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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.
During the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022, D1062 [[Locomotive numbering#Different numbers carried in preservation|ran as sister locomotive D1040 Western Queen]].
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.
