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==Preservation==
402812 arrived at Bewdley by road on 3 September 1975, where it was intended to be used as yard shunter. The pale yellow ‘livery’ led to it acquiring the nickname "Yellow Peril" after a remark by SVR locomotive inspector Jack Beaman. The nickname was apt; the locomotive had an awkward gear box in which first gear did not always work properly and once moving, it could be difficult to stop again, requiring somebody to man the carriage handbrake during shunting operations. On one occasion [[Tales from the Severn Valley#Yellow Peril catches fire|the locomotive caught fire while working at Bewdley]]. An SVR driver was reported as saying "When working on it, you took your life into your own hands. It was a lethal machine!"<ref name=SVR133/>
Despite its small size, limited power and quirky nature, "Yellow Peril" saw regular use on the SVR over the next few years. It could move rakes of 6 coaches in the station area, albeit at walking pace. Other duties involved working engineers’ trains, moving newly arrived rolling stock from [[Foley Park]], hauling the P-Way Department’s weed-killing train in spring 1978 and on one occasion, towing a failed Class 52 diesel into Arley. Eventually, "Yellow Peril" was condemned due to the poor condition of its wheels. It was initially stored at Arley and later taken to Bridgnorth for disposal, from where it left by road for Resco (Railways) Ltd., London in March 1981. SVR News subsequently reported that in early summer 1981 it went from there to the Swanage Railway where, according to the Industrial Railway Society, it was reported to have been scrapped in October 1982<ref name=SVR133/>.
