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Traffic continued beyond end of first loan date October 2022
In February 2021 the Association completed the sale of the locomotive to '''Class 20189 Limited'''.<ref name=RI/> Class 20189 Limited was incorporated in 2006 as Company number 05742768; {{As of |2022 | lc="y"}} Michael Owen is the sole Director.<ref>Companies House</ref> The company also owns Class 20 locomotives 20007, 20142 and 20189, all of which are main line registered and have previously [[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|visitied the SVR for Diesel galas]].
In June 2022 the SVR signed a deal with Class 20189 Limited to hire 20048 , initially until October 2022 although it has continued in traffic beyond then, to assist working [[Bridgnorth]] based turns that were seeing increased diesel usage due to coal supply problems. The locomotive, which had just completed a full overhaul, arrived by rail on 10 June in convoy with fellow Class 20s 20142 and 20007 (20048 not being main line registered). Its first day in traffic on the SVR was 15 June.
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