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'''50049 Defiance ''' is a BR Class 50 diesel locomotive owned and operated by [[The Class 50 Alliance]]. . ==BR Class 50==Fifty English Electric Type 4 (later BR Class 50) diesel locomotives were built by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry Works plant in Newton-le-Willows between 1967 A brief description and 1968. When built they were numbered in the D4xx series. They later became BR’s Class 50, being allocated TOPS numbers in history of the 50xxx series. The class was nicknamed “Hoovers” because of the distinctive sound of the inertial air-filters with which the locomotives were originally fitted. Initially the locomotives were used to haul express passenger trains can be found on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) between Crewe and Scotland; that section not then being electrified. This often entailed ‘Multiple Working’, with two locomotives under control of a single driver. By 1974 the northern WCML had been electrified, and the [[BR Class 50 fleet was being transferred to BR’s Western Region to work main line passenger services out of London Paddington. The Class 50s did not originally carry names, but in the late 1970s BR agreed to their being named after Royal Navy vessels with notable records in the First and Second World Wars. Withdrawal of the class began in the early 1990s50007 Hercules|50007]] page.
==50049 Defiance in service==
D449 entered service at Stoke in December 1968. Renumbered to 50049 in January 1973, the locomotive moved to Bristol in May 1974.
At the [[Tales from the Severn Valley#Class_50_Golden_Jubilee|Class 50 Golden Jubilee]] on October 6 2018 it was formally rededicated at [[Kidderminster]] by Commodore Robert Bellfield, Royal Navy, Commander Devonport Flotilla, Devonport Dockyard – the former home to training base HMS Defiance.
On 20 March 2019 freight operator GB Railfreight and [[The Class 50 Alliance]] unveiled [[BR Class 50 50007 Hercules|50007 Hercules]] and 50049 into GBRf livery, with the locomotives available to operate selected GBRf trains on a ‘spot-hire’ basis.<ref>Class 50 Alliance, 15 January 2019</ref><ref>GB Railfreight Facebook 20 March 2019</ref>In 2024 it required some cab side repairs, before a repaint into BR Blue large logo livery.<ref>[https://www.fiftyfund-alliance.co.uk/post/bodywork-repairs-for-007-049 Class 50 Alliance, 10 and 27 April 2024] (Retrieved 17 May 2024)</ref> [[The Fifty Fund]] produced a [[Models of the Severn Valley Railway|limited edition]] N gauge model<ref>[https://www.fiftyfund-alliance.co.uk/product-page/50033-n-gauge-model The Fifty Fund website] (Retrieved 17 May 2024)</ref>.
===50049 Defiance on the main line in preservation===
!data-sort-type="date"| Date!!Tour name !! Tour Operator!!Route !! Notes !! Reference
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|data-sort-value="116/9/2000" | 16 September 2000||Celtic Hoover || || ||With 50031 Hood (as D431) ||
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|data-sort-value="27/11/2004" | 27 November 2004||The Yorkshire Royale||Pathfinder||Cardiff-Derby (detached/reattached)-York (steam) ||With 50031 Hood and 6233 Duchess of Sutherland|| <ref name="EEOrg"/>
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|data-sort-value="5/1/2019" | 5 January 2019|| The Waverley Re-Union ||Pathfinder ||Birmingham (via Carlisle) to Edinburgh and Tweedbank ||With [[BR Class 50 50007 Hercules | 50007 Hercules]] ||
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|data-sort-value="23/3/2019" | 23 March 2019|| The Terminator – Phoenixed ||Pathfinder ||London Paddington to Penzance and return to Waterloo ||With [[BR Class 50 50007 Hercules | 50007 Hercules]] ||
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|data-sort-value="26/8/2019" | 26 August 2019|| The Cotswold Eden ||Pathfinder ||Didcot to Carlisle ||With [[BR Class 50 50007 Hercules | 50007 Hercules]] ||
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[[List of preservation groups]]<br>
[[SVR-based diesel locomotives visiting other events]]<br>
[[Locomotive numbering|Locomotives running under different identities]]<br>[[Models of the Severn Valley Railway]]
==References==
==Links==
[httphttps://www.class50alliancefiftyfund-alliance.co.uk/ Class 50 Alliance web site]<br>[http://www.fiftyfund.org.uk/ 50 Fifty Fund web site] (still maintained)<br>
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