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In 2012 a problem with oil temperature on a mainline railtour damaged 50044's diesel set. A replacement English Electric 16CSVT has been secured from Portugal (ex CP 1807) which is now fitted inside '44 and the final touches to bring it in line with UK specifications are being worked on. Start up is anticipated in early 2017.<ref>[http://www.fiftyfund.org.uk/index.php/our-locomotives/50044-exeter Fifty Fund 50044 page]</ref>
===50044 Exeter on the main line in preservation===
An incomplete list of main line appearances is as follows:
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!data-sort-type="date"| Date!!Tour name !! Tour Operator!!Route !! Notes !! Reference
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|data-sort-value="18/10/2008" | 18 October 2008||||Rail Blue Charters|| Manchester Piccadilly to Minehead||With 50049 Defiance and 57601 || <ref>[http://www.hondawanderer.com/50044_50049_Magor_2008.htm Hondawanderer.com/Martin Loader Photography] (Retrieved 21 January 2018)</ref>
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|data-sort-value="9/5/2009" | 8 May 2009||The Cambrian Mountaineer||Spitfire||Bristol to Aberystwyth |||| <ref>[https://www.renownrepulse.com/gallery/other-class-50-s/preserved-class-50-s-on-main-line.html Renown Repluse Restoration Group website] (Retrieved 21 January 2018)</ref>
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|data-sort-value="3/9/2011" | 3-4 September 2011||The Snowdon Ranger ||PTG Tours||London Euston to Holyhead ||With 57304 Gordon Tracy || <ref name="EEOrg">[http://www.englishelectric.org.uk/f819756767 Englishelectric.org website] (Retrieved 21 January 2018)</ref>
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|data-sort-value="19/11/2011" | 19 November 2011||The Edinburgh Explorer II || Spitfire||Preston to Edinburgh ||With 50049 Defiance and 57001 || <ref>Hart M., ‘English Electric Class 40, 50 & 55 Diesel Locomotives’, Amberley Publishing Limited, April 2014</ref>
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|data-sort-value="21/7/2012" | 21 July 2012|| ||GBRf||Cardiff-Paignton (private leg) - Plymouth ||With 66720 || <ref name="EEOrg"/>
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==See also==
