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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 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 Although withdrawn twice for scrapping, 48773 survived each time, finally ending BR service based at Rose Grove in July 1968 when it participated in the ‘grand finale of steam’ over the trans-Pennine route via Copy Pit summit. It also worked the LCGB ‘Farewell to Steam’ on 4 August 1968.
==48773 in preservation==
