Skegness - Derby.
The Derby - Norwich - Yarmouth - Norwich - Walsall diagram was worked by 25127 & 25137 on August 16th. Four days later on August 20th Wolverhampton - Bridlington roundtrip (?) day excursion was worked by 25127 & 25121, a total of 380 passenger miles if the Class 25s worked throughout. This is believed to be 25127's last passenger working.
On October 3rd electric multiple unit 507012 was taken from Hall Road to the Derby Research Center by 25127.
25127 was withdrawn on November 2nd 1980.
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Not all known passenger workings are recorded on this page.
Page added May 26th 2014.
Last updated January 14th 2020.