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BR Class 50 50031 Hood

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Overhaul delayed
|wheels = Co-Co
|power = Diesel Electric
|status = Under Awaiting overhaul
|locono = 50031
|othernos = D431
50031 was sent to RVEL, Derby for refurbishment in June 2015. On 11 April 2016, it was revealed in a fictitious [http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/imagingcentre/view/425082/TW BR Inter-City livery], with the locomotive returning to the SVR on 13 April 2016. Following a return to service, the locomotive was re-dedicated in a ceremony at Kidderminster on 17 September 2016. The ceremony marked two anniversaries; 100 years since the keel of HMS Hood was laid in 1916 and 75 years since the ship was sunk during World War 2.
An It was withdrawn from service in 2020 pending an engine overhaul is planned to begin in 2021.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blsep20 Branch Lines newsletter, September 2020] (Retrieved 29 August 2020)</ref> This is not likely to commence until after the completion of [[BR Class 37 37308]]<ref>SVR News 218, Summer 2022, p. 24</ref>.
===50031 Hood on the main line in preservation===
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