D7537/25187 was another of the Class 25 fleet to be allocated only to London Midland Region depots, in this case for seventeen years and eight months and allocated mostly to Midland & London area depots.
Built: BR Derby Locomotive Works.
Boiler room grilles sheeted over (1977).
Final exhaust roof panel: raised, square.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: 66 months.
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: 50 months.
Allocations
D7537 was new to Nottingham Division (D16) on March 13th 1965. Further transfers were:
October 1965 to Leicester Division (D15).
August 1967 to Birmingham Division (D16).
July 1969 to London Division (D01).
January 1971 to Birmingham Division (D02).
May 1973 to Bescot.
March 1974 to Willesden.
March 1974 to Bescot.
January 1980 to Longsight.
Withdrawn November 28th 1982.
Renumbered to April 1974.
25187 was the 150th Class 25 withdrawn, one of twelve retired during November 1982, including sisters 25177, 25179, 25180 & 25186.
After withdrawal 25187 was stored at Saltley from November 1982 to February when it was moved to Bescot (see detail below). 25187 remained here until moved to Swindon Cocklebury Yard on July 11th 1984 and into Swindon Works by July 25th 1984. By the end of January 1987 25187 had been scrapped.
25067, 25101/157/187 Wolverhampton (25067) – Bescot – Swindon Works, July 6th - 11th 1984.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Derby Works September 1972.
Noted Derby Works April & May 1977.
Noted Derby Works November 1978.
Highlights
1965
On the morning of December 5th D7537 was at Glendon South Junction with an engineers train.
1966
On the morning of September 4th D7537 was light engine at Kettering.
1967
On the morning of April 17th D7537 was at Egginton Junction with an up freight.
1969
On the afternoon of April 5th 7537 was noted northbound through Banbury with the Saltley? breakdown crane.
The 07.35 Nottingham - Llandudno Town and 13.52 return on June 14th were worked by 7537 & 7533.
1970
The Women’s International Hockey Match at Wembley on March 14th 1970 brought four specials, two led by 1727 (Wolverhampton) & 95 (Nottingham), the others had class 25 haulage from Willesden with 5185 on thirteen coaches (Crewe) and 7537 & 5219 on sixteen coaches to Barrow.
On the afternoon of April 12th 7537 was the Euston parcels pilot.
Condition April: two-tone green livery with full yellow cabfronts, no blanking plates, hand/footholds plated over, straight sided sandboxes, three rung bogie mounted footsteps, 'D' prefix present, engine exhaust located above engine room.
7537 was noted at Willesden on the afternoon of June 28th.
On November 28th 7537 was parcels pilot at Euston.
1971
On January 5th 7537 was on empty coaching stock duty at Camden.
1973
A day excursion on May 27th from Burton on Trent to Yarmouth was worked out and back (?) by 7537 & 7664.
On the morning of June 19th 5237 was stabled at York.
1974
On July 6th 25187 & 25262 worked the full Derby - Norwich - Yarmouth - Norwich - Walsall diagram.
Presumably deputising for a missing diesel multiple unit, on September 6th 25187 worked the 10.30 Worcester Shrub Hill - Birmingham New Street, via Stourbridge Junction. On September 28th 25187 & 25273 worked the 08.00 Walsall - Norwich and 15.18 return.
1975
On the late afternoon of May 26th 25187, 25299 & 25305 were stabled at Saltley.
On July 5th 1975 the 08.52 Leicester - Skegness and 12.30 return were worked by 25187 & 25269.
1976
In the early morning of September 4th 25176 was noted at Glucester with possibly the 4V13 20.55 Longport - Cardiff parcels.
1977
On May 25th 25187 made a test run from Derby Works.
The snag sheet for May 25th recorded:
Recordings made from No.2 end.
| 25187; May 25th 1977; time 1C21 | |||||
| Load | Speed | Amps | Volts | Notes | Other |
| 1 | 28 | 850 | - | - | - | 2 | 34 | 875 | - | - | - | 3 | 43 | 900 | - | - | - | 4 | 49 | 925 | - | - | - | 5 | 62 | 950 | - | - | - | 6 | 68 | - | - | - | - |
A side crankcase door seal free end
Triple pump fuel pump ?? leak
Fuel filter union to bowl leak
No.5 fuel pump leak
No.2 cab 2nd man's door issue
Fault panel to glasses missing.
1977 produced a number of sightings of 25187 on passenger workings but with some sketchy details. On May 29th a charter believed to have originated in the West Midlands worked through to Porthmadog from (?) Wolverhampton with 25187 & 25179.
Two months later on July 30th a NE/SW working from Birmingham New Street to Paignton was worked by 25187 & 25269, quite where the working started is uncertain, either Nottingham (9.47) or Leicester (9.34).
On August 7th the 08.45 Birmingham New Street - Barmouth and 17.30 return were worked by 25187 & 25325. Two weeks later on August 21st a Wellingborough (?) - Barmouth mystery excursion was worked out and back by 25187 & 25262. Skegness was the destination for excursions on August 29th & 30th with 25187 & 25145, the starting points not yet known for either date. The same pair were still together on September 4th 1977 and worked the 08.45 Birmingham New Street - Barmouth from Shrewsbury and the 17.30 return as far as Shrewsbury.
25187 worked the coal train to Stourport power station on October 28th.
1978
A Bewdley - Paignton charter on May 6th was worked the five miles out & back to Kidderminster by 25187 & 25261.
At noon on August 8th 25187 was noted at Saltley depot.
1979
On a snowy January 1st 25187 & 25181 were noted passing Northfield (Birmingham) with a loaded stone train possibly for Selly Oak or Redditch.
On a snowy January 26th 25187 was noted at Derby station.
On the morning of July 19th 25135 & 25187 were stabled at Nuneaton.
1980
25187 was receiving attention at Reddish on May 4th & 5th, the bogies having been removed.
During 1980 two trips were worked over the Cambrian lines, on July 26th the 04.10 Shrewsbury - Aberystwyth and the 10.07 Aberystwyth - Euston to Wolverhampton were worked by 25187 & 25272. The next day (27th) the same pair worked the 08.45 Birmingham New Street - Aberystwyth and the 18.10 Aberystwyth - Euston to Nuneaton.
On July 21st 25157 & 25187 were in charge of the 07.20 Newcastle – Leeds parcels.
1981
On March 26th 25168 & 25187 worked a Penyffordd - Oakengates Cement Yard cement train.
25187 was stabled at Cardiff Canton on April 4th.
1981 produced another Cambrian line working, on June 13th 25187 & 25090 worked the 07.40 Euston - Aberystwyth from Wolverhampton, returning with the 16.05 Aberystwyth - Wolverhampton. The next day (14th) the same pair worked a roundtrip 08.40 Birmingham New Street - Blackpool North day excursion, the outward journey was via Cannock, Stoke on Trent & Manchester Victoria, the return was via the WCML direct.
On September 3rd 25187 arrived at Holbeck at 04.05am off the E05 turn. It later returned to the depot at 16.50pm after working the K57 tripper.
During the early morning of September 4th 25187 ran light from Holbeck to Leeds PCD and then worked the 4M38 to Derby.
On the afternoon of October 8th 25187 was noted with an up goods at Gloucester Yard.
On November 14th 25187 was noted at Guide Bridge.
On December 31st 25187 was at Dundee with a diwn freight train.
1982
On the late afternoon of May 1st 25139, 25181, 25187, 25210 & 25250 were stabled at Cricklewood.
On May 23rd 25187, 47207, 25199 & another Class 25 were noted at Beeston & Tarporley running light engines headed towards Crewe.
On the late afternoon of July 20th 25138, 25168, 25187, 25202 & 25210 were stabled at Cricklewood.
The final recorded passenger workings for 25187 took place on October 19th 1982 with the 09.53 Bangor - Manchester Victoria and 13.45 Manchester Victoria - Bangor. On October 23rd 25187 was noted passing Beeston Castle & Tarporley hauling 47207, 25199 and another Class 25 towards Crewe.
25187 was withdrawn on November 28th 1982.
Not all known passenger workings are recorded on this page.
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