The nineteen year career of D5290/25140 was spent allocated entirely to London Midland Region depots.
Built BR Derby Locomotive Works.
Final exhaust roof panel: flush (previously raised, square).
At time of withdrawal 25140 was jointly (with 25069 & 25084) the 11th remaining vacuum braked Class 25 in service.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: 76 months.
Time between withdrawal and scrapping: 33 months (excluding cabs).
Allocations
D5290 was new to Toton (16A) on August 17th 1964. Further transfers were:
September 1964 to Derby (16C).
October 1964 to Cricklewood (14B), then to Midland Lines (D14).
June 1965 to London Midland (Midland) Lines.
February 1966 to Nottingham Division (D16).
March 1967 to London Midland (Midland) Lines.
August 1967 to Birmingham Division (D02).
November 1967 to Stoke Division (D05).
November 1968 to Liverpool Division (D08).
May 1973 to Springs Branch.
January 1979 to Crewe.
March 1980 to Cricklewood.
November 1981 to Carlisle Kingmoor.
Withdrawn December 18th 1983.
Renumbered March 30th 1974.
25140 was the 208th Class 25 withdrawn, one of six retired during December 1983.
After its withdrawal 25140 was stored at Carlisle Kingmoor from December 1983 until March 20th 1985 when it began its journey to Swindon with 25239 & 25258, picking up 08599 at Bescot, and reaching Swindon by April 3rd 1985. By the middle of September 1986 the locomotive had been broken up, the cabs however were transported to Vic Berry, Leicester and disposed of by September 1987.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Crewe Works June 1968.
Noted Derby Works October 1974.
Noted Glasgow Works June - August 1977 (Classified repair).
Highlights
1965
On Sunday December 5th a visit to several East Midlands area installations produced the following Derby/Sulzer Type 2s:
Derby Works:
D5054, D 5087, D5135
D5166
D5268, D5298
D7562, D7564, D7598, D7602, D7566, D7567, D7576, D7588, D7599, D7600, D7601
Derby shed:
D5011
D5185, D5189, D5198, D5205, D5224, D5230, D5293
D7505, D7521, D7529, D7532, D7538, D7540, D7543, D7548, D7559, D7560, D7569, D7572, D7582, D7591, D7594, D7634
Toton shed:
D5186
D5201, D5228, D5231, D5235, D5237, D5240, D5242, D5256, D5259, D5261, D5265, D5267, D5272, D5280, D5284, D5285, D5287, D5288, D5299
D7504, D7527, D7542, D7544, D7545, D7558, D7561, D7571, D7577, D7579, D7597
Nottingham shed:
D5209, D5270, D5290
D7511, D7533, D7563
Colwich shed
D5195, D7554, D7557
1966
Stabled at Leicester Midland on the evening of February 27th were D5290, D5392 & 45332.
Locomotives stabled at Burton on Trent on the evening of March 11th included D5290, D5295, D7504 & 48728.
On the afternoon of August 18th D5290 and another Class 25 were southbound at Sileby with a freight.
On Sunday September 18th noted at Colwich shed were D5265, D5267, D5290, D7504, D7505, D7516, D7521, D7557, D7563, D7577 & D7652.
1967
On the afternoon of April 11th D5290 was at Peartree & Normanton with an up freight.
On the morning of April 18th D5290 was at Stoke on Trent with a down parcels (3K05).
On the afternoon of June 20th D5290 was empty coaching stock pilot at Derby.
On the morning of July 19th D5290 was southbound at Peartree & Normanton with a ballast train.
On the evening of July 20th D5290 was southbound at Derby with a freight.
1968
On April 8th D5240 was eastbound at Mirfield with a lengthy freight (8Z59), in original but faded two-tone green livery with small yellow ends and original engine exhaust location.
1972
At about 7am on January 28th 5290 was noted passing Manchester Victoria on an up freight.
1973
On May 14th 5290 was stabled at York.
5290 was noted at Liverpool Lime Street with an Inspection saloon on the morning of June 27th.
At about 5pm on August 3rd 5290 was noted at Bangor with an up van train.
1974
On the early afternoon of June 6th 25140 was southbound light engine at Preston.
At about 14.45 on November 4th 25140 arrived at Exeter stabling point from Riverside yard.
1975
On February 7th 25140 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 6H17. On February 13th 25140 was noted at Manchester Victoria.
On June 26th 25140 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 8X84.
On July 6th the 00.05 Glasgow Central - Bristol Temple Meads with 81012 was dragged between Hartford Junction and Crewe (via Sandbach) by 25140 & 25009, presumably due to engineering work.
The evening of July 14th found 08259, 25059, 25109, 25140, 25327, 45012, 45022, 45034 & 47151 on Exeter stabling point.
On December 22nd 25140 worked the 6H44 Northwich - Tunstead ICI empties.
1976
25140 was noted at York depot on October 10th.
On the morning of November 25th 25140 was noted at Kirby Stephen with a permanent way train.
1977
On the afternoon of October 2nd stabled at Springs Branch were 25140, 25172 & 25318.
1978
On May 21st 25140 was stabled at Springs Branch.
At lunchtime on September 4th 25140 became derailed at Prescot (Liverpool), requiring the local passenger services to have bus substitutions. Late in the afternoon 25027 arrived with the Wigan breakdown crane, the unfortunate 25140 was back on the rails by 6pm.
On December 16th 25140 was noted at Blackburn.
1979
On the afternoon of March 23rd 25140 was stabled at York.
25140 was noted at Severn Tunnel Junction on March 25th.
On May 5th 25140 was stabled at Cockshute.
On the evening of May 24th 25140 was noted at Chester on a down freight.
On June 29th 25140 worked a parcels/stock train from Northampton to Leicester via Market Harborough.
25140's recorded passenger mileage did not amount to much, almost one third of it took place on June 30th when it worked the 08.00 Walsall - Yarmouth, to Norwich with 25107, returning with the 14.15 Yarmouth - Derby, from Norwich (total mileage 334). The next day (July 1st) the same pair worked the 08.25 Leicester - Skegness as far as Nottingham.
On July 2nd 25140 was noted at Burton on Trent with bogiie bolsters.
On July 6th 25140 worked the 16.08 Portsmouth - Cardiff, presumably from Bristol and the 21.40 Cardiff - Bristol.
On the afternoon of July 8th 25140 & 25170 were noted at Crewe with a permanent way train. On July 15th 25134 & 25140 worked a special between Manchester Piccadilly and Bath.
On August 12th 25156 & 25140 were stabled at Chester.
On August 20th the 09.50 Manchester Victoria - Preston was worked by 25140, this being a portion of the 1S41 Liverpool - Glasgow. At about 7pm on August 31st 25140, 25141 & 25190 were stabled at Cricklewood.
On the morning of September 29th 25140 was noted at Sheffield on up vans.
During October 25140 received an 'E' examination at Toton.
On the early afternoon of October 4th 25140 was northbound at Derby with a freight.
On December 8th passengers on the 07.04 Leicester Parkeston Quay diesel multiple unit (51289 & 56131) were assisted by 25140 after the unit failed. The Class 25 was replaced at March by 25208 after the reporting of a defective horn on 25140. At Cambridge passengers transferred to a replacement diesel multiple unit!
1980
On the afternoon of February 3rd 25140 & 25156 were noted at Crewe on an up permanent way train.
On June 13th 25140 was northbound at Loughborough with a very long freight.
On July 28th 25140 was in the yard at Millbrook with a spoil train.
On August 31st the 10.26 St. Pancras - Nottingham was worked by 25140 & 25089.
1981
At mid-day on February 5th 25270, 25170, 25140 & 25190 were stabled at Cricklewood.
On November 7th 25140 was shunting coaching stock at Edge Hill.
On November 14th 25140 was at Northwich shed, having arrived with loaded ICI hoppers from Tunstead.
The very wintry conditions in the middle of December saw no heat 25140 working a Crewe Cardiff working on December 15th.
1982
On a snowy January 16th 25140 & 25051 were stabled at Thornaby.
On March 22nd 25140 & 25056 were stabled at Cockshute.
On March 24th 25140 was stabled at Chester.
On April 27th 25140 was southbound at Dent with a Carlisle - Severn Tunnel Junction freight and was also noted light engine on this date on the Settle & Carlisle.
On May 7th 25140 was southbound at Ais Gill with an engineers wagon and a brakevan.
On the morning of June 1st 25072 & 25140 were noted at Etches Park.
On June 4th 25140 & 25168 were stabled at Cockshute.
On June 27th 25140 was stabled at Nuneaton.
On July 20th 25140 worked a Cardiff - Manchester van ptrain.
On the afternoon of July 23rd 25056, 25140 & 25164 were stabled at York.
On the afternoon of July 31st 47203 & 25140 were southbound at Saltley with a merry-go-round train.
On September 15th 25140 and a three vehicle electrification train were noted at Bedford station.
On the afternoon of September 27th 25140 & 25326 were stabled at Cricklewood.
On October 28th 25140 was eastbound at Manchester Victoria with two vans and a brakevan.
On December 1st 25140 was at Newton Le Willows with parcels stock.
Following the cabling of the Blaneau Ffestiniog branch during December, 25152 & 25140 were used on the recovery train on December 21st for collecting telegraph poles and wire. The train included a Mk.1 coach for S&T staff which had been borrowed for the weekend from a Llandudno - Manchester set. Flooding at Llanrwrst on 21st delayed the return of the train.
1983
On February 19th the 17.27 Crewe - Holyhead was hauled by 25140 after 47532 failed.
On March 2nd a Toton - Acton freight was worked by 25080 & 25140.
Random workings for 25140 during May included being on Llandudno Junction shed (7th), at Penmaenmawr with loaded ballast wagons (18th), worked the loaded 8F21 Oakamoor - St Helens sand train with 25242 (25th).
On June 17th 25140 was at Manchester Victoria with parcels stock. On June 23rd the 18.38 Blackpool North - Birmingham New Street was worked between Preston & Crewe by 25140.
On July 4th 25140 worked the 3H01 18.32 Bolton Manchester - Mayfield parcels.
On July 31st 25140 was stabled at Llandudno Junction.
On August 3rd 25140 was at Abergele & Pensarn with an engineers train.
On August 25th 25140 was at Crewe Diesel depot.
25140 was noted passing Cwmbran on August 25th with a lengthy parcels train.
The last recorded passenger working for 25140, with 25048 occurred on September 12th working the return leg of a charter train ex-Blackpool between Kilmarnock & Carlisle.
25140 was noted at Springs Branch on October 4th and at Preston on October 9th.
25140 was withdrawn on December 18th 1983.
A builders plate from 25140 sold at Great Central Railwayana Auctions for 220 during March 2016.
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