The eighteen year nine month career of D7558/25208 included allocations to London Midland Region depots.
Built: BR Derby Locomotive Works.
Dual brake fitted (September 1978).
Final exhaust roof panel: raised, square.
Time between last Classified repair and withdrawal: 67 months.
Time between withdrawal & scrapping: 38 months.
Allocations
D7558 was new to the Nottingham Division on August 14th 1965. Further transfers were:
May 1967 to Birmingham Division (D02).
January 1968 to Longsight (9A).
June 1968 to Manchester Division (D09).
October 1968 to Preston Division (D10).
May 1970 to Birmingham Division (D02).
November 1970 to Nottingham Division (D16).
May 1973 to Toton.
August 1974 to Longsight.
January 1980 to Bescot.
January 1983 to Longsight.
Withdrawn May 4th 1984.
Renumbered September 1st 1973.
25208 was the 217th Class 25 to be withdrawn, one of three retired during May 1984.
After withdrawal 25208 was briefly stored at Newton Heath until moved (see details below) to Swindon Works on June 25th 1984. However the Works closed before 25208 could be scrapped. It was moved to Cocklebury Yard on June 3rd 1987, Leicester Humberstone Road on June 4th and into Vic Berry's, Leicester yard on June 5th 1987. By the third week of July 1987 25208 had been scrapped, although the cabs lingered until September 1987.
25126/134/158, 25208 Newton Heath Swindon Works June 25th 1984 (none of this batch would be scrapped at Swindon).
25093, 25126/134/161/164/180/193, 25207/208/260, 25306/327 Swindon Works Cocklebury Yard, June 3rd 1987.
25161, 25207/208, 25327 Cocklebury Yard Vic Berry, Leicester June 4th - 5th, 1987
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Derby Works August 1973.
Noted Derby Works August - September 1978 (dual brake equipment fitted).
Noted Derby Works October & November 1983 (N1 repairs).
Highlights
1965
On August 17th D7558 with three coaches worked the 14.00 Derby - Birmingham New Street, deputising for an absent multiple unit.
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, 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 February 20th Derby shed was hosted to 70 locomotives including 25 steam (all in service) and fourteen Derby Type 2s: D5001 (for Works?), D5097, D5211, D5261, D5270, D7513, D7516, D7547, D7558, D7564, D7568, D7589, D7601 (brand new) & D7633.
On Sunday September 18th D5285, D5294, D7500, D7511, D7513, D7514, D7517, D7525, D7529, D7543, D7544, D7552, D7558, D7564 & D7658.
1967
On the evening of May 9th D7558 was at Blythe Bridge with an up parcels.
On the afternoon of May 12th D7558 was light engine at Derby.
On the morning of May 15th D7558 was at Stoke on Trent with a down parcels.
On the evening of June 15th D7558 was at Soho Junction with a down freight.
1968
Shortly after midnight on March 14th D7558 was noted at Guide Bridge with an up freight.
On April 23rd D7558 was noted at Bredbury towing a Stanier Black Five, headcode 7Z24, the locomotive tender had no coal in it.
1971
On February 6th 1971 a Derby (Nottingham?) - Brighton day excursion was worked roundtrip (?) to Cricklewood by 7558 & 5226, 6594 handled the Cricklewood - Brighton portion.
1972
On the morning of April 16th 7558, in two-tone green livery with full yellow cabfronts, was stabled at Nottingham.
A visit to a number of north London locations on August 15th included the following observations:
Cricklewood: 7558
St Pancras: 5212, 5222, 7567
Willesden: 7525, 7596, 7658
Old Oak Bridge: 5218, 7560, 7661, 7665, 7666
Willesden Junction High Level: 5218, 7526, 7586, 7662, 7665
Old Oak Pill Box: 5186, 7522, 7533, 7660
Cambridge Street: 5218, 5277, 7662, 7664
Freight trains noted at Luton on August 21st include:
1885 6V66
5243 4M32
1617 8V27
5212 9C29
7558 & 5235 8F50
32 8M41
101 3D25
7567 8F26
7523 0O36
70 6Z39
6591 6M54.
1973
On the morning of April 6th 7558 was stabled at York.
The TOPS renumbering scheme had in practice been applied very slowly to the locomotive fleet, principally to locomotives going through the major workshops. During September the first Class 24 was renumbered, 24041 after visiting Derby Works for an overhaul, as were the first Class 25 s 25208(7558) & 25282(7632).
On August 31st 7558 made a test run from Derby Works.
The snag sheet for August 31st recorded:
| 7558; August 31st 1973; time 1.45 | |||||
| Load | Speed | Amps | Volts | Notes | Other |
| 1 | 27 | 900 | - | - | - | 2 | 35 | 950 | - | - | - | 3 | 41 | 950 | - | - | - | 4 | 49 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 59 | 1,000 | - | - | - | 6 | 66 | - | - | - | - |
On September 9th 25208 was ex-works at Derby fuelling point.
1974
On January 13th 25208 was stabled at Saltley.
On the afternoon of February 12th & 13th 25208 was stabled at York.
On the morning of February 21st 25208 was at the York permanent way sidings.
1975
On January 26th 25049 & 25208 were noted at Manchester Victoria with the 9T06.
On February 7th 25208 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 4M04. On February 13th 25208 was noted at Manchester Victoria.
On March 5th 25208 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 6E86. At about 6pm on March 6th 25208 was noted at Warrington Central on an up freight (6T75).
On December 19th 25208 worked a Tinsley - Tyne freight.
1976
25208 worked a Tyne - Healey Mills freight on August 13th.
On the morning of December 12th 25208 was stabled at Buxton.
On the afternoon of December 19th 25092, 25097, 25208 & 25209 were stabled at Buxton.
1977
On the evening of February 26th 25208 was stabled at Shrewsbury.
On October 13th 25208 worked the 9K55 Holbeck - Bramhope Tunnel - Holbeck.
On the morning of November 20th 25165, 25205, 25208 & 25288 were stabled at Longsight.
1978
On the afternoon of April 23rd 24022, 25208 & 25209 were stabled at Guide Bridge.
On the late evening of May 30th 25103 & 25208 were noted at Seacombe Junction with iron ore empties.
On August 4th 25208 made a test run from Derby Works.
The snag sheet for August 4th recorded:
| 25208; August 4th 1978; from Nottingham 3F01 | |||||
| Load | Speed | Amps | Volts | Notes | Other |
| 1 | 27 | 920 | - | - | - | 2 | 33 | 940 | - | - | - | 3 | 39 | 975 | - | - | - | 4 | 46 | 975 | - | - | - | 5 | 56 | 990 | - | - | - | 6 | 60 | 1,010 | - | - | - |
Last two diverts in early and load regulator on stop at 70
No. 2 cab water leak roof above driver's desk
Battery charge meter backing
A crankcase door seal
A side banjo union to turbo charger oil leak
?? rear left hand bottom cranckcase door won't shut
2nd exhaust manifold issue
No.2 AWS E/P sticking
Bogie painting to complete
Wheelslip up?? No.2 leading 60mph
Heat exchange coolant obstruction? to clear.
For the Derby Locomotive Works Open Day on August 5th 25208 was freshly painted and parked by the defuelling shed.
On August 11th 25208 made a second test run from Derby Works.
The snag sheet for August 11th recorded:
| 25208; August 11th 1978; 1P10 Leicester | |||||
| Load | Speed | Amps | Volts | Notes | Other |
| 1 | 26 | 930 | - | - | - | 2 | 33 | 950 | - | - | - | 3 | 39 | 960 | - | - | - | 4 | 47 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 58 | 1,000 | - | - | - | 6 | 65 | 1,010 | - | - | - |
86mph 60 volts, No.2 end leading
No.1 bulkhead door seal
A crankcase door
F/F bypass adaptor
No.1 end ?? air cock blowing? the spindle
No.1 dead man's pedal too sensitive.
On September 14th 25208 worked the 17.10 Cardiff - Crewe, whilst on September 23rd 25208 was noted at Skipton with an engineers train.
On September 25th 25208 was at Lostock Junction with a brakevan.
On October 21st the 'Lindisfarne' railtour was worked from St. Pancras to Derby by 25208 & 25218, taking over at Derby were 40013 & 40015.
1979
On the morning of January 3rd 25208 was noted at Clifton carriage sidings, York.
On February 24th 25208 was stabled at Birkenhead.
On March 3rd 25208 & 25199 was noted at Birkenhead. On this date 25208 & 25199 were also noted at Stafford in the evening with a northbound oil train.
On the morning of April 13th Midland main line observations included:
25145 & 25189 Cambridge Street
25089/25208/25302/25307 Cricklewood
25310/25311 Bedford shed
25214/25309 Leicester shed
25267 Loughborough yard
On May 29th 25208 was noted eastbound at Manchester Victoria with a lengthy mixed freight.
The 11.05 Manchester Victoria - Holyhead was worked by 25208 on June 9th.
It was a busy weekend for 25208 on August 11th/12th. On 11th 25208 & 25305 worked the 04.15 Shrewsbury - Aberystwyth and the 10.09 Aberystwyth - Euston to Wolverhampton. The next day (12th) the same pair worked the 08.45 Birmingham New Street - Barmouth and the 17.45 Barmouth - Euston to Wolverhampton.
The 09.55 Derby Newquay on October 20th was worked by 25208 & 25209 to Birmingham New Street being replaced here by 47003.
On November 6th 25104 & 25208 worked the 01.36 Whitemoor - Temple Mills freight, via Broxbourne, the return working being the 06.00 Temple Mills - Whitemoor.
On December 8th 1979 passengers on the 07.04 Leicester Parkeston Quay diesel multiple unit (51289 & 56131) received haulage from 25140 after the diesel multiple unit failed. This machine was replaced at March by 25208 after the reporting of a defective horn on 25140. At Cambridge passengers transferred to a replacement diesel multiple unit!
1980
On April 22nd 25208 was noted with a train of bogie oil tankers on the WCML at ??
25208 was stabled at March depot on May 5th.
The summer of 1980 produced a number of Cambrian line workings for 25208. On June 21st 1980 25208 & 25313 worked the 04.10 Shrewsbury - Aberystwyth and the 10.07 Aberystwyth - Euston to Wolverhampton. The next day (22nd) the same pair worked the 08.45 Birmingham New Street - Aberystwyth and the 18.10 Aberystwyth - Euston to Wolverhampton. The same diagram as June 22nd was worked on July 13th 1980 by 25208 & 25215. On August 23rd 1980 25208 & 25154 worked the 10.10 Euston - Aberystwyth from Birmingham New Street, returning with the 16.10 Aberystwyth - Shrewsbury.
On the afternoon of December 15th 25208 was noted at Nuneaton.
1981
On February 5th 25208 & 25141 were noted at St Albans with an electrification train.
Although 25208 was allocated to Bescot during 1980 & 1981, the passenger turns worked in 1981 did not feature the Cambrian line. On May 3rd 1981 Willesden put 25208 to use on the 23.40 Stirling - Kensington Olympia motorail forward from Willesden.
On the weekend of June 13th/14th 25209 & 25208 were back together again working the 13th's 08.35 Derby - Yarmouth to Norwich, returning with the 14.20 Yarmouth - Derby from Norwich. The next day (14th) they worked a roundtrip Leicester - Skegness. 25208 & 25034 were noted with a lengthy mineral train at Northampton on June 23rd.
On August 8th 25213 & 25208 were stabled at Stonebridge Park. A slightly longer adventure took place on August 9th with 25213 & 25208 working a round trip Northampton - Morecambe mystery excursion, a total of 303 miles. On the morning of September 9th 25208 was stabled at York.
On the afternoon of October 5th 25208 was at Acton Yard.
On October 19th 25208 was noted southbound at Sileby with a lengthy train of loaded ballast wagons from Mountsorrel.
On the morning of December 17th 25035, 25208 & 25282 were stabled at Cricklewood.
1982
During 1982 25208 was still allocated to Bescot, producing quite a mix of passenger workings. On April 7th 1982 the 17.05 Poole - Derby was worked forward from Birmingham New Street by 25208. On May 21st 1982 25208 was north of the border working the 06.10 Carlisle - Glasgow Central.
On June 5th 25208 was stabled at Motherwell. June 13th saw 25208 & 25209 working the 08.19 Leicester - Skegness but being failed at Nottingham and replaced by 20016 & 20147.
For some period during the ASLEF strike (July 4th - 18th) 25208 was stabled at Severn Tunnel Junction.
25208 was noted southbound at Skipton with empty coal wagons on August 4th.
Two weekends in September saw 25208 very active, on September 4th 25208 & 25242 worked the 07.38 Shrewsbury - Aberystwyth and the 10.07 Aberystwyth - Euston to Wolverhampton. The next weekend (11th) 25208 & 25181 worked the relief 07.43 Derby - Weston-super-Mare and the return relief 11.35 Weston-super-Mare - Derby.
The 07.32 Stranraer Harbour - Glasgow Central on October 22nd was worked to Ayr by 25208 & 26026.
25208 was stabled at Carlisle Kingmoor on Christmas Eve 1982.
1983
With 25208 transferred to Longsight during January 1983 the passenger workings took on a north-west flavour. The 22.47 Crewe - Blackpool North was worked forward from Preston by 25208 on January 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th, additionally on 5th the 18.05 Euston - Blackpool North was worked from Preston after 47489 failed.
On the early afternoon of March 7th 25208 & 25206 were noted at Heaton Norris with cement tankers headed for Guide Bridge. On March 9th 25206 & 25208 were in charge of an early morning Trafford Park Newcastle Freightliner working.
On June 11th 1983 the 10.10 Euston - Shrewsbury was worked forward from Birmingham New Street by 25208 & 25205, the same working was handled on June 25th 1983 by 25208 & 25196.
On June 29th 25208 was northbound over the Settle & Carlisle with a mixed freight.
25208 was noted light engine at Guide Bridge on November 30th.
1984
On January 6th 25037 & 25208 were at Bletchley with empty container flats.
25208 was noted at Ashburys on February 14th with a short freight.
25208 was withdrawn on May 4th 1984.
Not all known passenger workings are recorded on this page.
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