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|status = Overhaul in progressIn service

|livery = n/a (was BR Maroon)

It had developed into a heavy overhaul by 2017, albeit as events permitted.<ref>SVR News 200, Winter 2017</ref> In March 2017 16169 was moved outside [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster Carriage Works]], initially for welding repairs, and spring 2018 saw it outside the [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster paintshop]] after work to make it waterproof with a newly painted roof. In September 2019 it was in the paint shop receiving further repairs before proper painting could begin, which were ; the work being completed by the end of the yearNovember 2019. In March During summer 2020 16169 was going put onto accommodation bogies to allow its commonwealth bogies to be worked on<ref>SVR News 210, [https://forumoverhauled.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3461&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60 It was hoped to complete the work in time for that winter'Kidderminster Carriage Works update, s 'SVR Online Forum[[Christmas services|Steam in Lights]]</ref><ref>', but the second [[https://www.svrlive.com/blsep20 Branch Lines newsletter, September 2020] coronavirus disease (Retrieved 29 August 2020COVID-19)pandemic|Covid lockdown]] led to delays, with 16169 eventually leaving the carriage works on 11 January 2021 for test running and a return to service<ref>SVR News 213</ref>.