Apart from eleven months allocated to Cardiff the seventeen year career of D5205/25055 was spent allocated to various London Midland Region depots.

Built: BR Darlington Works.
Boiler equipped.
Never fitted with domino style headcode display.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: 61 months.
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: 13 months.

Allocations

D5205 was new to Toton (18A) on June 15th 1963. Further transfers were:

July 1963 to Cricklewood (14A).
August 1963 to Toton (18A) then (16A).
March 1964 to Derby (16C).
January 1965 to London Midland (Midland) Lines (LMML).
November 1967 to Springs Branch (8F).
January 1968 to Carlisle (12A).
May 1968 to Stoke Division (D05).
November 1968 to Liverpool Division (D08).
November 1970 to Manchester Division (D09).
May 1973 to Longsight.
May 1976 to Crewe.
December 1976 to Cardiff.
November 1977 to Crewe.
August 1980 to Kingmoor.
Withdrawn November 2nd 1980.

Renumbered February 23rd 1974.

25055 was the 52nd Class 25 withdrawn, one of seventeen withdrawn during November 1980.

After withdrawal 25055 was stored at Newton Heath and moved with 25122 (also ex-Newton Heath) and 25100 & 25281 (ex Reddish) to Swindon Works by February 27th 1981. 25055 had been broken up by the third week of December 1981.

Works Visits

Works visits (records incomplete).

Noted Derby Works August 1965.
Noted Derby Works November 1966.
Noted Derby Works September & October 1975 (gangway doors sheeted over).
Noted Derby Works April 1978 (generator fault?).
Noted Derby Works April 1979 (N1 repairs).

Highlights

1963
On August 15th D5205 was noted at Cricklewood, although only two months old it was already acquring a coat of grime on its fresh paint.

1964
On March 15th D5205 was stabled at Holbeck.

On May 13th D5205 was southbound? at Barrow Hill station with a lengthy freight (4M84).

On October 15th D5205 was noted at Holbeck shed.

On December 18th the 20.35 Oldham Road - Tyne class 4 freight was worked to Healey Mills by D5205, the locomotive returning to Newton Heath via Sowerby Bridge. On December 28th the relief 10.50 Birmingham New Street - Newcastle was worked by D5205 (known to have worked Derby - Sheffield).

1965
On October 23rd D5205 was light engine at Carlisle.

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, D7564, D7566, D7567, D7576, D7588, D7598, D7599, D7600, D7601, D7602

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 morning of January 29th D5205 & D5212 were on a down freight at Leicester.

On the early afternoon of February 12th D5205 was at Finedon with a down freight.

1967
On March 4th D5205 worked the 13.28 Derby - Manchester.

On September 2nd D5205 worked the 08.00 Leicester - Clacton.

On October 18th D5205 & D7575 worked a Leeds - St. Pancras service throughout.

Further north on December 9th 5205 worked the 13.00 Carlisle - Edinburgh and the 17.54 Edinburgh - Carlisle via the Waverley route.

1968
At the begining of March the 09.00 Liverpool Exchange - Glasgow became a steam turn (Newton Heath) on Mondays & Saturdays only, with the other days utilising a Type 2. On March 5th D5205 was provided, presumably to Preston.

On the evening of June 12th D5205 was northbound light engine at Crewe.

On the morning of October 26th 5205 was stabled at Crewe.

1969
On the afternoon of March 23rd 5205 was noted at Leyland with a permanent way train.

On June 21st 5205 & 5263 were noted at Llandudno Town with an unidentified passenger train.

Condition August: green livery with small yellow warning panels, curved upper corners, warning panel covers frame level stripe, gangway doors fitted, no blanking plates, hand/footholds present, straight sided sandboxes, three rung bogie mounted footsteps, 'D' prefix present.

1970
On the afternoon of August 8th 5205 was southbound at Crewe with a freight (6A09).

1971
On February 25th 5205 worked the 18.06 Manchester Exchange - Blackpool North vans (4P05).

5205 was the Manchester Victoria banker on August 13th, 20th & 23rd.

On August 28th (or 29th?) 5205 & 5198 worked a Stalybridge - Yarmouth to Norwich.

At about 7am on September 22nd 5205 was noted passing Manchester Victoria with an up van train.

1972
On the morning of January 22nd 5205 was on empty coaching stock duty at Manchester Piccadilly.

At about 7am (?) on February 18th 335 & 5205 were noted passing Manchester Victoria with an up freight comprised of two vans (6H62).

On May 9th 5205 was noted at Manchester Exchange preparing to work a down van train. 5205 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on May 25th & 26th.

At about 5pm on June 9th 5255 was noted passing Olive Mount Junction with an up freight. On June 24th 5205 & 5296 worked the 09.20 Manchester Piccadilly - Yarmouth to Lincoln Central, returning from there with the 09.28 Yarmouth - Manchester Piccadilly.

At about 7.30am on October 5th 5255 was noted passing Olive Mount Junction with an up freight.

On the morning of November 27th 5205 was passing Stockport with an up freight (6V18).

1973
5205 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on March 27th, 28th & 30th.

5205 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on April 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th & 10th.

At about 7am on August 8th 5205 was noted passing Salford with an up freight.

5205 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on October 23rd, 24th, 25th, 29th, 30th & 31st.

5205 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on November 2nd, 5th, 6th & 9th.

1974

On March 21st 25055 was stabled at Guide Bridge.

On June 28th 25055 was southbound light engine at Lancaster (WCML).

On August 31st 25055 & 25144 worked the 09.19 Manchester Piccadilly - Yarmouth to Lincoln Central returning with the 09.15 ex-Yarmouth.

On December 5th 25055 was noted at Cheadle Hume with ballast hoppers.

Condition December: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors present.

1975
25055 was noted at Manchester Victoria on January 16th with the 1M81 and later the 6H17. 25055 was noted at Manchester Victoria on the evening of January 17th.

25055 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on January 31st.

On February 3rd 25055 worked 05.07 Leeds City - Manchester Victoria vans (4M03) and the 23.40 Liverpool - York. 25055 was noted at Great Rocks on February 8th (6H37).

25055 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on March 11th.

25054 & 25055 were on Royal Train duty on May 14th 1975 arriving at Kings Lynn with the stock for a late evening departure for the Duke of Edinburgh. The train ran to Salford via Peterborough, Grantham, Nottingham, Chesterfield, stopping overnight at Bamford.

25055 was noted at Manchester Victoria on June 22nd, 23rd & 26th.

25055 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on July 11th.

On September 3rd 25055 was noted at Exeter Central with milk tanks.

On October 22nd 25055 made a test run from Derby Works.

The snag sheet for October 22nd recorded:

No.2 end leading and used for recordings.

Recordings above made leaving Nottingham, those below from Loughborough.