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==50031 Hood in preservation==
50031 was purchased for preservation by two Fifty Fund members in December 1991 in near operational condition, having only minor faults when withdrawn. On the understanding that the 'guide price' was £18000, they simply added the last two digits of the loco's number and bid £18031. They later found out that they had outbid their nearest rival by £31. It moved in March 1992 for initial repairs at St Leonards, '31 then moved to the Severn Valley Railway, arriving 6 May 1994 with [[BR Class 50 50044 Exeter|50044 Exeter]].<ref>SVR Stock Book, ninth edition</ref> It worked the first preserved class 50 hauled train to carry fare paying passengers.
In [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1997 | November 1997]] Hood was the first mainline-certified preserved class 50 to haul a main line railtour, “The Pilgrim Hoover” from Birmingham International to Plymouth via the South Devon Banks.
