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In 1946 the locomotive was sent to the British Army's Middle East Forces (MEF) in Egypt where, numbered WD 70307, it worked in the Suez Canal zone. For a while the locomotive was loaned to Egyptian State Railways, but by 1948 was in need of a new firebox and scheduled to be scrapped.
Fortunately, the locomotive was not scrapped but repatriated to the UK and overhauled at Derby between 1952 and 1954. The locomotive then adopted yet another identity as WD 500 at the [[:Category:Rolling stock associated with the Longmoor Military Railway|Longmoor Military Railway]].
In 1957 the locomotive was bought by British Railways and at first was misallocated the number 90733 (now carried by [https://kwvr.co.uk/steam-train/war-department-wd-austerity-2-8-0-90733/ another preserved locomotive]), following the Austerity 2-8-0s series with which it had been confused, but quickly altered to 48773 at the end of the LMS 2-8-0s.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Casserley (1976)]] p. 208.</ref> Although withdrawn twice for scrapping, 48773 survived each time, finally ending BR service in August 1968 based at Rose Grove.<ref>[https://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=119234&loco=70500 48773 on BR database] (Retrieved 26 December 2020)</ref>
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