The nineteen year two month career of D7583/25233 was split between Scottish & London Midland depots, with over thirteen years allocated to three Scottish depots.
Built: BR Darlington Locomotive Works.
Boiler fitted.
Dual brake equipped.
Center lampbracket & other fittings removed.
Royal Train locomotive.
Allocations
D7583 was new to Nottingham (16A) on January 21st 1964. Further transfers were:
August 1964 to Derby (16C).
January 1965 to Nottingham Division (D16).
March 1967 to London Midland (Midland) Lines (LMML).
September 1967 to Eastfield (65A).
August 1973 to Springs Branch.
January 1975 to Haymarket.
May 1975 to Eastfield.
May 1977 to Inverness.
May 1978 to Eastfield .
October 1982 to Longsight.
Withdrawn March 13th 1983.
Renumbered March 16th 1974.
25233 was the 166th Class 25 to be withdrawn.
After withdrawal 25233 was stored at Cricklewood during June 1983 then noted at Etches Park by July 1983 before being moved into Derby Works by late October 1983. It was moved down to Swindon on February 4th/5th 1985 (see details below) and broken up there by the first week of May 1985.
25050/062, 25129/133/146, 25220/233/274/294 moved as the 9X12 Derby Works Swindon Works February 3rd & 4th 1985.
Works Visits
Works visits (records incomplete).
Noted Derby Works October 1964.
Noted Derby Works April 1967.
Noted Derby Works April 1968.
Noted Glasgow Works June - August 1969.
Noted Glasgow Works October 1976.
Noted Glasgow Works December 1979 (N4 repairs).
Highlights
1964
On Sunday July 5th stabled at Nottingham were: D5193, D5199, D5203, D5224, D5231, D5239, D5258, D5264, D5289, D7568, D7583, D7585, D7590 & D7591.
1966
On the early morning of March 13th D7583 was shunting parcels stock at Derby.
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 August 18th D7583 was at Derby with a parcels working.
1967
On the afternoon of May 19th D7583 was shunting at Derby.
On the morning of May 26th & 27th D7583 was at Stoke on Trent with a down parcels.
1968
On June 11th ex-LMS 5MT 2-6-0 Crab No.42700 was hauled from Hellifield to Keighley as part of a local freight by D7583 (still in green livery with gangway doors.)
1970
January 5th found Mk IIC airbraked stock being introduced on several Euston - Glasgow services. This required the carriage pilots to be air brake equipped, Eastfield s allocation included 7583 & 7584 for that purpose, frequently being found working in and out of Larkfield carriage sidings.
On August 21st 7583 was on coaching stock duty at Glasgow Central.
1972
For all the years that D7583/25233 was allocated to Eastfield, Haymarket & Inverness, the recorded passenger workings during this time have so far produced minimal results. The first recorded working took place on August 5th 1972 when 7583 worked the SRPS 'The Rhum, Eigg and Muck' Falkirk Grahamston - Mallaig charter to/from Fort William, a total of 259 miles. Its next passenger workings occur in 1974 in the Preston & Crewe area, the details of which are incomplete.
1973
On the evening of May 27th Class 24/25s noted at Eastfield were 5004 (still in green/yellow livery), 5019, 5096, 5101, 5159, 5161, 5296, 7581 & 7583.
7583 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on November 22nd & 23rd.
7583 was on empty coaching stock duty at Liverpool Lime Street on December 21st.
1974
A Whitemoor - Kings Lynn freight was worked by 7583 on January 24th.
On the morning of August 29th 25233 & 25287 were noted at Leeds with the 6E40 Rylestone - Hull Tilcon loaded stone.
On September 18th 25233 was southbound at Wigan with freight *V85. The locomotive had a lengthy scrape on the non-BIS side at the base of the upper grilles.
On December 21st 25233 was noted at Manchester Victoria with the 1D31.
1975
By January 1975 25233 was back on the Scottish Region at Haymarket depot. On February 23rd the 10.15 Aberdeen - Kings Cross was noted working as far as Edinburgh with 47519 & 25233. The following month on March 27th the 12.11 Inverness - Glasgow Queen Street was noted behind 25233 & 26033.
1976
On June 21st 25233 worked the 12.55 Glasgow Queen Street - Oban.
On July 14th 25233 was on empty coaching stock duty at Glasgow Central.
On September 19th 25233 worked an evening Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee service.
1977
As expected 25233 has been recorded on a number of roundtrip Glasgow - Dundee turns interspersed with longer distance jobs, including on January 20th the 07.52 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street and the 18.04 Glasgow Queen Street - Oban.
At mid-day on June 26th stabled at Eastfield were 25023, 25046, 25072, 25077, 25083, 25093, 25228, 25233, 25235 and withdrawn 24006.
On August 6th 25242 & 25233 were noted at Dumfries with a Blackpool - Glasgow passenger train.
On August 20th 25233 & 25246 worked the 08.25 Glasgow Central - Blackpool North to Carlisle.
On September 3rd 25233 & 25078 worked the 08.15 Inverness - Glasgow Queen Street.
1978
On April 4th 1978 25233 & 26042 were noted arriving at Ardrossan Harbour with a special from Chesterfield.
25233 and coaching stock were noted at Dundee on May 6th (with white headcode display at the No.2 end).
Noted at Eastfield on the morning of June 28th were: 24006, 25006, 25008, 25021, 25059, 25079, 25093, 25098, 25109, 25230 & 25233.
On September 16th 25233 was stabled at Inverness.
1979
On a snowy February 5th 25233 was working the grain train at Dufftown (ex-Aberdeen), with about twelve wagons and a brake van. This freight also visited Burghead, where there was no snow.
Amidst the Dundee workings during 1979 & 1980, on July 5th 25233 worked a Glasgow Queen Street - Oban. 25233 was noted at Eastfield on the afternoon of July 16th. On July 29th the 23.30 Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness was worked by 25233 the short distance to Cowlairs Junction, 47037 took the train forward.
On August 26th the 23.30 Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness with 47149 utilised 25233 as the Cowlairs banker.
On September 21st 25233 worked the 13.40 Glasgow Central - Carlisle. 25233 worked the 08.44 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee on December 23rd.
1980
On April 11th 25233 worked the 06.40 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee.
25233 was noted at Millerhill on April 25th.
The 08.05 Glasgow Queen Street - Oban with 27019 utilised 25033 as the Cowlairs banker on September 17th.
A short working for 25233 on November 6th was the 17.12 Aberdeen - Stonehaven. On November 8th 25233 worked the 16.10 Glasgow Central - Nottingham as far as Carlisle.
25233 worked the 08.44 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee on December 23rd. DUPLICATE OF 1979 WORKING???
1981
25233 was noted eastbound at Manchester Victoria with coaching stock on April 11th.
On June 24th 25233 was noted at Haymarket.
25233 was stabled at Eastfield on June 27th.
25233 was noted at Dundee on August 21st.
On September 2nd 25233 worked the afternoon Perth Yard - Millerhill goods, comprised of two empty vans being returned to Rowntrees at York.
On the evening of October 14th 25233 was at Eastfield.
The 14.44 Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee was worked by 25233 on November 11th.
1982
On the morning of March 13th 25064, 25170, 25191, 25244, 25304 were at Kingmoor whilst 25233 was at Carlisle station.
On May 27th 25233 was stabled at Dumbarton.
25233 was noted at Eastfield on June 5th.
The last recorded passenger workings occurred in 1982, on September 24th 25233 worked the 12.50 Carlisle - Glasgow Central, whilst the final working, a short one took place on October 11th 1982 with the 20.55 Euston - Mallaig between Mossend Yard & Cowlairs Junction.
On November 29th 25233 was noted at Preston, possibly with the empties from Deepdate.
1983
On January 8th 25233 was stabled at Longsight. 25233 was stabled at Warrington Arpley on January 16th.
The Mountsorrel Kennett stone trains had seen few Class 25s in recent months, however on February 8th 25048 & 25233 made a rare run into East Anglia on this service.
25233 was withdrawn on March 13th 1983.
Condition Final: blue/yellow livery, gangway doors sheeted over, blanking plates fitted, hand/footholds plated over, straight sided sandboxes, three-rung bogie mounted footsteps, brackets and other fitting removed from center of cab front (both cabs), off-white display in both headcode boxes.
A builders plate from 25233 sold at Great Central Railwayana Auctions for 640 during September 2017.
Not all known passenger workings are recorded on this page.
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Page added May 27th 2013.
Last updated September 15th 2025.
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