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Class 25 'Rats' 25288 + 25059 seen stabled at Manchester Victoria in July 1985
Travelling the railway in the British Rail era, Between 1983 and 1991 I spent many happy hours with my friends riding the rails around the UK. Fortunately, I managed to record many of the railway locos and scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share ;), , Here we see a typical scene at Manchester Victoria, which was a very rundown station at the time, but full of character, as bashers of the time I'm sure will agree. A pair of tatty Rats are stabled in one of the sidings at the station, awaiting there next call to duty. On the left is later body styled 25288 and on the right, the earlier body styled 25059 (note all the extra grilles)., I was fortunate to have enjoyed a ride behind 25059 in 1984 when it worked a portion made up of Mk.IIIs from Blackpool North to Preston. Photos still to get scanned :), , Locomotive History - D7638 was new to Tinsley on November 30th 1965. Further transfers were:, , April 1966 to Wath (41C)., July 1967 to Carnforth (10A)., July 1967 to London Midland (Western) Lines., July 1967 to Carnforth (10A)., May 1968 to Springs Branch (8F)., June 1968 to Liverpool Division (D08)., May 1973 to Springs Branch., , Renumbered as 25288 October 1st 1973., , October 1982 to Crewe., Withdrawn February 19th 1987., , After withdrawal 25288 was stored at Basford Hall until moved (see details below) to Leicester Humberstone Road on July 27th 1987 and into Vic Berry's yard on July 30th 1987. The locomotive was placed in the stack during October 1987. By the second week of April 1988 25288 had been scrapped., , 25173, 25201 & 25288 Crewe – Vic Berry, Leicester July 29th 1987; (the last Crewe - Vic Berry convoy?). See here for more details on 25288: www.derbysulzers.com/25288.html, , Locomotive History - D5209 was new to Toton (16A) on June 22nd 1963. Further transfers were:, July 1963 to Cricklewood (14A)., September 1963 to Cricklewood West (14B)., January 1965 to the London Midland, Midland Lines (LMML). , January 1968 to Longsight (9A)., March 1968 to Carlisle Kingmoor (12A)., June 1968 to Preston Division (D10)., November 1968 to Liverpool Division (D08)., November 1970 to Manchester Division (D09). , January 1972 to Newport (Ebbw Junction) (86B). , July 1972 to Bristol (82A). , , Renumbered to 25059 - February 7th 1974., , May 1974 to Cardiff., October 1974 to Bristol. , May 1976 to Haymarket. , May 1978 to Eastfield. , January 1980 to Haymarket., September 1982 to Springs Branch., October 1982 to Crewe., March 20th 1987 withdrawn., , 25059 was the 325th Class 25 to be withdrawn., , March 20th 1987, 325: 25059, , and only two more Rats were left - both succumbing on March 23rd 1987, 326 - 327: 25904 & 25912, , 25059 was stored at Crewe Basford Hall from March 25th or 27th 1987 until July 3rd 1987 when it moved to Leicester Humberstone Road. It moved into Vic Berry's Yard on July 6th 1987 and was sold two months later into preservation. It left for the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on October 9th 1987., More information on the loco here: www.derbysulzers.com/25059.html, , The British Rail Class 25, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, was a class of 327 diesel locomotives built between 1961 and 1967 for British Rail. They were numbered in two series, D5151–D5299 and D7500–D7677. In 1974, they were renumbered in the series 25001-25327. , , The first 25 locos became known as Class 25/0 and were built at BR Darlington Works. The Class 25/1 locomotives were built at Darlington and BR Derby Works. The Class 25/2 locomotives were built at Derby with some built at Darlington. The final batch of locomotives were designated Class 25/3 and built by Derby Works and Beyer, Peacock and Company of Manchester., , The Class 25s were primarily designed for freight work, but a significant number were fitted with boilers for heating passenger trains. Throughout the 1970s they could be found at work across the whole of the British Rail network although the Eastern and Southern Regions never had a long-term allocation. , , Though regular performers into the early 1980s on Crewe-Cardiff passenger trains, they are best known in that respect for their use on the summer Saturday trains to Aberystwyth, a task they relinquished in 1984. They were also often seen in action when the WCML wires were down, dragging trains, and rescuing failed locomotives, mainly on the LMR. The final Class 25 locomotive was withdrawn from operational service in March 1987. More info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_25, , Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and standard lens., , You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
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