M50455/M50517

Images of our restored Class 104 Power-Twin set doing what it was designed to do - carry passengers. This is a selection of images of the set in action on the Churnet Valley Railway from 2004-Present. M50455/M50517 are currently operational so this gallery is often updated, with the latest images at the bottom of the page. Newly added images are highlighted yellow.

2004

  1. View M50455 leads the first test run in August
  2. View M50455 after one of its first arrivals at Kingsley & Froghall
  3. View M50455 at a sunny Kingsley & Froghall
  4. View M50455 at a sunny Kingsley & Froghall
  5. View The pristine set at Froghall
  6. View Thumbs up from the owner as the set calls at Consall
  7. View The set at Froghall alongside southern engines 73110 & 33102
  8. View 73110 stabled alongside M50455
  9. View The group at the set's launch into service
  10. View Mission Accomplished! M50455 returned to service at last
  11. View BRCW Headboard
  12. View M50455 next to 8F 48305 during its launch into service
  13. View At Froghall with the 8F in the background
  14. View The front saloon of DMBS M50455 complete with passengers
  15. View Calling at Consall
  16. View At Froghall (Photo D.Gibson)
  17. View At Consall with the station staff (Photo D.Gibson)
  18. View Rubbing shoulders with 48305 at Froghall (Photo D.Gibson)
  19. View Calling at Cheddleton (Photo D.Gibson)
  20. View Calling at Cheddleton (Photo D.Gibson)
  21. View Calling at Cheddleton (Photo D.Gibson)
  22. View Calling at Cheddleton (Photo D.Gibson)

M50455/M50517 also visited the Severn Valley Railway during October 2004. Click here to see the gallery.

2005

  1. View M50455 on Thomas duty
  2. View M50517 passes an owl at a Thomas event
  3. View The reason why we brought M59137's restoration forward...
  4. View A full passenger saloon
  5. View The "fat controller" stands in M50455
  6. View M50455 stands at an icy Kingsley & Froghall in March
  7. View The set arriving into Cheddleton (Photo D.Gibson)
  8. View At Froghall (Photo D.Gibson)
  9. View Emerging from Leekbrook Tunnel (Photo D.Gibson)
  10. View Emerging from Leekbrook Tunnel (Photo D.Gibson)
  11. View Arriving into Consall (Photo D.Gibson)
  12. View Arriving into Consall (Photo D.Gibson)
  13. View Next to a stored 37 before the diesel gala
  14. View M50517 passes D8154 at Consall
  15. View full size image
  16. View Swapping trains at Froghall
  17. View M50517 & M50455 exit the station during the diesel gala
  18. View M50517 next to visiting Class 24 D5054 after the diesel gala
  19. View Green diesels at Cheddleton
  20. View M50455 stands in the yard

2006

  1. View Side view of M50455 Feb 06
  2. View Side view of M50517 Feb 06
  3. View 33056 during its last CVR days before being moved for scrap next to M50455
  4. View M50455 catches the sun at Cheddleton
  5. View Presentation of a very generous donation for M59137's lino
  6. View M50517 & M50455 on a special working on the closed Oakamoor section
  7. View M50455 at Froghall after working back from Oakamoor

2007

  1. View Crossing the canal overflow into Consall station (Photo D.Gibson)
  2. View M50455 in the yard at Cheddleton with M50517, 25.2.07
  3. View M50517 calls at Consall on a Leekbrook service during the Diesel Gala
  4. View M50455 & M50517 at Froghall during the Diesel Gala
  5. View M50455 & M50517 wait at Consall during the Diesel Gala
  6. View M50455 & M50517 bring a tail load into Consall during the Diesel Gala
  7. View M50517 & M50455 bring a tail load into Cheddleton during the Diesel Gala
  8. View M50517 & M50455 bring the van into Cheddleton at the Diesel Gala
  9. View The running set pulls into Cheddleton under the new signal at the Diesel Gala
  10. View At Cheddleton
  11. View At Cheddleton
  12. View M50455 & M50517 arrive at Consall during the Diesel Gala
  13. View M50517 in the evening sun after the Diesel Gala
  14. View M50517's interior ready for a 25th Wedding anniversary
  15. View M50455 stands at Froghall on a private charter
  16. View M50455 & M50517 depart Cheddleton
  17. View M50455 & M50517 stand in the yard in September between running days

2008

  1. View M50455/M50517 next to the signalbox at Cheddleton
  2. View M50455/M50517 posed in the bay platform at Cheddleton
  3. View M50517/M50455 with a 6 van tail load at Cheddleton!
  4. View M50455/M50517 ready to be hauled by 4F 44422 at the railway's Steam Gala
  5. View 4F attached to M50455. There was a shortage of stock for the Steam Gala
  6. View 44422 ready to depart with the first DMU dragged train of the day
  7. View M50455 amongst older forms of transport at Froghall
  8. View M50517/M50455 make a smokey departure from Cheddleton during Easter
  9. View M50455 stabled at Cheddleton
  10. View M50517 stabled at Cheddleton next to D8001
  11. View M50517 dwarfed by the new signal at Cheddleton
  12. View D8001 dragging M50455 & M50517
  13. View M50517 & M50455 approach Leekbrook Tunnel
  14. View M50455 & M50517 enter Leekbrook Tunnel
  15. View M50455 & M50517 leaving Leekbrook Tunnel
  16. View M50455 alongside D9016 at Froghall
  17. View D8001 dragging M50455 & M50517 out of Froghall
  18. View D8001 dragging M50455 & M50517 over the bridge at Boltons
  19. View M50455 & M50517 running through Boltons
  20. View M50517 & M50455 approach Cheddleton
  21. View The set, having just descended the bank south of Cheddleton, heading for Consall
  22. View M50455 & M50517 pass Consall Wood
  23. View D9016 dragging M50455 & M50517 past Consall Wood
  24. View M50455 at Cheddleton

2009

  1. View M50455/M50517 stand at Cheddleton prior to delivering beer
  2. View M50455/M50517 stand at Cheddleton prior to delivering beer
  3. View M50455/M50517 stand at Cheddleton prior to delivering beer
  4. View Loading a beer barrel into M50455
  5. View Beer barrels in M50455
  6. View M50455/M50517 having arrived at The Black Lion (Consall)
  7. View Unloading barrels
  8. View Unloading barrels
  9. View Unloading barrels
  10. View M50455/M50517 arriving into Froghall during the Steam Gala
  11. View M50455/M50517 running alongside the frozen canal near Consall
  12. View M50455/M50517 running alongside the frozen canal near Consall
  13. View Passing Podmore's Mill near Consall during the Steam Gala
  14. View At Oakamoor waiting to return to Froghall during the Steam Gala
  15. View M50517/M50455 sit in the new platform at Froghall
  16. View M50517/M50455 sit in the new platform at Froghall
  17. View M50455 waiting in the new platform at Froghall while Ring Haw fills with water
  18. View M50517/M50455 sit in the new platform at Froghall
  19. View M50517 and a period advertisement on the new platform at Froghall
  20. View M50455/M50517 sit in the new platform at Froghall in blizzard conditions!
  21. View M50455/M50517 depart from Froghall heading south to Oakamoor
  22. View M50517/M50455 run through a frosty Bolton's (S Bottrill)
  23. View M50517/M50455 run through a frosty Bolton's (S Bottrill)
  24. View Head on view of M50517 out on the line (S Bottrill)
  25. View M50455 out on the line between Consall & Froghall (S Bottrill)
  26. View M50455/M50517 depart Consall in this timeless scene (N Allsop)
  27. View M50517/M50455 between the signals at Consall (N Allsop)
  28. View Approaching Cheddleton during the 1940's Weekend
  29. View Departing Cheddleton during the 1940's Weekend
  30. View Heading for Leekbrook from Cheddleton during the 1940's Weekend
  31. View Approaching Cheddleton having reversed at Leekbrook
  32. View Running into Cheddleton during the 1940's Weekend
  33. View 37075 hauling M50517/M50455 (this was to do with signalling not unit failiure!)
  34. View M50455/M50517/37075 run into Cheddleton at the end of the day
  35. View M50517 & M50455 depart Consall for Froghall (D Gibson)
  36. View M50455 & M50517 arrive into Cheddleton (D Gibson)
  37. View M50517 & M50455 depart Consall for Froghall (A Sollis)
  38. View M50517 & M50455 depart Consall for Froghall (A Sollis)
  39. View In service during the May Bank Holiday
  40. View In service during the May Bank Holiday
  41. View In service during the May Bank Holiday
  42. View The apparant Box Van tail load is an optical illusion when examined closer!
  43. View How long before the set is incresed to 3 cars???
  44. View In the bay at Cheddleton
  45. View M50455/M50517 arrive into Cheddleton (D.Gibson)
  46. View The set runs through Cheddleton, Leekbrook bound, during August
  47. View The set runs through Cheddleton, Leekbrook bound, during August
  48. View Departing Oakamoor whilst running special trips for the CVR AGM on October 10th

2010

  1. View Visiting 4MT 80072 hauls M50455/M50517 into Cheddleton during the February Gala
  2. View M50455/M50517 pass Cheddleton as part of a coaching set during the February Gala
  3. View M50455/M50517 pass Cheddleton as part of a coaching set during the February Gala
  4. View M50517 at Cheddleton during a Black Lion Beer Festival shuttle in February
  5. View M50455 at Cheddleton during a Black Lion Beer Festival shuttle in February
  6. View M50455 at Froghall during a Black Lion Beer Festival shuttle in February
  7. View M50455 at Froghall during a Black Lion Beer Festival shuttle in February
  8. View M50517 at Froghall during a Black Lion Beer Festival shuttle in February
  9. View M50517 at Froghall during a Black Lion Beer Festival shuttle in February
  10. View M50455 at Froghall during a Black Lion Beer Festival shuttle in February
  11. View M50455 at Cheddleton at the recent shareholders day 12.2.10 (S.Hulse)
  12. View M50455/M50517 line up next to a 1966 Triumph Herald in the bay at Cheddleton
  13. View M50517 stands under the signal in Cheddleton's down platform in May
  14. View M50455 & M50517 at Bolton's (D.Gibson)
  15. View M50455 & M50517 call at Consall during the June Volunteer's Weekend
  16. View M50455 & M50517 wait at Froghall during the June Volunteer's Weekend
  17. View M50517 & M50455 call at Cheddleton during the June Volunteer's Weekend
  18. View M50517 & M50455 call at Cheddleton during the June Volunteer's Weekend

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