MN 35018 'British India Line' passes Old Basing with a railtour to Yeovil Junction & Weymouth, July 2019.

In November 1979 British India Line was purchased for preservation and in March 1980 the engine was moved to the Mid Hants Railway (MHR) where restoration to full running order was to take place. It had been at Barry Island for 15 years. However, little work was undertaken on the engine during its time at the MHR and it was later moved to a site in Portland in Dorset, but following little work again being undertaken on restoring the engine it was moved once more, in 2012, to the former 10A steam shed at Carnforth, Lancashire. It then underwent a thorough restoration to working order and modern mainline standards.
On 17 May 2017, following running in at Carnforth, 35018 ran on the national rail network for the first time since being withdrawn in August 1964 and hauled its first mainline train on 30 September 2017.

In July 2019 it finally returned to it's home territory of the Southern after an absents of 55 years. It is the third member of the class to operate on the main line in preservation, after 35005 Canadian Pacific and 35028 Clan Line.