 In 1994, Steamrail volunteers re-painted R 766 in a maroon livery based on that of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, before the locomotive was leased to West Coast Railway (and repainted in the WCR corporate livery) in 2000.Like several other classes, the R-class was designed for ease of conversion to .Following its withdrawal from West Coast Railway service, R 766 was converted from to standard gauge by the Hunter Valley Railway Trust and was transferred to North Rothbury, New South Wales in December 2007.