325003 passes Slindon on 15 May 1997 with the 1S96 16:00 London to Glasgow mail. It had started out from the capital as a twelve coach formation, and has just dropped off the other two units at Stafford, one of which followed this (in dull conditions) with the 1F52 Stafford to Liverpool. The other unit travelled via Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester.