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Class 25, 25296

British Rail Class 25 Bo-Bo diesel locomotive 25296 during The Great Railway Cavalcade Rocket 150 celebrations at Rainhill Merseyside (UK) on May 25th 1980.

 

25296 was built by Beyer Peacock Manchester and entered service as British Railways D7646 on March 25th 1966.

 

25296 was retired as 25906 on November 1st 1986 and was declared cut up at Vic Berry's Yard Leicester in December 1987.

 

Note the 1980 Ford Granada Mk2.. ;-)

 

All my Class 25's www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/class25

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_25

 

The Great Railway Cavalcade: Rocket 150 at Rainhill: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p011vfz4 via @bbciplayer

 

All my Rocket 150's www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/rocket150/

 

Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.

 

Image revisited, description and tags updated 28/09/2025

 

 

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Uploaded on September 28, 2025
Taken on May 25, 1980