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50044 return to the main line 11.9.21
Exeter was repainted in un-prototypical two tone green and rededicated by the Crew of HMS Exeter at Kidderminster in 2007. '44 has subsequently been repainted in BR Blue.
In 2012 a problem with oil temperature on a mainline railtour damaged 50044's diesel set. A replacement English Electric 16CSVT has been secured from Portugal (ex CP 1807) which was fitted with adjustments made to bring it in line with UK specifications. On 10 September 2018 50044 returned to passenger duty having received the overhauled engine and overhauled main, ETH and auxiliary generators.<ref>Severn Valley Diesels Official Facebook Group.</ref> It received a bogie overhaul in the [[Diesel Depot]] over the winter of 2019/20. It returned to the mainline in 2021.
===50044 Exeter on the main line in preservation===
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|data-sort-value="21/7/2012" | 21 July 2012|| ||GBRf||Cardiff-Paignton (private leg) - Plymouth ||With 66720 || <ref name="EEOrg"/>
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|data-sort-value="11/9/2021" | 11 September 2021|| ||GBRf||Tame Bridge Parkway-Stranraer || 'The Galloway Fifties', with 50007 Hercules and 50049 Defiance ||
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