The fourteen year career of D7602/25252 included ten months in the Sheffield area, two & a half years on the Scottish Region, with the remainder of its time spent at LMR depots.
Built: BR Derby Locomotive Works.
Carried two-tone green livery with TOPS numbering (March 1974 - May 1975).
Final exhaust roof panel: raised, square.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: 59 months.
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: 6 months.
Allocations
D7602 was new to Tinsley (41A) on February 21st 1966. Further transfers were:
June 1966 to Barrow Hill (41E).
December 1966 to Haymarket (64B).
June 1969 to Nottingham Division (D16) on loan, made permanent July 1969.
December 1969 to Birmingham Division (D02).
May 1973 to Bescot.
Withdrawn March 30th 1980.
Renumbered March 20th 1974.
25252 was the 29th Class 25 withdrawn, one of three retired during March 1980.
After withdrawal 25252 was stored at Toton until August 14/15th 1980 when it was moved to Swindon Works. It was broken up here towards the end of September 1980.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Derby Works April 1970.
Noted Derby Works May & June 1975 (repaint in to blue livery).
Noted Derby Works November & December 1979 (N5 repairs).
Highlights
1967
Its two & a half years on the Scottish Region brought only a couple of recorded passenger workings, one being a brakevan special. On February 20th 1967 D7602 worked a Millerhill - Penicuik brakevan tour organised by the Melville College Railway Society, a grand total of 17 miles!
1968
Condition June: two-tone green livery with small yellow warning panels, no blanking plates, hand/footholds present, engine exhaust in original position, straight sided sandboxes, three rung bogie mounted footsteps.
On June 21st D7602 worked a weedkilling train Keith - Aviemore - Inverness.
On the evening of September 16th 7602, 7607 & 7608 were stabled at Millerhill.
On the morning of November 11th 7602 was at Prestonpans with an engineers train.
1969
On May 26th 7602 & 5070 worked the 11.10 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee.
On July 27th 7602 was stabled at Crewe North.
Condition July: two-tone green livery, small yellow warning panels, 'D' prefix present, paintwork badly stained by radiator water run-off.
1970
The completion of new LTE underground stock at Metro Cammell required the use of two specials to deliver the stock. These ran as the 23.42 Washwood Heath - West Ruislip on September 9th & 28th using Class 25s 7602 and 7548 respectively.
Condition September: two-tone green livery with full yellow ends.
1973
On the afternoon of October 10th 7602 was stabled at York.
The failure of a three-car multiple unit during the afternoon of November 14th saw 7602 & 7610 assist the 13.50 Chester - Wolverhampton service and the return working, the 16.35 Wolverhampton - Shrewsbury.
1974
With over ten years allocated to Bescot 7602/25252 acquired modest mileage on some familiar workings. Starting off the list of workings was a not-so-common job, on May 11th 25252 & 25054 worked the 09.35 Cardiff - Manchester Piccadilly forward from Birmingham New Street. Two weeks later on May 25th 25252 & 25143 worked the 12.52 Norwich - Birmingham New Street throughout.
Condition August: two-tone green livery with full yellow ends, straight sided sandboxes, three rung bogie mounted footsteps, carrying TOPS numbering.
1975
On the morning of March 15th 25252 was stabled at Saltley.
On April 29th 25210 & 25252 were stabled at Coventry station.
On May 23rd 25252 made a test run from Derby Works.
The snag sheet for May 23rd recorded:
| 25252; May 23rd 1975; 1M51 9.41 Derby | |||||
| Load | Speed | Amps | Volts | Notes | Other |
| 1 | 30 | 900 | - | - | - | 2 | 48 | 850 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
AWS failed
Pistons passing oil, suspect No.1
Knecht filter ?? adaptor leaking
Radiators unbalanced B side low
No.1 bulk head door seal.
On July 4th 25252 made a rectification run from Derby Works piloting 45103.
The snag sheet for July 4th recorded:
| 25252; July 4th 1975; 1M51 Derby 9.41 | ||
| Speed | Location | Comments |
| 0.0 | Loughborough | Time 10.06 | 74 | Barrow on Soar | 10.11am | 86 | Sileby | - | 90 | Mile Post 106 | Shut off | 94 | Syston North | - | 94.5 | Syston South | Power on | 89 | Thurmaston | - |
Start to stop 12minutes 3.3 seconds.
Workings in 1975 included a day out to East Anglia on July 12th with 25252 & 25127 on the Derby - Norwich - Yarmouth - Norwich - Walsall diagram, covering a total of 370 passenger miles. A short working on September 6th was taking the 07.55 Leicester - Scarborough to Nottingham with 25236.
1976
On June 19th 25075 & 25252 worked the 1E85 09.20 Derby - Skegness.
At midday on July 12th 25252 was noted at Barton Hill, Bristol. 25252 was noted at Shrewsbury on July 31st.
On September 18th 25252 & 25081 worked the 08.00 Walsall - Yarmouth to Norwich, returning with the 14.15 Yarmouth - Derby.
1977
25252 was the Manchester Victoria pilot on September 16th.
1978
25252 was stabled at Severn Tunnel Junction on February 22nd. 25252 was noted at Bushbury on down empties at midday on February 24th.
1977 brought no recorded passenger workings but one week in July 1978 saw 25252 & 25101 quite active. On July 8th they worked the Walsall - Norwich (for Yarmouth) - Norwich - Derby diagram. The next three days (9th, 10th, 11th) saw them working the 08.40 Leicester - Skegness and 18.30 return.
On October 30th 25252 was noted passing Perry Bar with a mixed freight.
25252 was noted at Nuneaton on December 16th.
1979
25154 & 25252 worked a Mountsorrel - Kennett stone train on January 12th. On the morning of January 27th the wires were down at Tring, 25181 & 25252 were noted rescuing a 4-car electric multiple unit, 25067 was on a wiring train and 25204 & 25193 were noted light engines at Bourne End having just assisted 86216 with the West Coast Poastal. On a snowy January 29th 25252 was noted at Thorpes Bridge Junction headed for Oldham with a lengthy parcels train, from Red Bank sidings?
25252's last recorded passenger working took place during June 1979. On June 16th 25252 & 25270 worked the 08.00 Walsall - Yarmouth to Norwich, returned from there with the 14.15 Yarmouth - Derby. The next day the same pair worked the 08.25 Leicester - Skegness and 18.30 return.
On the morning of August 21st 25252 was the Camp Hill banker.
25252 was noted passing Kisgrove with a short freight on September 11th.
1980
25252 was noted at Toton on February 23rd.
25252 was withdrawn on March 30th 1980.
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Not all known passenger workings are recorded on this page.
Page added February 13th 2013.
Last updated May 11th 2023.
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