M50455 Restoration 1999-2004

By 1999 the restoration of M50517 was at a stage where its partner vehicle needed to be started, if a running set was to be formed. 53455 was selected as being the best of the two brake vehicles, 53437 having been withdrawn due to faults as opposed to 53455 which was simply switched off. Relatively straightforward bodywork repairs followed then the interior was rstored alongside M50517's, the vehicles both being painted in 2002, and finally completed in 2004. M50455 has been the easiest restoration so far, mainly due to its extended service in London keeping it going on the mainline for an extra few years, therefore reducing the time spent in storage.

  1. View 53455 after being vandelised in 1999
  2. View M50455 in the shed undergoing bodywork repairs
  3. View M50455 undergoing bodyside repairs
  4. View M50455 in the shed undergoing bodywork repairs
  5. View M50455 in the shed undergoing bodywork repairs
  6. View M50455's inviting interior
  7. View M50455's cab desk mid-restoration
  8. View Solebar painting
  9. View External restoration now complete in 2002
  10. View On display at Consall during the 2002 Diesel Gala
  11. View On display at Consall during the 2002 Diesel Gala
  12. View On display at Consall during the 2002 Diesel Gala
  13. View Back at Oakamoor in 2003
  14. View The front saloon after having a rotten cab bulkhead removed
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  18. View Four engines working for the first time
  19. View Guards Seat (with a sink on it!)
  20. View Brake bushes new & old
  21. View Underneath the cab desk
  22. View M50455 after having the existing lino thoroughly cleaned
  23. View Floor hatch
  24. View Seating now installed
  25. View Chris putting a new hose on
  26. View Dirt traps
  27. View Kevin fitting a dirt trap
  28. View Kevin fitting a dirt trap
  29. View Kevin working on brake linkages
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  31. View Chris painting foorboards for the guards van
  32. View One side of the floor in the brake van had to be replaced
  33. View One side of the floor in the brake van had to be replaced
  34. View Cardon Shaft
  35. View Chris painting exhausts
  36. View M50455 at Oakamoor
  37. View M50455 back at Cheddleton

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