The nineteen year career of D5206/25056 was spent allocated only to London Midland Region depots.
Built Derby Locomotive Works.
Boiler equipped.
Never carried domino headcode display.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: 76 months.
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: 31 months.
Allocations
The frames for D5206 were laid down at Derby Works during March 1963 and was new to Toton (18A) on June 22nd 1963. Further transfers were:
July 1963 to Cricklewood (14A).
September 1963 to Cricklewood West (14B).
January 1965 to London Midland Midland Lines.
December 1967 to Springs Branch (8F).
June 1968 to Liverpool Division (D08).
September 1968 to Preston Division (D10).
November 1968 to Liverpool Division (D08).
May 1973 to Springs Branch following abolition of the LMR Division allocations.
January 1975 to Longsight.
May 1976 to Crewe.
May 1977 to Carlisle Kingmoor.
August 1st 1982 withdrawn.
Renumbered March 6th 1974.
25056 was the 133rd Class 25 withdrawn, one of three retired during August 1982.
25056 is reported as being withdrawn due to sustaining severe wheel flats whilst being moved with the handbrake on. Initially stored at Tinsley, it was moved to Toton on March 3rd 1983. On June 16th 1984 25115, 25056, 25151, 25139, 97202, 40170 & 25090 were noted in a long line in sidings at Toton. On July 12th 1984 25056 moved to Swindon Cocklebury Yard and entered the Works on July 25th 1984. It had been broken up by the first week of March 1985.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Derby Works September 1966.
Noted Derby Works February 1967.
Noted Derby Works February 1970.
Noted Derby Works February & March 1976 (gangway doors removed).
Noted Derby Works October 1979.
Highlights
1963
The allocation history of D5206/25056 provided the opportunity for a great variety of passenger workings. Perhaps the first of these was the use of D5206 on a Leicester - Eastbourne day excursion on August 11th, the locomotive presumed to work throughout.
Stabled at Cricklewood on September 15th were D5085, D5088, D5091, D5092, D5206, D5212, D5217 & D5218.
Condition no month: green livery with small yellow warning panels, curved upper corners, warning panel covers frame level stripe, three rung bogie mounted footsteps.
1964
Stabled at Cricklewood on Sunday November 15th were D5194, D5204, D5206, D5211, D5213, D5214, D5217, D5218 & D5219.
Christmas Eve travellers had the delights of D5206 & D5220 on a relief Derby - St Pancras service.
1965
On July 3rd D5206 worked the 07.40 Whitemoor - Temple Mills and its balancing northbound working.
1966
On March 19th D5206 was noted at Duffield with the four coach 13.00 Chinley - Derby (2P52).
Noted at Derby station on March 24th between 4.30pm & 7pm were about fifty train and locomotive movements involving diesel Classes 08/25/37/45/46/47. Class 25s and steam locomotives included:
D7528 shunting empty coaching stock
48350 up freight - oil tanks
D7548 down light engine
D7561 down light engine
D5188 Nottingham?? - Derby passenger (2P92)
D5299 empty coaching stock for Derby - Bakewell service
D5190 empty coaching stock for Derby - Sheffield service
48143 down light engine
D7584 up freight (5G52)
45211 up light engine
D7511 & D7565 down freight (9T44)
48672 down light engine
D7505 up light engine
48103 down freight, later retiring to the shed
48646 up freight
92008 up light engine
48752 down freight
D7572 shunting empty coaching stock
76043 down light engine
D5206 up local
D5204 Sheffield - Derby passenger (2M76)
48214 down special freight
48177 down movement with brake van
45224 down light engine
D7502 up light engine
D5223 up local (2P53)
D68 & D7583 19.45 Derby - St Pancras
Amongst the locomotives on shed during this period included 12039, D2504, D7514, D7572, D7581, D7585, D7646, E6022 & 48064.
On the afternoon of December 31st D5206 was stabled at Cambridge Street.
1967
On the evening of April 26th D5206 was at Stoke on Trent with a down parcels (3K09).
On the late morning of May 17th D5206 was at Cockshute with empty coaching stock.
On May 30th the 12.06 Bradford Foster Square - St. Pancras was noted between Leeds & Sheffield behind D5206 with five coaches.
1968
On Easter Monday D5206 worked the 09.00 Liverpool Exchange - Preston and may have worked the earlier part of the diagram, the 03.15 Manchester - Southport newspaper, then light engine to Liverpool.
On a damp May 16th D5206 and Royal Train stock (1X00) was noted passing Burnley, presumably this was an empty coaching stock move.
Condition May: green livery with frame level stripe, full yellow ends, gangway doors in place.
1969
On March 4th (or 14th?) 5206 worked 1F51 21.25 Preston - Liverpool Exchange. On March 8th 5206 worked 1P08 09.00 Liverpool Exchange - Glasgow to Preston.
On July 20th 5206 worked the 1P08 Liverpool Exchange to Glasgow as far as Preston. The following day (21st) 5206 was noted light engine through Rufford station.
1970
The Royal Train again received Class 25 haulage on May 9th when 5206 & 5223 worked the Queen Mother from Selly Oak to Bedale (for Catterick) where the train stabled overnight before returning to Wolverton as empty coaching stock the next day.
On the afternoon of October 3rd 5206 & 5208 were southbound at Preston with a brakevan.
1971
On May 16th 5206 was stabled at Springs Branch (blue/yellow livery, gangway doors in place).
At about 5pm on June 24th 5206 was noted at Liverpool Lime Street with some empty Royal Train stock, also on empty stock duty was 5204.
On August 4th the Chairman of the British Railways Board made a journey from Manchester to St Pancras via Birmingham & Derby utilising saloon DM395707 hauled by 5206.
5206 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on September 2nd, 3rd & 22nd.
5206 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on October 4th.
1972
At about 5pm on August 25th 5206 was noted passing Olive Mount Junction with a down freight.
1973
5206 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on June 29th.
1974
On the afternoon of January 4th 5206 worked a York - Leeds parcels.
5206 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on January 17th, 18th & 21st.
June 1974 - still fitted with cab front gangway doors.
On August 17th 25056 & 25049 worked the 09.19 Manchester Piccadilly - Yarmouth to Lincoln Central, returning from there with the 09.15 Yarmouth - Manchester Piccadilly.
1975
During January 25056 was transferred to Longsight.
25056 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on January 13th. On January 14th 25056 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 4G05. On January 15th 25056 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 4J16 and later the 6Z12. On January 16th, 18th & 21st 25056 was noted at Manchester Victoria. On January 22nd 25056 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 4J10. 25056 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on January 24th.
On February 6th 25056 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 5J10. On February 7th 25056 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 1M81 18.05 Newcastle - Liverpool Lime Street. 25056 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on February 21st.
On March 31st 25056 worked a Manchester Victoria - Llandudno Town service and possibly a service from Llandudno Town to Llandudno Junction and further??
On the afternoon of May 12th 25056 & 25060 were at Hartford Junction with a down freight.
On May 14th 25056 was noted at Skelton Junction with a train of ICI limestone hoppers.
On June 15th 25056 was stabled at Northwich (showing headcode 6H43).
The 09.00 Llandudno Town - York was worked by 25056 on June 21st. On June 24th 25056 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 5J39.
On July 21st 25056 worked the 05.07 Leeds City - Manchester Victoria vans (4M03).
On September 9th the 08.55 Manchester Victoria - Llandudno Town and 12.30 Llandudno Town - Manchester Victoria were worked by 25056.
1976
On March 23rd 25056 made a test run from Derby Works.
The snag sheet for March 23rd recorded:
No.1 end leading, reporting from the No.2 cab.
| 25056; March 23rd 1976; 1C41 Nottingham | |||||
| Load | Speed | Amps | Volts | Notes | Other |
| 1 | 28 | 900 | - | - | - | 2 | 35 | 910 | - | - | - | 3 | 42 | 950 | - | - | - | 4 | 50 | 960 | - | - | - | 5 | 64 | 970 | - | - | - | 6 | 71 | 975 | - | - | - |
OVE not closing cleanly
E1 ? arcing
Engine noisy - tappets?
On August 14th 25056 was noted at Aberystwyth with a parcels working.
On September 10th 25056 worked the 1E24 22.50 Shrewsbury - York to Crewe, returning west early the next morning with the 10th's 1M41 21.50 York -Shrewsbury forward from Crewe.
Just before midnight on October 16th 25056 & 25285 were noted at Springs Branch.
On the morning of November 10th 25056 was westbound with a mixed freight at Uphill Junction.
1977
On the morning of January 24th 25056 was stabled at York.
On March 11th 25056 worked the 22.50 Shrewsbury - York as far as Crewe.
On March 24th 25056 worked the 2M67 11.35 Cardiff - Crewe.
On March 26th 25056 was noted heading for Wrexham with coal from Bersham Colliery.
On May 14th 25056 was stabled at Crewe Diesel depot.
On May 21st 25056 was at Manchester Piccadilly with empty coaching stock.
On November 26th 25056 was noted coming off the Chester line at Crewe with empty coaching stock.
1978
On April 15th 25056 was stabled at Springs Branch.
On May 10th 25056 worked the trip job to Cohens scrapyard at Cransley, bring in twelve empty wagons and taking out a similar number loaded with scrap metal. On May 13th 25056 worked the 10.15 Birmingham New Street - Norwich throughout, a total of 174 passenger miles.
The 17.10 Cardiff - Crewe was worked by 25056 on June 27th.
On July 28th 25056 & 25041 worked the 18.05 Blackpool North - Stranraer Harbour forward from Carlisle, returning the next day (29th) with the 01.20 Stranraer Harbour - Blackpool North to Carlisle, a total of 332 passenger miles for these two days.
On September 9th 25056 was noted at Eastfield.
1979
On January 8th (or possibly February 7th?) the 15.07 Plymouth - Manchester Piccadilly was worked from Gloucester to Birmingham New Street by 25056.
25094 & 25056 worked to Hither Green with October 16th s 11.45 ex-Brent returning with the 10.57 Shepherdswell - Cricklewood.
A diesel multiple unit working the Stranraer Harbour - Glasgow Central service failed at Dunragit on November 3rd, 25056 dragged the service to Glasgow.
The Thompson B1 Locomotive Society 'Gricers Heaven' railtour on November 24th was worked by 25056 & 25070 between Ashburys & Preston.
1980
The second half of August saw 25056 very active on the North Wales mainline with a variety of local passenger services. On August 16th 25056 worked the 14.40 Manchester Victoria - Llandudno Town and the 18.17 Llandudno Town - Manchester Victoria.
From August 19th to 28th the active days continued with a variety of workings including the 09.42 Llandudno Town - Manchester Victoria, the 13.40 Manchester Victoria - Llandudno Town, 16.42 Llandudno Town - Crewe, the 20.30 Crewe - Bangor and the 22.45 Bangor - Llandudno Junction, with 25056 present on all or some of these on August 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 27th & 28th.
On October 30th 25056 was noted westbound at Red Bank with a loaded continuously welded rail train.
The 07.38 Barrow - Liverpool was worked by 25056 on November 10th.
1981
1981 produced a good number of passenger workings with considerable variety. On March 2nd 25056 worked the 12.25 Crewe - Cardiff and the 17.10 Cardiff - Crewe. On March 4th 25056 worked the 1V05 12.25 Crewe - Cardiff.
On March 27th 25056 worked the 15.10 Cardiff - Crewe, whilst the next day (28th) it worked the 07.50 Cardiff - Crewe.
Observations on the NE/SW mainline on April 21st include:
Gloucester depot 11.50: 25027 & 25056
Saltley 13.45: 25214 & 25260
Etches Park 14.25: 25066 & 25081
On May 16th a Newcastle - Bridgnorth day excursion saw 25056 & 25130 work the roundtrip Birmingham New Street - Bewdley portion of the excursion. A week later on May 23rd 25056 & 25271 worked the 10.10 Euston - Aberystwyth forward from Birmingham New Street, returning with the 18.00 (or 16.10?) Aberystwyth - Wolverhampton.
On June 6th 25056 was stabled at Cockshute.
On the afternoon of June 17th & 22nd 25056 was stabled at York.
The 09.13 Preston - Blackpool North on June 27th failed before departure with 40036, this was replaced by 25056, which also worked the 14.30 Blackpool North - Edinburgh to Preston.
During much of July & August 25056 was displaying '7F07' in the No.1 cab headcode box. On July 4th 25056 worked the 09.42 Manchester Victoria - Bangor. Three days later (7th) 25056 was noted southbound at Doncaster hauling a new Class 313 electric multiple unit with barrier vehicles. On July 29th a Derby - Aberystwyth day excursion was worked by 25056 & 25270 from Wolverhampton to Aberysywyth and handling the entire return journey.
On August 1st 25056 & 25270 worked the Derby - Norwich (for Yarmouth) - Norwich - Derby diagram. Two weeks later on August 15th 25056 & 25073 worked the 07.40 Euston - Aberystwyth forward from Wolverhampton, returning with the 16.05 Aberystwyth - Wolverhampton.
At the end of the month 25056 was north of the border on the Glasgow Central - Carlisle service. On August 25th it worked the 12.40 Glasgow Central - Carlisle, August 26th the 08.40 Carlisle - Glasgow Central and the 12.40 Glasgow Central - Carlisle, August 28th the 08.40 Carlisle - Glasgow Central and the 12.40 Glasgow Central - Carlisle and on August 31st & September 1st the 12.40 Glasgow Central - Carlisle, for an eight day passenger mileage of at least 805 miles, possibly considerably more.
On September 11th 25056 was noted at Oxford with a mixed freight of about a dozen vehicles.
The LVRC 'Tubular Belle 2' railtour on October 3rd was worked roundtrip Llandudno Junction & Blaenau Ffestiniog and Llandudno Town - Llandudno Junction by 25056 & 40057.
On October 11th 25056 was receiving attention at Reddish.
On October 17th 25056 was light engine at Preston.
On December 29th the Southport - Bewdley 'Severnsider' railtour was worked by 25056 & 25219 as part of the outward leg: Manchester Victoria - Ashton Moss - Stockport - Crewe - Stafford - Bushbury Junction - Perry Bar North Junction- Soho South Junction - Birmingham New Street. 25051 & 25058 worked the Birmingham New Street - Bewdley round trip. The return leg was worked Birmingham New Street - Crewe - Southport. On the approach to Crewe 25056 suffered a brake problem bringing the train to a halt short of the station, the train reached the station being driven by 25219, fitters were able to rectify the brake fault affecting 25056. By this time the train was over an hour late, due to this and other problems affecting the railtour throughout the day.
1982
25056 was noted eastbound through Manchester Victoria with an eight vehicle parcels train on January 5th, empties for Red Bank?
The 'Peak Forest Peak' railtour on March 6th was worked between Liverpool - Wigan - Dee Marsh Junction by 25056 & 25086.
On March 23rd 25056 was stabled at Cockshute.
On the afternoon of April 15th 25056 was stabled at York.
The last recorded passenger working for 25056 took place on June 26th working the 07.59 Wakefield Westgate - Scarborough and the return 10.50 Scarborough - Sheffield
For some period during the ASLEF strike (July 4th - 18th) 25056 was stabled at Severn Tunnel Junction.
On the afternoon of July 23rd 25056, 25140 & 25164 were stabled at York.
25056 was withdrawn on August 1st 1982.
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