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![]() The twenty one year eleven month career of D7591/25191 included allocations to London Midland Region depots, with a bias towards the northern depots.
Built: BR Derby Locomotive Works. Allocations D7541 was new to Toton on April 10th 1965. Further transfers were:
October 1965 to London Division (Midland) (D14). Renumbered April 1974. After withdrawal 25191 was stored at Basford Hall Yard until sold to Vic Berry, Leicester, being moved to Leicester Humberstone Road on July 8th 1987 and into Berry's yard the next day. During November (?) 1987 25191 was sold to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, departing Vic Berry's by rail on January 25th 1988 to Toton, then Tinsley & York (26th), Tees Yard (27th) and Grosmont NYMR (29th). Works Visits Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Derby Works January 1973. Highlights
1965
1968 On August 3rd the 09.35 Sheffield - Llandudno Town and the 14.28 Llandudno Town - Sheffield were worked by 7541.
1969
1975
1978 A Stoke-on-Trent - Skegness on July 1st was worked by 25191 & 25326 (throughout?), the train return as empty coaching stock. On July 10th 25191 worked the 1V09 16.00 Crewe - Cardiff.
1979 25191 was noted at Willesden on November 27th, a long way from its Kingmoor home.
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1980
![]() On August 7th the 13.40 Manchester Victoria - Llandudno Town was worked by 25191 & 25107. On September 15th the 19.41 Leicester - London St Pancras was worked by 25191 & 45132. 25191 was noted passing Hasland on October 2nd with a lengthy train of coal wagons.
1981
1982 25191 worked a Bescot - Gloucester freight on April 7th. On May 11th 25242 & 25191 worked the early morning Ellesmere Port - Exeter bitumen tanks. On May 28th 25191 worked the 12.50 Carlisle - Glasgow Central throughout. 25191 was stabled at Ayr on June 5th. On October 3rd 25191 was noted at Watford Junction with an electrification train. 25191 was stabled at Cricklewood depot on December 29th.
1983 25191 assisted the 2E72 08.55 Carlisle - Newcastle diesel multiple unit on September 7th. An unusual arrival at Follingsby on December 6th was 25191 on a freightliner working from Trafford Park. Two days later (8th) it assisted a failed 47459 between Leamington Spa & Banbury, here both were replaced by 25185 taking the ex-Wolverhampton service all the way to Paddington! On December 14th 25191 was noted heading west through Port Talbot. 25191 was stabled at March depot on December 18th.
1984 25191 was stabled at Tinsley on March 3rd. 25191 was noted at Stonebridge Park on March 23rd. The end of March saw much continued activity of Class 25s in the North East including 25191 & 25205 on the Stranraer Speedlink and Carlisle cement workings on 30th. 25191 & 25145 were noted passing Church Stretton on May 3rd with an oil tank train.
![]() On June 1st 25191 was noted at Chester with a parcels train and also northbound at York on a ballast train (ten loaded wagons and four brake vans). The aging diesel multiple units on the Crewe - Lincoln service, already way beyond their best provided a number of diesel locomotives with additional passenger mileage, either dragging them or substituting with rakes of coaching stock. Typical of this was 25191 working the 14.20 Crewe - Cleethorpes, from Stoke on Trent (?) as far as Derby on June 19th, for the remainder of the year diesel substitutions would continue, using Classes 20/25/31/47. On June 20th 25191 was noted passing through Settle with a loaded ballast train. A Northampton - Blackpool excursion on July 11th featured 25191 roundtrip between Preston & Blackpool, it was used later that day on a returning Edinburgh - Manchester Victoria forward from Preston. The following day (12th) it was back in action on the Blackpool North - Preston leg of a returning excursion to Birmingham. A week later (19th) it was more local action, firstly between Preston & Barrow on an ex-Crewe service returning south throughout with the 18.21 Barrow - Liverpool. On July 25th 25191 was noted at Blackburn Fogerty's yard with five bulk tankers and a brakevan. A round trip between Carlisle & Glasgow was worked by 25191 on August 21st, working the 06.05 ex Carlisle and the return 15.50 ex Glasgow Central. 25191 & 25054 were noted passing Hooton on September 16th with a train of empty ballast wagons. On September 18th 25154 & 25191 were noted southbound through Penrith with bogie steel coil (?) wagons. On October 17th 25191 & 25193 were noted light engines at Crewe. On December 18th travellers on the 07.28 Hereford - Birmingham New Street diesel multiple unit had the delights of 25191 forward from Stourbridge Junction after the unit failed.
1985 On February 6th 25226 & 25191 were noted southbound at Hereford with what is believed to be the 6V32 Ellesmere Port - Severn Tunnel Junction bitumen tanks. 25191 was noted at Severn Tunnel Junction on March 13th. April 5th saw the 21.00 Euston - Stranraer Harbour with 47483 piloted by 25191 between Ayr & Stranraer Harbour. On April 8th the 07.30 Stranraer Harbour - Glasgow Central failed behind a Class 47, 25191 assisted throughout.
![]() 25191 was noted southbound at Warrington Bank Quay with coal hoppers on May 22nd. 25191 & 25245 were noted at Severn Tunnel Junction on May 25th. On June 20th 25191 was noted eastbound at Newport (?) with empty HEAs. On June 22nd 25191 & 25230 worked the 13.40 Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury forward from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton when the train was extended due to late running. Two days later (June 24th) tragedy befell 25191 working the Shrewsbury - Bristol vans after striking and killing a lady at Leominster. The police investigation delayed the following services, with 25191 held later at Hereford.
![]() 25191 was stabled at Toton on July 13th and at Bescot on July 27th. On September 6th the afternoon Dalston - Grangemouth tanks was worked by 25201 & 25191. On September 19th 25200 & 25191 worked the 6S51 06.50 Stanlow Refinery to Bishopbriggs Oil Terminal bogie tankers. On September 25th the 06.05 Carlisle - Glasgow Central and the 15.45 Glasgow Central - Carlisle were worked by 25191. Just over a week later on October 3rd 25191 worked the 10.46 Preston - Liverpool, the 13.05 Liverpool - Preston and the 14.33 Preston - Liverpool. Another diesel multiple unit failure on November 3rd found 25191 assisting the 13.00 Wolverhampton - Chester service forward from Shrewsbury.
1986
![]() 25191 was stabled at Newton Heath on April 19th. During May 25191 moved to Crewe - its last transfer. On May 1st 25191 was noted at March with a lengthy train of merry-go-round wagons. On May 2nd 25191 worked the 3V20 Manchester - Bristol parcels train. An unusual working for 25191 during the afternoon of May 12th was to haul a broad gauge replica of 'Iron Duke' from Tyseley to Didcot with three bogie flats and a brakevan. 25191 was noted working the a Northampton - Bescot SLK trip on July 1st. 25191 was noted at Bristol Bath Road on July 4th, at Severn Tunnel Junction on July 5th and noted passing Crewe station light engine on July 22nd. More adventurous was the F & W 'Coastway Crusader' excursion (1Z36) on July 27th, from Wolverhampton to Bognor Regis/Littlehampton, via Bristol and Westbury. The trip started behind 50050, 45128 taking over at Birmingham for the run to Bristol. Here 25181/191 took over reaching Ludgershall, via Andover where 25181 failed with oil pressure problems. The machine was partially revived but unfortunately ran back down the branch with its handbrake on. At Andover and now with bad wheel flats the unfortunate Class 25 was detached and replaced with 33011 for the run via East Putney, Tulse Hill, Wimbledon and Epsom to Littlehampton. On the return trip it had been intended to replace the Class 25/33 combination with 37046/117 at Westbury, however in an unusual move 25191 remained on the train, tucked in behind the 37's, running in this fashion back to Bristol where 45128 was waiting for the run home. With 25181 having bad wheel flats it was hauled to Eastleigh using a wheel skate on August 5. This was its last trip however as it was condemned here and would be broken up by Vic Berry on site during July 1988.
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![]() On the evening of July 28th 25034 & 25191 were noted at Bristol Temple Meads with a northbound parcels train (for Derby or Newcastle?) The 06.30 Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury local service was hauled by 25191 on August 12th. On September 4th 25191 was noted unloading RIV registered vans at Lawley Street. Due to engineering work 25191 was used to drag three services the short distance between Glasgow Central & Shields Road on September 28th. The limelight fell on 25191 on October 2nd, when it hauled 89001 on its first ever outing, from Crewe to Derby Research Dept. 25191 was stabled at Rhyl on October 12th. 25191 was stabled at Toton on November 30th. A visit to Llandudno Jct on December 6th found 31176 present for driver training, with three of the 'old guard' present, 25191, 25213 & 25903.
1987 The beginning of February found it back in the Crewe area, noted at Chester on 7th with loaded ballast wagons, by the 11th it was at Manchester Victoria, then to Guide Bridge to work the 6K37 to Nuneaton Hartshill. For the remainder of February 25191 seems to have been active mostly in the Crewe area. On 27th 25057 & 25191 were in charge of a Ravenhead Jct – Oakamole sand empties. March began with 25191 in the Stoke area, by the end of the first week it had made a trip to Buxton, possibly assisting a diesel multiple unit on 7th. At lunchtime on March 12th 25191 was at Manchester Victoria. On Sunday March 15th 25191 was working an overhead line train between Kidsgrove & Longport whilst on March 16th it ran out to Llandudno to work the 9T77 11.50am to Crewe Gresty Lane permanent way train. It remained in the Crewe area until withdrawn from service on March 18th. It was one of six Class 25's to be withdrawn this day - 25191/265/279/313/903/910.
![]() 25191 was withdrawn on March 18th 1987. 25191 would escape the scrappers torch and be sold to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway during August 1987. During 1997 D7541 worked 554 miles on the NYMR.
Distinguishing Features.
37/2861 Not all known passenger workings are recorded on this page.
Page added October 23rd 2004.
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