[1] She was also one of four locomotives chosen (among two other members of her class) to take part in the famous Fifteen Guinea Special on Sun 11 August 1968.

Following years of storage and the death of her owner in 2006, 44871 was purchased by Ian Riley and was taken to Bury for an overhaul to mainline standards.

She returned to steam in 2009 and later undertook light and loaded test runs on the mainline alongside use on WCR's "Jacobite" trains.

It isn't currently possible to run steam trains down the Cambrian line since they are incompatible with the new ERTMS system that was put in place.

In August 2010, 44871 was featured in an episode of Coronation Street where she hauled Roy and Hayley Cropper's wedding train.