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D1062 was bought from BR by the [[Western Locomotive Association]] on 4 November 1976, becoming the first class 52 "Western" to be preserved. Following purchase the locomotive was repainted in original maroon livery with half yellow end warning panels.<ref>SVR News 48</ref> On 29 April 1977 both Maybach engines were started for the first time in preservation,<ref name=WLA>[https://www.westernlocomotives.co.uk/d1062 WLA]</ref> and in May 1977 D1062 and sister locomotive [[BR Class 52 D1013 Western Ranger|D1013 Western Ranger]] were moved to the Paignton & Dartmouth Railway. Following tyre turning at Cardiff Canton depot both arrived on the SVR on 29 September 1978. Over the following winter, despite careful draining, frost damage caused a crack in an intercooler, making it necessary to remove the intercooler for repairs.<ref>SVR News 51</ref> This was completed in time for both Westerns to take part in the first ‘Western Weekend’ on 31 March – 1 April 1979,<ref>SVR News 126</ref> an event that would be repeated on a number of occasions over the following years. Later in 1979 BR agreed to allow through running of excursion trains onto the SVR, the first of which was a Monmouthshire Railway Society tour from Cardiff to Bridgnorth. [[7819|7819 Hinton Manor]] hauled the 10 Mk 1 coaches from Bewdley to Bridgnorth with D1062 working the return leg to Bewdley.<ref>SVR News 52</ref>

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File:D1062_Western_Courier_at_Rainhill.jpg | Western Courier at Rainhill in 1980 (Wikimedia Commons)