D5185 passes Kinchley Lane with a demonstration Pway working during the GCR Goods Galore event

D5185 (25035) passes Woodthorpe in the morning sun with a demonstration van train during the GCR Goods Galore event

The South Devon Railway's class 25 D7535 makes an unusual visiting appearance at the Swanage Railway for its annual diesel gala. The loco is seen shunting at Swanage next to the lines small steam ... (more)

A busy scene at Bromford Bridge, Birmingham, in 1982. 25206 passes with a train of oil tanks. 20153 heads a coal train in the opposite direction

D5185 passes Swithland Sidings signal box with a loose coupled freight train. This photo was taken during during an EMRPS photo charter

D5185 passes Swithland Sidings signal box with a loose coupled freight train. This photo was taken during during an EMRPS photo charter

During the Spa Valley Railway's 2015 Summer Diesel Gala Ex-BR class 25 D7612 thrashes away from Groombridge with 2T64 11:15 Eridge to Tunbridge Wells West service on 1st August 2015. D7612 was vis... (more)

A handful of locos recieve attention inside the maintenance facility at Toton depot,in Nottinghamshire.A visit here at this time would produce 150 locos plus,and probably more if one included the ... (more)

It seems remarkable that this was taken 42 years ago - at least it does to me. A visit to Leeds Neville Hill depot in September 1969 found this class 25 diesel stood at the small fuel point. I alw... (more)

Another dig through the the old negatives, I scanned this old shot from 1980. Class 25 no. 25 120 double heads with classmate no. 25 060 climbing Miles Platting bank away from Manchester Victoria.... (more)

D7523 arrives into Williton with a demonstration freight train hauling a pooly D832 'Onslaught'. The Warship had failed during the gala weekend and was being bought back to Williton for attention ... (more)

An old shot from 1980. Class 25 no. 25 172 waits in a centre road at Manchester Victoria Station for its next banking duty. The is class of loco was used to push heavy freights up the 1 in 37 in... (more)

A rare event. 25 269 enters Birmingham New Street station under the rats nest of catenery with a working for Euston formed of air conditioned stock. The power was off for weekend maintenance so th... (more)

D7629 with E6016 on the rear pass a sunny Ruddington Moor during the Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Autumn Diesel Gala

A memory of Manchester Victoria in 1977. 25 102 waits for its next banking duty up MilesPlatting Bank. There is no more banking on this incline and the station has been completely transformed. the... (more)