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At the [[Tales from the Severn Valley#Class_50_Golden_Jubilee|Class 50 Golden Jubilee]] on October 6 2018 it was formally rededicated at [[Kidderminster]] by Commodore Robert Bellfield, Royal Navy, Commander Devonport Flotilla, Devonport Dockyard – the former home to training base HMS Defiance.
On 20 March 2019 freight operator GB Railfreight and [[The Class 50 Alliance]] unveiled [[BR Class 50 50007 Hercules|50007 Hercules]] and 50049 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><ref>GB Railfreight Facebook 20 March 2019</ref> In 2024 it required some cab side repairs, before a repaint into BR Blue large logo livery.<ref>[https://www.fiftyfund-alliance.co.uk/post/bodywork-repairs-for-007-049 Class 50 Alliance, 10 and 27 April 2024] (Retrieved 17 May 2024)</ref> [[The Fifty Fund]] produced a [[Models of the Severn Valley Railway|limited edition]] N gauge model<ref>[https://www.fiftyfund-alliance.co.uk/product-page/50033-n-gauge-model The Fifty Fund website] (Retrieved 17 May 2024)</ref>.
===50049 Defiance on the main line in preservation===
[[List of preservation groups]]<br>
[[SVR-based diesel locomotives visiting other events]]<br>
[[Locomotive numbering|Locomotives running under different identities]]<br>[[Models of the Severn Valley Railway]]
==References==
==Links==
[httphttps://www.class50alliancefiftyfund-alliance.co.uk/ Class 50 Alliance web site]<br>[http://www.fiftyfund.org.uk/ 50 Fifty Fund web site] (still maintained)<br>
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