The British RailClass 25diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1961. These were a development of the Class 24/1 and 24/2 locomotives but with an enhanced brake horse power of 1250 b.h.p. and a maximum tractive effort of up to 45,000 pounds. They were numbered in the British Rail series from D5151 to D5299 and from D7500 to D7677. Re-numbered in the 25 class as 25001 to 25327. Maximum speed for these Co-Co engines was 90 miles per hour. Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... Great Western Railway No. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Class25 locos were for many years the mainstay of the Oakamoor - St Helens sand services, usually double heading trains of HJV/HKV/HJO wagons.
Class 20s also saw use on sand trains - here a pair are seen heading an Oakamoor bound service at Podmore's mill south of Consall.
The last train along the Churnet Valley line operated by BritishRail ran on 6th February 1990 and conveyed condemned coaches for use in a military exercise at Oakamoor.
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