After BR had finished with 50015 Valiant at the end of 1991, it spent a good part of the following year in store, before being bought for preservation by the Manchester Class 50 Group, and moved to the East Lancashire Railway. It was soon put to work, and is pictured here at Irwell Vale on 4 October 1992, working a Rawtenstall to Bury service on its second day in traffic. This broadside view gives a good view of its unique (for a Class 50) 'Dutch' livery, which had been applied at Laira the previous year.