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BR Class 52 D1062 Western Courier

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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.
==Gallery==
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D1062 20110501.jpg|D1062 on [[Eardington Bank]] in 2011D1062_20120512.jpg|D1062 Western Courier at Bridgnorth in 2012
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