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An overhauled MD655 engine was installed in early 2021.<ref>[http://www.westernchampion.co.uk/loco-d1015.php DTG] (retrieved 20 September 2021)</ref> Western Champion returned to the mainline for a test run on 17 September 2021 but unfortunately suffered a seized engine.<ref>[http://www.westernchampion.co.uk/index.php DTG] (retrieved 20 September 2021)</ref> Subsequently it was fitted with two MTU 12V538 engines, a later development of the MD655<ref>RAIL Magazine issue 1001, 24 January 2024, p.24</ref>.
===Freight workings===
*On 29 and 30 August 2002 it worked Colas Rail freight China Clay Tanks trains around St Blazey, as part of crew training and attendance at the St Blazey open day.
*On 14 and 15 October 2009, Western Champion worked Colas Rail freight China Clay Tanks trains from Quidhampton to Tavistock Junction.
*Its loaded mainline test tests on 17 September 2021 and 10 January 2024 included piloting the GBRf Avonmouth Hanson Siding to Penyffordd Cement train as far as Gloucester.
==TV and film==
