50007 Hercules / Sir Edward Elgar (D407)
On 11th June 2016, Class 50s 50007 Hercules + 50050 Fearless hauled their first passenger working on the main line in several years as they headed 'The Purbeck & Bomo Explorer' charter from Derby to Swanage and return. We see the 50s on the Waterloo route, Wareham, Corfe Common and St Denys. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJqnz34hPPY
A pair of Class 50s return to Kingswear! Class 50s 50049 Defiance & 50007 Hercules pass Britannia Crossing double-heading the 1Z52 1615 Kingswear -Burton-on-Trent 'Torbay & Dart Explorer' on 16th September 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_lvl1MxUs
Defiance at Defiance Platform! GBRf Class 50s 50049 Defiance + 50014 Warspite (aka 50007) pass Defiance Platform, Saltash with the 1Z50 0708 Paddington - Penzance 'Class 50 Terminator Phoenixed' railtour on 23rd March 2019. Defiance Platform was opened by the GWR in 1905 to serve the Royal Navy torpedo training school which exsisted at Wearde Quay between 1884 & 1955. The halt officially closed in 1930, but light goods and market produce continued to use the halt until 1957. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGXSXxFOfPA
GBRf Class 50s 50014 Warspite (50007) + 50049 Defiance are seen crossing Keyham Viaduct working the return 1Z53 1530 Penzance - Waterloo 'Class 50 Terminator Phoenixed' railtour on 23rd March 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPqlKpx3XvU