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The seventeen year career of 5292/25142 was spent allocated to a variety of London Midland Region divisions & depots.
Built: BR Derby Locomotive Works. Allocations D5292 was new to Toton (16A) on August 26th 1964. Further transfers were:
September 1964 to Derby (16C). Renumbered March 30th 1974. 25142 was the 116th Class 25 withdrawn, one of six withdrawn during October 1981. After withdrawal 25142 was briefly stored at Carlisle prior to movement with 25041, 40113 & 40175 to Swindon Works between December 8th - 12th 1981 and scrapped by the third week of November 1982. Works Visits Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Derby Works April 1965 (accident damage). Highlights
1966 On Sunday September 18th stabled at Kirkby-in-Ashfield were D5292, D7523, D7533, D7536, D7545, D7559 & D7562.
On the afternoon of October 15th noted at Washwood Heath were:
1967 On the evening of June 27th D5292 was at Longton with a down parcels. On the evening of July 18th D5292 was at Longton with a down parcels. On the afternoon of October 29th D5244, D5292, D5293, D5294 & D5296 were stabled at Bescot. On the afternoon of December 18th D5292 was southbound at Crewe with a freight (8E35).
1968 On July 20th 5292 & 5187 were noted on a Nottingham - Llandudno Town roundtrip.
1970
1971 On the morning of October 11th 5292 was stabled at Crewe.
1972 At about 5pm on April 7th 5292 was noted passing Olive Mount Junction with an up freight. 5292 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on May 30th. On December 19th ex-works 5292 was tested on the 08.01 Manchester Piccadilly - St. Pancras between Derby & Leicester, Class 45 No.130 was the train locomotive.
1974 The 11.20 Plymouth - Manchester with E3064 failed at Wolverhampton on March 21st, 81012 was added to the train but was unable to release the brakes, 5292 was eventually found to take the train forward. On the morning of April 18th 25142 was northbound at Saltley with a freight and on the evening of the same day was northbound at Washwood Heath with a freight. On May 25th the 14.15 Yarmouth - Derby was hauled from Norwich by 25142 & 25256. A Brighton - Tywyn day excursion on July 27th was worked roundtrip between Shrewsbury & Tywyn by 25142 & ?
1975
1976
1978 Breakfast time on June 27th found the 03.58 Ripple Lane - Hawksbury oil train derailing five of its wagons at the site of Brandon & Wolston station (between Coventry & Rugby), destroying several hundred yards of the down line. The rerailing coach from Saltley arrived quickly behind 25142, the line being cleared early on 28th, leaving room for 25116 & 25190 to bring in a train of fresh ballast. 25142 was noted at Bamber Bridge on July 14th with tankers headed for ICI on the Fleetwood branch.
1979 The 08.46 Burton on Trent - Skegness and 18.38 return were worked by 25142 & 25131 on May 7th. Two days later (9th) 25142 was noted eastbound at Nottingham Midland with a short engineers train. On May 15th 25142 was noted with ICI empties from the concrete plant at Newton Heath. On the afternoon of May 25th 25142 was noted at Preston with an up freight. 25142 was present at Coalville Open Day on August 19th. Shortly after midnight on September 1st 25142 was noted stabled at York. A Glasgow - Heaton exhibition train was worked by 25142 on September 26th.
1980 On the late morning of April 18th 25142 worked a Mountsorrell - Derby freight. On October 26th 25142 was stabled at York.
1981 25142 was noted at Edge Hill on April 25th. 25142 was withdrawn on October 18th 1981.
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Page added March 14th 2013.
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