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50007 Sir Edward Elgar was purchased by the Class 40 Appeal and was transferred to the Midland Railway Butterley in July 1994. Under this name, 50007 [[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|attended SVR diesel galas]] in 2000 and 2004. In 2013, the locomotive was sold to a private owner and relocated to Washwood Heath, where it was repainted from GWR Green to BR Blue, and re-named Hercules.<ref name="EEArchive" /> [[The Class 50 Alliance]] acquired the locomotive in November 2016, being fitted with the relevant equipment for mainline running. Early 2017 saw her at [[Diesel Depot|Kidderminster TMD]] where her generators were removed, sent away for overhaul and refitted, before planned haulage of a number of railtours in 2017 and 2018 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the class.<ref>[http://www.fiftyfund.org.uk/index.php/our-locomotives/50007-hercules The Fifty Fund - 50007 Hercules], accessed 22 November 2016</ref><br>
50007 became the first locomotive to use the newly installed lifting jacks in the Diesel Depot when it was lifted for maintenance on 4th November 2017.
In January 2019 freight operator GBRf and [[The Class 50 Alliance]] announced that 50007 and [[BR Class 50 50049 Defiance|50049 Defiance]] would be repainted into GBRf livery, with the locomotives available to operate selected GBRf trains on a ‘spot-hire’ basis.</ref>Class 50 Alliance, 15 January 2019</ref>
Unlike most other [[Class 50 Alliance Limited|Fifty Fund]] operated locomotives there is no running agreement with the SVR.