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60009 first arrived on the SVR on 24 February 1989 for a contract heavy overhaul.<ref>SVR News 92</ref> This was completed in just under a year with the locomotive, temporarily renamed 'Osprey', making test trips on the SVR on 17-18 February 1990.<ref>SVR News 95</ref> Following this overhaul, 60009 began to operate main line rail tours throughout the United Kingdom.<ref name=Wikipedia/> She returned to the SVR for minor repairs on 28 December 1991, having accumulated 25,000 miles since the overhaul and reverted to 'Union of South Africa'. During this visit she took part in the 'Mince Pie Specials' and the Spring Steam Gala, and also fitted in a return trip to Scotland before departing on 24 April 1992.<ref>SVR News 101/102</ref>

In summer 1995, SVR News described the locomotive for the first time as part of the SVR 'home fleet', referring to a forthcoming return for that year's Autumn Steam Gala.<ref>SVR News 115</ref> Following further mechanical attention, including welding a steel patch insert into the top of the driver's side back plate to repair a deep fracture, the locomotive again returned to the main line duty. An early 1996 rail tour was notable a high speed pass through the Kidderminster main line station with 12 coaches in tow,<ref>SVR News 118</ref> while later that year the locomotive unfortunately set light to a length of the Settle and Carlisle line, requiring a diesel pilot for the rest of the trip and subsequent attention to the spark arrestor.<ref>SVR News 119/120</ref> Further main line work followed, although in December 1996 [[42968]] notably deputised for 60009 on a Crewe to Carlisle Cumbrian Mountain Express.