EMT's 158884 arrives for its stop at Manchester Piccadilly station with the 07.57 Norwich to Liverpool Lime Street. This 1R70 working is a 237 miles end to end journey that crosses the country from east to west. These services used to be formed of a good solid set of stock hauled by a locomotive up front, often a class 31. The 158s are not in quite the same league as that but are at least of the modern day equivalents they are they are among the more comfortable.
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