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No longer used by SVR, per SVR website
Following BR service, 20059 was used by EWS. The locomotive’s present owner, the [[Somerset & Dorset Loco Company | Somerset & Dorset Locomotive Company]], was incorporated in 2000. An early photograph on the Preserved Diesels web site shows 20059 at the S&DLC base at Yeovil Junction in March 2002, shortly after delivery from the EWS Margam TMD<ref>[http://prsl.uk/uklocos/final-results.asp?action=display&Id=5635 UKLocos database]</ref>, South Wales ([http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/2004/20059_1.htm Link]).
Subsequent photos on the same web site show restoration being carried out there until early 2004. By December 2004 20059 had moved to Tyseley Locomotive Works where, after work on the fuel system, the locomotive was started in January 2006 ([http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/2006a/20059_1.htm Link]). The locomotive was still stored at Tyseley in July 2007 ([http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/2007d/20059_1.htm Link]), the month in which S&D's locomotive [[BR Class 20 D8188 | D8188]] first came to the SVR on loan. On 29 July 2009 the loco moved to Kidderminster and was undergoing bodywork restoration.<ref>[http://forum.svra.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=17341#17341 SVR Online Forum], "20059" topic</ref><ref>[http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/2009b/20059_1.htm Preserved Diesels], photo captioned '20059 at undergoes bodywork restoration at Kidderminster. 10/8/09'</ref> In September 2010, the locomotive's power unit was removed for repairs at Washwood Heath,<ref>[http://forum.svra.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=24006#24006 SVR Online Forum], "20059" topic</ref> with the locomotive returning to the SVR on 19 January 2011<ref>[http://forum.svra.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=26572#26572 SVR Online Forum], "20059" topic</ref>. The locomotive was most frequently used to haul PW trains or for moving rolling stock when a diesel is more convenient than a steam locomotive. From time to time D8059 was also called on to rescue failed locomotives, referred to as 'Thunderbird' duty.
{{As of|2017|06}} the locomotive is numbered D8059 and is operational , although no longer used by the SVR.<ref>[http://www.svr.co.uk/MeetTheLoco.aspx?id=90 SVR "Meet The Loco" web page]</ref> and the locomotive is most frequently used to haul PW trains or for moving rolling stock when a diesel is more convenient than a steam locomotive. From time to time D8059 is also called on to rescue failed locomotives, referred to as 'Thunderbird' duty.
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