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{{Infobox diesel loco
|image = 50007_Hercules_2017061850007_Hercules_20190418.jpg|caption = Class 50 No 50007 Hercules at Kidderminster TMD in June 2017April 2019
|construc = English Electric Vulcan Foundry Works, Newton-le-Willows
|wheels = Co-Co
==50007 Hercules in preservation==
[[File:50007_Great_Central_Railway.jpg|290px|thumb|left|50007 on the Great Central Railway in 2009, in GWR livery and named Sir Edward Elgar]]
50007 Sir Edward Elgar was purchased by the Class 40 Appeal and was transferred to the Midland Railway Butterley in July 1994. Under this name, 50007 [[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|attended SVR diesel galas]] in 2000 and 2004. <br clear="all"/>[[File:50007_Hercules_20170618.jpg |290px|thumb|right|50007 Hercules at Kidderminster TMD in June 2017]]In 2013, the locomotive was sold to a private owner and relocated to Washwood Heath, where it was repainted from GWR Green to BR Blue, and re-named Hercules.<ref name="EEArchive" /> [[The Class 50 Alliance]] acquired the locomotive in November 2016, being fitted with the relevant equipment for mainline running. Early 2017 saw her at [[Diesel Depot|Kidderminster TMD]] where her generators were removed, sent away for overhaul and refitted, before planned haulage of a number of railtours in 2017 and 2018 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the class.<ref>[http://www.fiftyfund.org.uk/index.php/our-locomotives/50007-hercules The Fifty Fund - 50007 Hercules], accessed 22 November 2016</ref>
50007 became the first locomotive to use the newly installed lifting jacks in the Diesel Depot when it was lifted for maintenance on 4 November 2017.
On 20 March 2019 freight operator GB Railfreight and [[The Class 50 Alliance]] unveiled 50007 and [[BR Class 50 50049 Defiance|50049 Defiance]] in 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>
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==Gallery==
