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BR Class 50 50049 Defiance

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At the [[Tales from the Severn Valley#Class_50_Golden_Jubilee|Class 50 Golden Jubilee]] on October 6 2018 it was formally rededicated at [[Kidderminster]] by Commodore Robert Bellfield, Royal Navy, Commander Devonport Flotilla, Devonport Dockyard – the former home to training base HMS Defiance.
In January On 20 March 2019 freight operator GBRf GB Railfreight and [[The Class 50 Alliance]] announced that unveiled [[BR Class 50 50007 Hercules|50007 Hercules]] and 50049 would be repainted into 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>
===50049 Defiance on the main line in preservation===
!data-sort-type="date"| Date!!Tour name !! Tour Operator!!Route !! Notes !! Reference
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|data-sort-value="116/9/2000" | 16 September 2000||Celtic Hoover || || ||With 50031 Hood (as D431) ||
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|data-sort-value="27/11/2004" | 27 November 2004||The Yorkshire Royale||Pathfinder||Cardiff-Derby (detached/reattached)-York (steam) ||With 50031 Hood and 6233 Duchess of Sutherland|| <ref name="EEOrg"/>
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|data-sort-value="5/1/2019" | 5 January 2019|| The Waverley Re-Union ||Pathfinder ||Birmingham (via Carlisle) to Edinburgh and Tweedbank ||With [[BR Class 50 50007 Hercules | 50007 Hercules]] ||
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|data-sort-value="23/3/2019" | 23 March 2019|| The Terminator – Phoenixed ||Pathfinder ||London Paddington to Penzance and return to Waterloo ||With [[BR Class 50 50007 Hercules | 50007 Hercules]] ||
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|data-sort-value="26/8/2019" | 26 August 2019|| The Cotswold Eden ||Pathfinder ||Didcot to Carlisle ||With [[BR Class 50 50007 Hercules | 50007 Hercules]] ||
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