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D1062 was bought from BR by the [[Western Locomotive Association]] on 4 November 1976, becoming the first class 52 ‘Western’ to be preserved. Following purchase the locomotive was repainted in original maroon livery.
In May 1977 D1062 and sister locomotive [[BR Class 52 D1013 Western Ranger|D1013 Western Ranger]] moved to the Paignton & Dartmouth Railway, and following tyre turning at Cardiff Canton depot both arrived on the SVR on 29 September 1978. Western Courier attended the Rocket 150 celebrations at Rainhill in May 1980, the only privately owned diesel locomotive to do so.
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File:D1062_Western_Courier_at_Rainhill.jpg | Western Courier at Rainhill in 1980 (Wikimedia Commons)
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The WLA overhauled D1062 between 1998 and 2005 including major rewiring. On 29 April 2005 the HLF granted the WLA £45,500 towards Western Courier's overhaul, which was used for sending a defective Voith transmission to the manufacturer in Germany.<ref>[http://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/good-causes/projects/region/west-midlands?project_name=Western%20Locomotive&op=Refine&form_build_id=form-S9K5ipVWQ_b_PxmypsoqH8-m2G1rwl0DsjWvXdu2D0M&form_id=directory_finder_refine_form The National Lottery]</ref>. In 2017 she was repainted into BR blue livery in the [[Diesel Depot]] for the first time in preservation. She also made use of the Depot in the winter of 2017-2018 for engine work and a bogie lift, making use of the new jacks. {{As of | 2018}}, D1062 is in available for regular service on the SVR, her 40th anniversary on the railway.
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D1062_20120512.jpg|D1062 Western Courier at Bridgnorth in 2012
