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TSL M59250 to the Carriage shed to be returned to service
Eventually, a two car unit of 50933 and 52064 became available for traffic in November 2020, working [[Christmas services| Santa Staff trains]].<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/895472313877202 SVR Diesels Official Facebook, 8 November 2020] (Retrieved 9 November 2020)</ref> However 50933 was not deemed suitable for any passenger services without further mechanical work and the fleet returned to store.<ref name="prc"/>
In 2022 the owning group commissioned a third-party engineer to produce a report detailing repairs and maintenance work required in order to return the DMU to traffic on the SVR. Chief among the work necessary was overhaul of the bogies. The group determined that an external contractor would carry out further bogie overhauls, with the intention of initially returning 52064 and 51941 to traffic as a twin power car set.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bloct22 Branch Lines October 2022]</ref> As a result, 51941 was placed on accommodation bogies and its own sent for contract overhaul at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway workshops, while the car had repairs to the roof and remedial works to the rather tired paintwork at Kidderminster Carriage Shed.<ref>[https://www.svr-dmu.org.uk/ The DMU Group (West Midlands) website] (Retrieved 23 June 2023)</ref> The two-car set reappeared for tests in November 2023 with its first public workings the following month. The same month TSL M59250 moved to Kidderminster Carriage Shed for work to return it to service in a three car DMU in 2024.
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