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From the NYMR diesel web page
"D7541 was built at Derby, entering service at Toton on 10 April 1965. Following spells at various Midland Region depots it found itself at Crewe Diesel Depot in 1986. On 2 October that year, it hauled the new electric loco 89001 from Crewe to Derby. It was one of the last of its class to venture deep into Western Region territory on 20 January 1987, when it worked the Bridgwater - Sellafield nuclear flask train. Despite officially being withdrawn on 18 March 1987, it took the Crewe Inspection Saloon for a tour along the Cambrain line the following day!
25191, as it was by then, arrived on the NYMR in January 1988, and it remained in this guise until its controversial repainting into green for the 1992 Diesel Day, when it was named 'The Diana' after the wife of Lord Downe. Later that year, the loco visited Thornaby Open Day. It has also appeared in episodes of 'Casualty' and 'Heartbeat'.
It is currently stored out of service at Grosmont."
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Philip.
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