Caption:

Manchester Piccadilly in the summer of 1972 and a 1500

volt DC three-car electric multiple unit awaits departure time for Hadfield in the city’s eastern suburbs.
These trains were of very similar design to the other LNER based units constructed for the London Liverpool Street to Shenfield electrification. The service was the final remnant of passenger workings over the western section of the Woodhead Tunnel route, formerly the province of EM1 and EM2 loco-hauled Manchester to Sheffield services as well as a considerable amount of freight.