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==50049 Defiance in preservation==
50049 was bought for preservation by 'The Class 50 Society', later re-named Project Defiance.<ref>[http://www.fiftyfund.org.uk/index.php/about-us/origins-of-the-fund Fifty Fund history]</ref> Following an overhaul at AWS in Cardiff, it moved to the West Somerset Railway where it was repainted into the Railfreight Distribution two tone grey livery as 50149. Defiance left the WSR to attend the SVR Diesel Gala in 1999, and remained at the SVR thereafter. A year later, in BR Blue livery as D449, it participated in its first mainline with 50031 Hood (as D431) on the Celtic Hoover Railtour in September 2000.
In 2005, 50031 and 50049 were on long term hire to Arriva Trains Wales (ATW), for use on special services in connection with events at the Millennium Stadium, and over the summer period saw regular use on the Monday to Saturday "Fishguard Flyer" from Cardiff to Fishguard and return, in connection with the ferry sailing to Ireland. One of the two locomotives was used for the service each day, along with 4 Mark 2 coaches.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_50 Wikipedia]</ref>
In November 2006 shareholders in Project Defiance agreed to a merger with [[The Fifty Fund]], owners of two other Class 50s and operators of a third, to form [[The Class 50 Alliance]]. Ownership of 50049 passed to the new organisation.
After the railtour of 18 October 2008, Defiance underwent a bogie and wheelset overhaul. 50049 completed an overhaul in April 2016 in time to work passenger service services during the April 'Open House' weekend.
===50049 Defiance on the main line in preservation===
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|data-sort-value="10/5/2008" | 10 May 2008||The Purbeck And Weymouth Explorer||Vintage Trains|| Birmingham Moor Street to Weymouth||With 47773|| <ref name="EEOrg"/>
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|data-sort-value="18/10/2008" | 18 October 2008||||Rail Blue Charters|| Manchester Piccadilly to Minehead||With 50044 Exeter and 57601. 50049's final railtour before a bogie and wheelset overhaul|| <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="19/11/2011" | 19 November 2011||The Edinburgh Explorer II || Spitfire||Preston to Edinburgh ||With 50044 Exeter and 57001 || <ref>Hart M., ‘English Electric Class 40, 50 & 55 Diesel Locomotives’, Amberley Publishing Limited, April 2014</ref>
