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Taw Valley’s heavy overhaul had begun by the spring of 2006, with the locomotive being fully stripped down within eight weeks.<ref>SVR News 153</ref>. The overhaul required a new left-hand cylinder to be cast.<ref>SVR News 155, 160</ref> Work on the boiler at Pridham's in Devon involved building an almost complete inner firebox and replacing most of the outer box.<ref>SVR News 165</ref> The overhaul continued to make steady progress and was eventually completed in time for Taw Valley to re-enter service on 16 May 2015, hauling an incoming "British Pullman" rail tour consisting of 12 coaches and a Class 67 diesel from Bewdley to Bridgnorth,<ref>I. Walker, "Steam Locomotive Notes", ''SVR News'' 190 (2015) p. 28</ref> and an SVR service from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster. Taw Valley is the only SVR steam locomotive, apart from 600 Gordon, equipped to work with air braked rolling stock. However the locomotive is no longer registered to work on the main line (the owner sold [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR|support coach 35479]] in 2015 around the time the locomotive re-entered service). It has also not [[SVR-based locomotives visiting other events|appeared at another railway]] since that time.
Until arly 2022, Taw Valley is currently was in BR Green livery featuring the ‘Late Crest’. The coat of arms on her name plate were not carried in service. At the end of 2019, 34027 had recorded a total of 82,767 miles in preservation on the SVR. The reported total may include mileage on the main line and on hire to other railways<ref>SVR News 210, SVR-based Steam Locomotive Mileage 2017-2019, Duncan Ballard</ref>.
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File:34027_20161204.jpg| Taw Valley at [[Safari Park|Safari Park Curve]] with a [[Christmas services|Santa service]] in December 2016
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In February 2022 the SVR announced that later in the year Taw Valley would temporarily appear in a brand-new purple livery and carry a different name, to be selected by public vote, to commemorate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee<ref>[https://www.svr.co.uk/2022/02/10/a-purple-patch-for-the-severn-valley-railway/ SVR Website] (retrieved 18 February 2022)</ref>. After repainting, the locomotive appeared as a static exhibit at the [[Spring Steam Gala]] as '''No 70 'Elizabeth II''''.
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