The nineteen and a half years of active service for 7562/25212 was spent allocated to only London Midland depots.
Built: BR Derby Locomotive Works.
Dual braked fitted (November 1978).
Final exhaust roof panel: raised, square.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: 78 months.
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: 30 months.
Allocations
D7562 was new to Nottingham Division (D16) on December 4th 1965. Further transfers were:
April 1967 to London Division - Western Lines (D01).
March 1968 to Birmingham Division (D02).
December 1970 to Nottingham Division (D16).
May 1973 to Toton.
May 1980 to Bescot.
October 1981 to Crewe.
Withdrawn May 12th 1985.
Renumbered February 28th 1974.
25212 was the 243rd Class 25 withdrawn, one of three retired during May 1985.
After withdrawal 25212 was stored at Crewe Diesel depot, then Basford Hall until moved to Vic Berry, Leicester on July 7th/8th 1987 with 25191, 25278 & 25313. The locomotive was added to the famous stack, being removed late in October 1987 for cutting, being finally disposed of ny the middle of November 1987.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Crewe Works May & June 1969.
Noted Derby Works August 1973.
Noted Derby Works November 1978 (dual braking equipment fitted).
Noted Derby Works December 1982 & January 1983 (N4 repairs).
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-brand new, 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
On the evening of March 11th D7562 was at Tamworth HL with an up freight.
On the early afternoon of August 6th there were 54 locomotives on shed at Toton including (Classes 20/45/46/47 excluded):
12038, 12052
D3117, D3119
D5236, D5280, D7502, D7508, D7521, D7530, D7539, D7548, D7553, D7562, D7659
D5415
D4, D5, D6
78021 & 48272.
On Sunday September 18th stabled at Kirkby-in-Ashfield were D5292, D7523, D7533, D7536, D7545, D7559 & D7562.
On the afternoon of December 31st D7562 was shunting empty coaching stock at Derby.
1967
On August 10th D7562 & D7644 were stabled at Nuneaton.
On the evening of October 28th D7562 was noted at Nuneaton.
1971
On January 5th 7562 was shunting at Rugby.
With a varied LMR allocation history, 7562/25212 acquired an interesting mix of passenger workings. On March 31st a Birmingham New Street - Skegness day excursion used 7562 & 7503 from Nottingham to Skegness and the return to Birmingham.
1973
On March 24th the 6Z42 Earles - Exeter Central cement was noted at Exeter with 7568 & 7562. Possibly there was no return working so the Class 25s remained in the Exeter area. The locomotives were split up with 7568 returning to Bristol on the afternoon of March 27th whilst 7562 worked the 27th's 2B84 20.10 Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot.
From time to time the services out of St Pancras utilised pairs of Types 2s, on June 16th the 15.05 St. Pancras - Sheffield used 7562 & 5293 throughout.
On August 15th 7562 made a test run from Derby Works.
The snag sheet for August 15th recorded:
Recordings made after Long Eaton.
| 7562; August 15st 1973; time 9.40 | |||||
| Load | Speed | Amps | Volts | Notes | Other |
| 1 | 26 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 34 | 950 | - | - | - | 3 | 40 | 990 | - | - | - | 4 | 48 | 1,000 | - | - | - | 5 | 60 | 1,000 | - | - | - | 6 | 66 | 1,050 | - | - | - |
1974
Passenger workings during 1974 included a Skegness - Leicester job on May 25th with 25101, and a round trip Nottingham - Llandudno Town (outwards from Derby) on August 31st.
1975
On January 17th the 15.30 St Pancras - Nottingham was worked forward from Leicester with 25212 assisting 45117. On April 8th (or 12th) the 10.25 St. Pancras - Sheffield required assistance from 25212 between Kibworth & Leicester after the Class 45 failed. At Leicester the following 10.30 St Pancras - Derby surrendered its locomotive 45147 to the Sheffield service, whilst 25212 took the Derby service forward.
On May 24th 25212 & 25159 worked the 09.20 Derby - Skegness and the 13.05 return.
25212 & 25299 worked a relief roundtrip Leicester - Skegness on July 5th, using stock brought in from Cricklewood by 46002.
On August 9th the 08.00 Walsall - Yarmouth to Norwich and the 14.15 Yarmouth - Derby from Norwich were worked by 25212 & 25123.
On September 6th 25212 was noted at Taunton with a permanent way train.
1976
25212 & 25280 worked the 09.20 Derby - Skegness the return Skegness - Derby on August 17th.
When the 10.56 Cambridge - Doncaster diesel multiple unit failed at March on November 3rd 25212 was on hand to assist to Doncaster.
On November 6th 25212 was stabled at Birkenhead.
The Heaton - Red Bank empty vans were worked by 25212 on December 8th.
On the morning of December 31st 25212 was stabled at York.
1977
On the afternoon of May 12th & 13th 25212 was stabled at York.
The last week of July 1977 proved to be quite busy for 25212. On July 27th it handled a round trip Derby - Skegness day out with 25269. The next day (28th) the same locomotives worked a Leicester - Skegness roundtrip. It was back to the east coast on July 30th, this time with 25175 on the Derby - Norwich - Yarmouth - Norwich - Derby diagram.
1978
The arrival of 25212 on the Peterborough - Liverpool Street parcels at Ipswich on February 11th was nothing unusual, except that the March driver left the train with no available local crew qualified to operate the Class 25. A Class 31 was found to remove the unlucky locomotive.
25212 was stabled at Rotherham on April 29th.
On the morning of July 24th 25212 was stabled at York.
North Wales was the location of two summer passenger workings for 25212. On August 18th 25212 worked the 15.32 Manchester Victoria - Bangor and 19.30 return. On September 2nd it was the turn of the 07.30 Nottingham - Llandudno Town and 13.02 return for 25212.
Early November brought a variety of Class 25s to Kings Lynn, including a block oil train for the sugar beet factory with 25212 & 25310 (8th), deputising for a defective 37264.
1979
On the afternoon of January 2nd 25212 was noted at York with a trip freight.
At mid-day on April 7th 25212 & 25133 were noted at Saltley.
A visit to the Midland main line on April 10th produced:
Leicester depot 08.40: 25107/25212/25284
Etches Park 09.20: 25214/25247
Sileby 11.25: 25284 & 25324? southbound stone
Leicester 11.40: 25107 southbound ballast
Wellingborough shed 12.05: 25268/25258
Harpenden 12.40: 25300 & 25310 southbound coal
St Albans 12.45: 25125 light engine
Radlett 12.50: 25069 permanent way train
Elstree 13.05: 25311 permanent way train.
On the afternoon of April 11th 25212 & 25249 were stabled at York.
On April 12th 25212 was southbound at Cudworth with pipe wagons.
During the early morning of April 14th noted were:
Cricklewood (06.45) 25149 & 25302
Wellingborough (07.45) 25212 & 25214
Leicester (08.30) 25121 & 25267.
On April 20th 25212 was light engine passing Finedon sidings.
On April 25 a Peterborough - Leicester diesel multiple unit required assistance from 25212 after the multiple unit ran out of fuel.
Two round trips took place over the Cambrian lines, on June 9th with 25218 working the 10.10 Euston - Aberystwyth forward from Birmingham New Street, returning with the 16.10 Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury. On June 16th the 10.10 Euston - Aberystwyth from Birmingham New Street and the 16.10 Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury were worked by 25212 & 25262. Towards the end of June (29th) the 17.10 Poole - Nottingham was noted at Derby behind 25212.
On the evening of June 29th 25040 & 25212 were noted at Saltley.
25212 was stabled at Peterborough on July 23rd.
On September 5th 25212 was southbound at Peterborough with a short freight (for Whitemoor?).
On September 16th (a Sunday) six coal trains were worked from South Wales to Corby. Four of the coal trains were held at Didcot and two at Oxford, with Banbury providing locomotives to work the trains forward to Corby. Two pairs of Class 25s were used, 25141 & 25274 and 25134 & 25212, other types included Classes 20 & 47.
On the morning of December 19th 25212 was stabled at York.
1980
On January 26th 25212 worked the 6M52 Kings Cross - Bletchley cement tanks.
Observations on the Midland mainline on March 8th included:
25212 & 25129 Leicester shed (09.45)
25099, 25113, 25214, 25251 Bedford stabling point (08.45)
25210 with a diesel multiple unit on the 11.50 Leicester - Peterborough
25127 Leicester shed (11.45)
25175 Leicester - southbound oil (11.45)
On the late afternoon of March 14th 25212 was noted at Saltley.
On March 15th 25212 was stabled at Nuneaton.
On October 8th 25212 was southbound through Oxford with empty carflats for Eastleigh.
1981
Class 25 observations between Birmingham and Derby on the afternoon of February 4th include:
Saltley: 25058, 25107, 25212
Saltley (passing): 25277 with a southbound goods
Etches Park: 25126 & 25156
Derby: 25282 with a northbound goods and 25182 with southbound tanks.
On May 9th 25212 was noted light engine at Leicester.
On September 25th 25212 was noted at Farington curve with a short freight, possibly from the wagon repair facility at Lostock Hall shed.
On September 29th 25212 & 40006 worked the Ellesmere Port - Cranmore bitumen tanks.
On a snowy December 12th 25212 was the Manchester Victoria banker.
1982
On March 5th 25212 was noted at Nottingham Midland with empty coaching stock.
On the evening of March 15th 25212 & 25104 were noted at Cambridge Street.
On the morning of March 31st 25212 was stabled at Leicester.
On the morning of April 1st 25212 was noted at Saltley.
25212 was stabled at Holbeck on April 17th.
The Mountsorrel – Radlett ‘Redland’ stone working regularly required two Type 4 machines to handle the forty eight loaded wagons, however on May 14th 25212 & 25207 were in charge of forty seven wagons.
On the evening of June 22nd 25212 was at Euston, parcels pilot?
On July 3rd 25212 was stabled at Toton.
On August 19th 25212 was noted passing Saltley with a Speedlink working of household coal.
On September 9th the 19.26 Barrow - Preston and the 22.25 Preston - Barrow were worked by 25212.
1983
On May 28th 25212 & 25202 worked the 07.44 Shrewsbury - Aberystwyth and the 10.10 Aberystwyth - Euston to Wolverhampton.
On June 18th the 08.38 Leicester - Skegness and the 12.37 Skegness - Leicester were worked by 25212 & 25106. On June 23rd 25212 was stabled at Leicester.
On July 1st 25212 was stabled at Llandudno Junction.
The Ellesmere Port – Riverside tanks ran with 25231 & 25212 on August 9th.
On September 3rd the 10.10 Euston - Aberystwyth from Birmingham New Street and the 17.15 Aberystwyth - Manchester Piccadilly to Crewe were hauled by 25212 & 25200, the return working had been extended due to late running. On September 27th the Ditton - Broughton Lane BOC tanks was hauled by 40033 & 25212.
On the evening of October 22nd 25212 was at St Pancras with a parcels working.
On the late afternoon of November 5th 25212 ran round a set of cement tanks at Manchester Exchange and headed for the Chat Moss line.
On the evening of December 10th 25212 & 33002 was stabled in a bay platform at Banbury.
On December 29th 25212 was at Preston with parcels stock.
The year closed with 25212 working the 18.20 Glasgow Central - Manchester Victoria forward from Preston on December 30th & 31st - hopefully the nights weren't too chilly.
1984
The workings for 1984 focused generally on the North West. Weather problems on January 23rd saw the 10.15 Euston - Glasgow Central hauled from Carlisle to Newcastle by 25212 & 25185, where the train was terminated. On February 15th 25212 worked the afternoon Fords Halewood - Whitemoor, the next day (16th) the evening Parkeston – Ditton working was noted with 25095 & 25212 on February 16th.
The 21.44 Preston - Liverpool was worked by 25212 on April 13th.
On April 17th 25212 & 25037 were noted at Northampton with the Stanlow - Gatwick oil tankers.
On May 4th 25212 was eastbound at Abergele with a nuclear flask train.
On May 7th 25212 was light engine at Nuneaton.
On May 28th a Blackpool North - Manchester Victoria was worked to Preston by 25212.
On June 20th 25212 was eastbound at Manchester Victoria with parcels stock, returning to Red Bank?
Noted at Westbury stabling point on June 24th were 25212 & 25191.
On July 13th 25212 hauled the 07.10 Morecambe - Leeds due to a diesel multiple unit failure. On July 16th 25212 and another Class 25 were eastbound at Salthouse Junction, Barrow with a loaded track panel train. On July 17th 25212 was shunting the sidings at Carnforth North after having worked a trip freight from Ulverston. On July 18th it assisted the 07.10 Morecambe - Leeds between Morecambe & Lancaster. On July 20th 25212 was noted at Bamber Bridge goods loop with loaded ballast wagons from Brownedge District civil engineers sidings. On July 22nd 25212 was stabled at Skipton.
The final passenger working for 25212 took place on August 1st working the 17.32 Bangor - York as far as Manchester following the failure of 40015, at Manchester Victoria 45044 took over.
On August 14th 25212 was light engine at Manchester Victoria.
On September 26th 25206 & 25212 were eastbound at Chester with oil tanks from Stanlow.
On a very wet October 17th 25212 was westbound at Manchester Victoria with a GMC waste train.
On the early evening of November 15th 25212 was northbound at Bromsgrove with a freight.
1985
On January 4th 25212, 31320 & 31216 were required at Blea Moor for weekend engineering work, 25212 led the three locomotives from Carlisle. On a snowy January 5th 25212 was stabled at Skipton.
25212 was noted at Willesden South Sidings on March 25th with ballast wagons, the same day it was also noted at Cricklewood.
Noted on April 30th at West Cheshire Junction were 25212 & 25058 running light to the Wirral. Noted on May 1st & 2nd were 25212 & 25058 on the Ellesmere Port – Severn Tunnel Jct bitumen tanks. On May 8th 25212 was noted passing Helsby with empty oil tanks for Stanlow. On May 10th 25212 was noted at Stockport on a short train of short-wheelbase tanks.
25212 was withdrawn on May 12th 1985.
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