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==50035 Ark Royal in preservation==
50035 was the first Class 50 to be preserved, being acquired by [[Class 50 Alliance Limited|The Fifty Fund (now Class 50 Alliance)]]. Having been advised that the going rate for a Class 50 was £16500, the fund simply added the last two digits of the locos number to this and bid £16535.They later found out that they had outbid their nearest rival by just £31. 50035 was handed over by Network SouthEast at the 1991 Old Oak Common Open Day held on 17-18 August.<ref>[http://www.bropendays.co.uk/1965_1993.html BR Open Days] (Retrieved 18 August 2019)</ref> It was moved initially to St Leonards where the initial restoration work and start-up was carried out.
Subsequently, the loco was moved by road to the SVR, arriving 19 September 1996, since when it has been a regular performer.<ref>SVR Stock Book, 9th edition</ref> Ark Royal is not registered to work on the main line but can be hauled for the purposes of [[SVR-based diesel locomotives visiting other events|visiting other railways]].
