With a multitude of transfers in its seventeen year career, D5244/25094 was one of the most transferred Class 25s, with allocations to London Midland, Southern, Scottish and Western Region depots.
Built: BR Derby Locomotive Works.
Final exhaust roof panel: flush.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: ?? months.
Time between withdrawal and scrapping: 16 months.
Allocations
D5244 was new to Toton (16A) on January 20th 1964. Further transfers were:
September 1964 to Southern Region.
December 1964 to Toton (16A).
January 1965 to London Division Midland Lines (LMML).
February 1966 to Nottingham Division (D16).
April 1967 to London Midland Midland Lines (LMML).
August 1967 to Stoke Division (D05).
August 1967 to Birmingham Division (D02).
January 1968 to Longsight (9A).
May 1968 to Springs Branch (8F).
June 1968 to Liverpool Division (D08).
May 1969 to Nottingham Division (D16).
May 1973 to Toton.
March 1974 to Eastfield.
May 1974 to Haymarket.
October 1974 to Spring Branch.
February 1975 to Toton.
February 1975 to Longsight.
March 1975 to Springs Branch.
May 1975 to Bristol.
August 1975 to Laira.
October 1975 to Haymarket.
August 1976 to Eastfield.
October 1976 to Toton.
August 1977 to Kingmoor.
October 1977 to Crewe.
March 1980 to Toton.
August 1980 to Cricklewood.
November 1980 to Toton.
Withdrawn February 1st 1981.
Renumbered April 1974.
25094 was the 89th Class 25 withdrawn, one of twelve retired during February 1981.
After withdrawal 25094 was stored at Etches Park, then noted at Derby Works by April 1981 and scrapped there by June 1982.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Crewe Works November 1965.
Noted Derby Works April 1972.
Noted Derby Works November 1972.
Presumed repair Glasgow Works 1976/1977 (not before September 1976).
Highlights
1964
The frames for D5294 were laid down at Derby Works during the last quarter of 1963, being completed and delivered to Toton (16A) during January 1964.
On January 3rd 1964 D5244 made its test run to Corby.
On the morning of February 1st D5242 & D5244 and two brake tenders were northbound at Syston with a freight.
On July 5th stabled at Toton were D5184, D5185, D5234, D5243, D5244, D5245, D5247, D5249, D5251, D5257, D5262, D5263, D5268, D5277, D5279, D5280 & D5281.
The Southern Region experienced a number of problems with some of their electric locomotives, with many temporarily sidelined awaiting attention. This created a shortage of locomotives leading to D5240 - D5245 & D5247 moving to Hither Green (73C) during September. Despite this somewhat unusual transfer there are no reports of how the locomotives were used or any photographs of them during their brief stay south of the Thames. D5244 returned to Toton (16A) during November.
1965
Condition March: two-tone green livery with small yellow warning panels, straight sided sandboxes, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps.
1966
On the morning of March 24th D5244 was shunting at Loughborough.
On the afternoon of June 12th D5244 & D5273 were down light engines at Napsbury.
On the morning of October 28th D5244 & D7551 were at Irchester with a down freight.
1967
On the afternoon of May 1st D5244 was the empty coaching stock pilot at Derby.
Noted at Uttoxeter on the afternoon of August 3rd were D7589 & D5244 with a down freight, D5012 shunting and D5297 with an up freight.
On the afternoon of October 29th D5244, D5292, D5293, D5294 & D5296 were stabled at Bescot.
1968
On February 25th D5134, D5244 & D5259 were stabled at Buxton.
On the afternoon of April 26th D5244 & D7560 were stabled at Longsight Yard.
1969
On June 12th 5244 was noted at Lincoln working the 10.38am Yarmouth - York.
1970
On July 11th 5244 & 5232 worked the 07.55 Walsall - Yarmouth to Norwich and returned from there with the 14.37 Yarmouth - Walsall.
On July 15th 5244 was stabled at Crewe north holding sidings.
On August 22nd 5244 & 7502 were noted at Derby with an unidentified passenger service.
1971
On August 4th a Derby - Skegness roundtrip was worked by 5244 & 7508.
On October 6th a Temple Mills - Whitemoor freight was worked by 5241 & 5244.
1972
The early afternoon of April 16th at Burton revealed 5244 (with 'D' prefixes), 5284, 7559, 7563, 7566 (all two-tone green with small yellow panels).
The Derby - Norwich - Yarmouth - Norwich - Walsall diagram was worked by 5244 & 5236 on June 10th.
On July 20th 5244 was noted at Derby with an unidentified passenger train - headcode 1M70.
A journey from Leighton Buzzard to Crewe for the Works Open Day on August 9th included the following:
Bletchley: 7535, E3001, E3022
Rugby: 3024, 3188, 7566, E3004, E3011, E3076, E3079
Nuneaton: 7559, 7610
Rugeley: 5141
Stafford: 3870, 5143, E3023
Crewe station area (late morning):
162
200, 245, 300, 309, 379
402, 405, 414, 416, 420, 421, 433, 443, 444
1512, 1552, 1580, 1612, 1633, 1692, 1693, 1823, 1851, 1855, 1905, 1934, 1939, 1945, 1958
3031, 3217, 3232, 3290, 3291, 3801, 3861
5030, 5038, 5045, 5056, 5142
5246, 5288, 7635, 7636
E3003, E3023, E3059, E3061, E3062, E3071, E3076, E3082 (Class 86s omitted)
Crewe Works
201, 205, 239, 251, 280, 289, 302, 367, 393, 398
415
1504, 1516, 1519, 1520, 1530, 1533, 1534, 1542, 1543, 1545, 1580, 1590, 1601, 1621, 1626, 1634, 1641, 1646, 1654, 1659, 1670, 1675, 1694, 1702, 1709, 1813, 1836, 1844, 1848, 1856, 1858, 1892, 1931, 1940, 1948, 1987
3510
8070, 8115, 8170, 8176, 8307
26049, 76025
E3046-cond, E3084
E3150, '86501'
Crewe station area (afternoon):
221, 292, 316, 329, 382, 386
411, 419, 422, 424, 426 427, 440, 446
1654, 1842, 1847, 1952
3069, 3113, 3467, 3585, 3970
5029, 5047, 5049, 5052, 5057, 5092
5244, 7534
E3001, E3054, E3063, E3073, E3074, E3089
Stafford: 5024, 5079
Nuneaton: 3951, 5284, 7559
Bletchley: 7527, 7528.
On September 26th 5244 was northbound at Derby with a freight. Loco was in a shabby two-tone green livery with full yellow ends a 'D' prefix.
An undated Derby Locomotive Work snag sheet circa November 1972 included the following comments:
Traction motors to prove.
On November 30th 5244 made a test run from Derby Works.
The snag sheet for November 30th recorded:
| 5244; November 30th 1972; time 9.45 | |||||
| Load | Speed | Amps | Volts | Notes | Other |
| 1 | 26 | 950 | 815 | - | - | 2 | 35 | 950 | 820 | - | - | 3 | 42 | 950 | 815 | - | - | 4 | 48 | 950 | 815 | - | - | 5 | 60 | 1,000 | 810 | - | - | 6 | 66 | 1,020 | 805 | - | - |
FDR flickering, volts up to 870.
Freight trains noted at Luton on December 12th included:
135 branch
5235 & 5244 8Z73
1827 6C35
57 8D15
73 6M53
87 6E49 bogie oil tanks.
1973
At about 7am on February 8th 5244 was noted at Manchester Victoria with a down freight.
On August 12th 5244 & 5235 were noted with passenger stock at Birmingham New Street, headcode 1T43.
1975
The transfer situation for the much travelled group of locomotives (25090 - 25094), including 25094 presented quite a tangled web during 1975:
February - 25093 & 25094 moved to Toton, by month end both are at Longsight.
March - 25094 moves to Springs Branch.
May - 25093 & 25094 move to Bristol.
July - 25090 - 25092 to Eastfield.
August - 25090 - 25092 do not stay long at Eastfield, 25090 moves to Longsight, 25091 to Bescot and 25092 to Toton. After all these individual moves 25091 - 25094 move to Laira.
October - 25091 - 25094 to Haymarket.
November - 25092 & 25093 go even further north - to Inverness - presumably their lack of boilers kept them only on freight workings.
On January 15th 25094 was noted at Manchester Victoria. On January 29th 25094 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 5J83. On the morning of January 31st 25094 and another Class 25 were northbound light engines at Oakenshaw South junction.
On the afternoon of May 7th 25094 was northbound at York with 28 vanfits.
On June 14th 25094 worked the 2B99 15.55 Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple and the 17.55 Barnstaple - Exter St Davids.
On June 21st 25094 worked the 08.25 Barnstaple - Exeter St. Davids, the 09.52 Exeter St. Davids - Barnstaple and the 12.20 Barnstaple - Exeter St. Davids.
On July 5th 25094 was noted at Exeter stabling point, having worked an evening freight from Barnstaple with milk from Torrington and china clay from Meeth. On July 20th 25094 was noted at Banbury.
On August 12th 25094 was noted at Exeter stabling point. On August 19th 25096 worked the 9B73 15.05 Whimple - Exeter Riverside freight.
25094 removed seventeen milk tanks from the Hemyock branch on August 20th, the Unigate Factory having recently converted to road haulage, the only tanks remaining were for emergency use until the branch closed completely on October 31st.
At about 12.15 on August 22nd 25094 was noted at Exeter St Davids in the down direction with nineteen 21 ton hoppers and a brakevan. It later worked the 6B70 16.57 Hemyock - Exeter milk (one tank).
On August 23rd 25094 worked the 15.58 Exeter St. Davids - Barnstaple and the 17.55 Barnstaple - Exeter St. Davids.
On August 25th 25094 worked the 2B99 15.58 Exeter St. Davids - Barnstaple, the 17.55 Barnstaple - Exeter St. Davids and the 2B48 20.15 Exeter St. Davids - Newton Abbot (nine coaches).
On September 9th 1034 & 25094 worked the 2B72 11.41 Par - Newquay, then working the 1A55 13.22 Newquay - Paddington with 25094 coming off at Par.
On September 24th 25094 was noted at Exeter stabling point.
On November 15th 25094 was noted at Motherwell depot.
1977
At 08.00 on February 26th 24133, 25094, 25125, 25134, 25154, 25155 & 25159 were stabled at Crewe diesel depot.
On the evening of March 28th 25094 was stabled at York.
25094 was stabled at Saltley on the afternoon of May 21st.
On the afternoon of May 26th 25094 was noted at Banbury with a short freight.
On June 7th 25094 worked the 17.10 Crewe - Cardiff.
On the afternoon of August 1st 25094 was stabled at York.
24063, 25040, 25094, 25205, 25221 & 25222 were stabled at Birkenhead Mollington Street on September 24th.
On October 12th 25094 worked the 9P08 Tyne Yard - Ponteland freight.
On the morning of October 13th 25205 & 25094 were stabled at York.
Stabled at Cockshute on the afternoon of November 20th were 25094, 25115, 25145, 25167, 25219 & 25293.
1978
On May 7th 25094 was noted at Stafford with loaded ballast wagons.
On June 30th 25094 worked the 1V05 12.22 Crewe - Cardiff.
On August 19th the summer dated roundtrip Nottingham - Llandudno Town was worked by 25094 between Chester & Llandudno Town having replaced 25317 and between Llandudno Town & Stoke-on-Trent on the return leg, being replaced by 25136.
On September 9th the 12.48 Holyhead - Euston with 47001 failed at Penmaenmawr, 25094 took the train forward to Crewe.
1979
25167 & 25094 were noted at Seacombe Junction on iron ore empties on March 25th.
On the morning of May 26th 25094 was noted at Colwyn Bay with a down permanent way train.
On August 9th, 13th & 14th 25094 worked Cardiff - Crewe services. On the afternoon of August 16th 25094 worked the 13.20 Holyhead - Crewe? relief.
25094 & 25167 were noted at Seacombe Junction on October 4th & 5th with an iron ore train. 25094 & 25056 worked to Hither Green with October 16th s 11.45 ex Brent returning with the 10.57 Shepherdswell Cricklewood.
1980
25094 was noted at Preston on the afternoon of March 7th.
On the afternoon of April 17th 25094 was stabled at York.
On the afternoon of April 18th 25094 was noted passing Beeston (Notts).
On April 30th 25094 was northbound at Oxford with a trip freight.
A lengthy trip on August 7th saw 25094 work the relief 11.30 Paignton - Wolverhampton throughout. The next day (8th) the 13.34 Birmingham New Street (10.30 ex-Swansea?, 25s from Cardiff?) - York and the return 17.26 York - Birmingham New Street were worked by 25094 & 25071. The following day (9th) the same pair worked the 08.02 Walsall - Yarmouth to Norwich, returning from there with the 14.15 Yarmouth - Derby.
On November 4th 25094 was noted passing Roade with empty coal wagons.
25094 was stabled at Crewe on the afternoon of December 15th.
1981
25094 was withdrawn on February 1st 1981.
1982
Not all known passenger workings are recorded on this page.
Resources:
1970s Western Region information courtesy online notebooks of Sean Greenslade.
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