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'''50026 Indomitable ''' is a ''BR Class 50 diesel locomotive '' owned and operated by Paul Spracklen. ==BR Class 50==Fifty English Electric Type 4 (later BR Class 50) diesel locomotives were built by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry Works plant It spent several months on hire to the SVR in Newton-le-Willows between 1967 2014 and 1968. When built they were numbered in has also attended the D4xx series. They later became BR’s Class 50, being allocated TOPS numbers in railway for appearances at Diesel Galas and maintenance at the 50xxx seriesDiesel Depot. The class was nicknamed “Hoovers” because A brief history of the distinctive sound of the inertial air-filters with which the locomotives were originally fitted. Initially the locomotives were used to haul express passenger trains on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) between Crewe and Scotland; that section not then being electrified. This often entailed ‘Multiple Working’, with two locomotives class can be found under control of a single driver. By 1974 the northern WCML had been electrified, and the [[BR Class 50 fleet was being transferred to BR’s Western Region to work main line passenger services out of London Paddington. The Class 50’s did not originally carry names, but in the late 1970s BR agreed to their being named after Royal Navy vessels with notable records in the First and Second World Wars.  Withdrawal of the class began in the early 1990s50044 Exeter|50044 Exeter]].

*On 24 January 2018 it arrived for commercial repairs in the [[Diesel Depot]]. It was advertised for the Class 50 Golden Jubilee on 4 - 6 October 2018 but issues with the power unit the previous weekend meant it was unable to take part, the loco instead being on static display. It left the SVR in May 2019<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/final-results.asp?action=display&id=7217 UKLocos.com]</ref>.