Pacer 142089 bounces by with 2S19 1214 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly class 2 local service and the driver gives me a wave. I decide to move on again.
This is the longest UK land tunnel, Totley Tunnel. It was started by the Midland Railway on 27th September 1888 and the two ends met on 19 October 1892 with the tunnel formally opened on 10th August 1893.
The leading cab of 170635, working 1M12 0857 Norwich to Liverpool Lime Street, enters the Hope Valley having negotiated the 6,230 yard long (or 3 mile 950 yards) Totley Tunnel.
