The shadows are lengthening at Crabley Creek on 3 December 2019, as 144001 heads eastwards with the late running 2C71 12:30 Sheffield to Hull Northern service. After over three decades of use, these units will soon be removed from the national network, to the relief of many. Cheap and crude they may be, but no one can deny that the railways have certainly had their money's worth from them over the years!