This was a bit of a grab shot, indeed close examination of 170303 forming the 12.26 Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport service does reveal a little motion blur. However, I like the contrast of the brightly coloured TransPennine Express livery with the dark Millstone Grit tunnel portal and the land surrounding it that has yet to take on any of its spring colours. When the three and a half-mile long Totley Tunnel was opened in 1893, note the engraving above the tunnel mouth, it was the second-longest in the UK behind the Severn Tunnel. Even today it remains the fourth-longest with the two High-Speed one tunnels now being the two longest ones.
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