December proved to be a quiet month for Class 25 withdrawals, it was not until December 22nd that the elder statesman of the class, 25034 succumbed leaving the approaching New Year with just twenty six active Class 25s remaining in service. With the withdrawal of 25034 it would be left for 25035 to become the elder statesman of the Class, an honour it would not relinquish.
26/301.
With the New Year came the fact that it had now been over six years since any of the remaining Class 25s had received classified repairs. Many had acquired components from long gone sisters to keep them running, however from the condition of the bodywork of these final few it was clear that the end was near. Seven years of your average English weather had clearly taken its toll.
22/305.
306 - 308 : February 1987
25058 CD withdrawn February 3rd 1987
25199 CD withdrawn February 9th 1987
25288 CD withdrawn February 19th 1987
The trickle of withdrawals continued on into February. The withdrawal of 25058 broke up the last consecutively numbered block of Class 25s, 25057/58/59. Two pairs would remain in service until the end: 25278 & 25279 and 25912 (25322) & 25323.
19/308.
309 - 327 : March 1987
25035, 25057, 25059, 25109, 25173, 25176, 25191, 25213, 25265, 25278, 25279, 25313, 25323 all CD
25901, 25902, 25903, 25904, 25910, 25912 all KM
And so it was that in March 1987 the word came down from the BRB that the remaining members of the Class 25 fleet were to be taken out of service. Several had already fallen by the wayside prior to the decree from the BRB being issued.
March 2nd 1987
309: 25902 (25268)
18/309.
March 9th 1987
310 - 311: 25176 & 25323
16/311.
March 11th 1987
312: 25109
15/312.
March 15th 1987
313 - 314: 25035 & 25057
13/314.
March 16th 1987
315: 25901
12/315.
March 17th 1987
316: 25278
11/316.
March 18th 1987
317 - 322: 25191, 25265, 25279, 25313, 25903 & 25910
5/322.
March 19th 1987
323 - 324: 25173 & 25213
3/324
March 20th 1987
325: 25059
2/325.
March 23rd 1987
326 - 327: 25904 & 25912
0/327.
Classified Repair Dates for the Last Twenty Seven Class 25s in Service
(Number, Date, Works)
25034 06/78 Glasgow
25035 07/78 Glasgow
25037 01/79 Glasgow
25057 02/80 Derby
25058 07/79 Derby
25059 10/77 Glasgow
25109 05/80 Glasgow
25173 06/78 Derby
25176 10/78 Derby
25190 02/79 Derby
25191 06/78 Derby
25199 11/78 Derby
25201 05/80 Derby
25213 02/78 Derby
25249 12/79 Derby
25262/25901 06/77 Derby
25265 06/80 Derby
25268/25902 10/79 Derby
25276/25903 01/81 Derby
25278 01/81 Derby
25279 09/79 Derby
25283/25904 12/78 Glasgow
25288 06/78 Derby
25313 03/77 Derby
25315/25910 02/77 Derby
25322/25912 05/77 Derby
25323 10/77 Derby
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Last updated April 11th 2007
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