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In the early 1970s it was still quite common to

see loco-hauled trains of Mark One stock, in particular in northern areas during the summer holiday period timetable, when extra, dated, services were in the public timetables. Here a Brush Type 2 Class 31 number 5819 (later 31287) has arrived at Sheffield possibly from Cleethorpes, or another town on the East Coast, whilst the Cross Country DMU in the background is providing one of the area’s day-in, day-out more local services. The locomotive was allocated to nearby Tinsley shed, until its move north to Gateshead in May 1974. The DMU is probably not a cross-country, but a local service to Manchester Piccadilly along the Hope Valley route via the 3½ mile Totley Tunnel and Chinley.