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On 15 September 1991 D1062 attended the Laira Depot Open Day at Plymouth with fellow classmates D1010, D1013, D1015 and D1023. In August 1992 the locomotive attended Bescot Depot Open Day and in October 1994 took part in the West Somerset Railway’s Diesel Extravaganza, the first outing on another railway since arrival on the SVR in 1978. The event included the first double-headed Class 52 train (with D1010 Western Campaigner) to be seen in the West Country since the final day of the type on BR on 26th February 1977.<ref name=WLA/>
The WLA overhauled D1062 between 1998 and 2005 including major rewiring. On 29 April 2005 the [[:Category:Lottery funding#National_Lottery_Heritage_Fund|Heritage Lottery Fund]] 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 June 2009 the locomotive was repainted in maroon livery at Kidderminster,<ref>SVR News 167</ref>, and in 2017 it was repainted into BR blue livery in the [[Diesel Depot]] for the first time in preservation. D1062 also made use of the Depot in the winter of 2017-2018 or engine work and a bogie lift, making use of the new jacks. {{As of During the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022, D1062 [[Locomotive numbering#Different numbers carried in preservation|2020|03}} the ran as sister locomotive is receiving attention due to bogie problems.<ref>[https://www.svrD1040 Western Queen]].co.uk/MeetTheLoco.aspx?id=90 SVR ‘Meet the Loco’ page]</ref>
The class's method of construction precludes locomotives being winched onto and off road trailers, and so moves off the SVR are exclusively hauled by rail. The locomotive's [[TOPS codes#TOPS_locomotive_classification_and_numbering|TOPS code]] is 89462.
