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'''Clayton Class 17 D8568''' is the only surviving example of the Clayton Type 1s which numbered 117 in total. The locomotive is based at the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway and is used during the running season and at special events. It is owned by the [[Diesel Traction Group]]. It was [[Diesel Locomotives hired by the SVR|hired by the SVR]] from May to September 2017 and has also attended a number of [[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|Diesel galas]].

Purchased by the DTG it left Clitheroe on 9 February 1983 for the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, returning to traffic 22 April 1989. On 25 April 1992 it arrived at its present moved to a new home on the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway. As it is owned by the Diesel Traction Group, which has other locomotives based on the SVR, it was a visitor for [[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|galas]], first in 1998 and several times from 2015 with extended stays. During such visits it was sometimes referred to as a 'home fleet' locomotive in publicity. It was [[Diesel Locomotives hired by the SVR|hired in]] between May and September 2017. D8568 also visited for repairs, and from 2020 to 2022 underwent a repaint into BR blue livery, bodywork attention and work on the Paxman engines,<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blsep20 Branch Lines newsletter, September 2020] (Retrieved 29 August 2020)</ref> before returning to Chinnor to complete its agreed running dates. The loco is now based at the SVR<ref>SVR Operations Manager, 15 March 2023</ref>.