Just six coaches is certainly not much of a taxing load for 50031 Hood, as it passes Kings Sutton on 17 March 1990 with the 1V96 11:18 York to Paddington InterCity service. Just a couple of months later it would be allocated to even less strenuous duties, as it was moved to the DCWA engineer's pool, working short departmental trains at no more than 60mph.