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In February 2018 an agreement was reached for [[The Class 50 Alliance]] to take 50033 on a 3 year loan with a view to restoring the loco and getting it operational.<ref>[https://www.fiftyfund.org.uk/index.php/our-locomotives/50033-glorious Fifty Fund]</ref> Work on the locomotive continued at Tyseley under the guidance of Fifty Fund volunteers<ref>[http://www.fiftyfund.org.uk/index.php Fifty Fund wesitewebsite] (Retrieved 11 February 2018)</ref> before the locomotive moved to the [[Diesel Depot]] on 31 May 2018.<ref>[https://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/6498/glorious-hoover-being-returned-to-its-former-glory/ Railway Magazine]</ref> The locomotive returned to traffic at the [[Tales from the Severn Valley#Class_50_Golden_Jubilee|Class 50 Golden Jubilee]] on 4-6 October in mostly green undercoat, with the public invited to 'tag' the locomotive with graffiti in marker pen in exchange for a contribution towards its repaint. The Alliance took the runner up prize at the HRA Awards 2020 in the Coiley Locomotive Engineering Award category for this restoration.<ref>Severn Valley Diesels Official Facebook, 11 February 2020</ref>

Repainting in BT BR 'Large Logo' livery took place at Arlington in Eastleigh, after which 50033 Glorious was towed back to the SVR by sister 50007 Hercules on 29 August 2019<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/post/glorious-returns SVR Live]</ref>.