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Dunrobin and a saloon were sold in 1950 to the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. The locomotive ran large parts of the 700+ mile journey (from Helmsdale to Carlisle and from Ashford to New Romney) under its own steam. <ref>[http://www.scotlandrailholiday.com/dunrobin/locomotive.htm Journal of The Stephenson Locomotive Society for August 1950, via Scotland Rail Holiday website] (Retrieved 31 March 2024)</ref> The locomotive was exported to Canada in 1965, but acquired in January 2011 by the Beamish Living Museum of the North<ref>[http://www.beamish.org.uk/beamish-buys-dunrobin/ Beamish announcement]</ref> and repatriated to the UK. On arrival, Dunrobin was brought to Bridgnorth on 19 May 2011 to be dismantled and the feasibility of restoration to working order assessed. Contracts were subsequently let to [[Severn Valley Railway Engineering Services]] for boiler and mechanical overhaul at [[Bridgnorth Loco Works]].

Progress on the overhaul saw work on the locomotive's rear bogie truck completed, and work on the chassis. A new cylinder block was commissioned and cast in 2014. By early 2018 the boiler boiler was largely complete (and awaiting assembly), with a great deal of new material incorporated including new barrel, firebox outer wrapper skirts, all new stays, new longitudinal and palm stays, overhauled dome, new smokebox and new internal components such as the J pipe also being replaced. which has necessitated many new parts including cylinder block, smokebox and boiler barrel sections. <ref>SVR News No. 199 and 200, Autumn and Winter 2017</ref> New tanks were completed at Dinas.

When Beamish bought the locomotive they could see some cracks in a small number of spokes. Once these were stripped at Bridgnorth, a great deal more cracks were revealed, to the extent that an independent inspection was commissioned using the magnetic particle inspection technique. The renewal of all four ‘driving’ wheels (coupled wheels) was instigated in 2018, the crank axle being retained, whilst the rest (wheel centres, tyres, front axle and crankpins) will be entirely newmanufactured at South Devon Engineering.

{{As A new cylinder block was commissioned and cast in 2014, however issues required remedial attention. By March 2019 the reworked block was awaited, before rewheeling could commence.<ref>SVR News 205</ref> The project had been making slow but steady progress, with parts being reassembled, until being placed on hold in March 2020 due to the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic|Coronavirus pandemic]].  In May 2021 Beamish Museum announced they had received a grant of|2018|09}} £150,000 to complete the new tanks have been completed at Dinas work and await movement was waiting for the SVR to Bridgnorth allocate it a place in their workstream. The work to add this point had been chassis-focussed, with the aim being to install the new cylinder block and wheel Dunrobin, before completing the boiler (which was nearly finished) and final assembly.<ref>[http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/2021/05/dunrobin-ten-years-on/ Beamish Transport Online blog, ''DUNROBIN – TEN YEARS ON'', Paul Jarman, 19 May 2021]</ref> Work recommenced at Bridgnorth in Autumn 2022, with Dunrobin re-entering the Loco workshops at Bridgnorth.<ref>[http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/2022/10/ti-news-24-2022/ Beamish Transport Online blog 22 October 2022] (Retrieved 2 November 2022)</ref> In June 2023 an important milestone was reached with the re-wheeling of the chassis after a growing assembly number of locomotiveyears on an accommodation bogie.<ref>[https://www.svrlive. Issues with com/bljun23 Branch Lines June 2023]</ref> This followed the fitting of the new cylinder block require remedial attention and it will be removed shortly alignment of slide bars. Yet more new metal is the replacement of the bunker and rear-cab section: the SVR sub-contracted the construction to allow this work to be carried out. Otherwise the project is making steady progressFfestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway, with parts being reassembledwho had earlier made the new tanks.<ref>[https://beamishtransportonline.co. uk/category/dunrobin/ Beamish Transport Online blog, T&I NEWS 11 2023, and 2 2024, 27 May 2023 and 29 February 2024] (Retrieved 31 March 2024)</ref> [http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/category/dunrobin/ Beamish Transport Online blog] has regular updates on progress of the work.

*[[Steam Locomotives and diesel locomotives visiting the SVR for contract overhauls]]