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The British Railways Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for British Railways by Robert Riddles. The Class 9F was the last in a series of standardised locomotive classes designed for British Railways during the 1950s, and was intended for use on fast, heavy freight trains over long distances. It was one of the most ...
92203 Black Prince at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. No. 92203 was built by Swindon and delivered on 6 April 1959. [6] When withdrawn in November 1967 [6] after a working life of less than nine years, it was working the heavy iron ore trains out of Bidston Dock, Birkenhead to Shotwick Shotton steelworks, and worked the last steam-hauled ore train in November 1967.
In 1989, owner Roger Hibbert took it to Loughborough, where restoration was completed in early 2010. Boiler ticket expired in April 2020 after it was granted an extension and is currently on display undercover in the museum building at Mountsorrel. Private owner. No. 92214 BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0: Swindon Works BR black, Late Crest
The steam locomotives of British Railways were used by British Railways over the period 1948–1968. The vast majority of these were inherited from its four constituent companies, the " Big Four ". In addition, BR built 2,537 steam locomotives in the period 1948–1960, 1,538 to pre-nationalisation designs and 999 to its own standard designs.
Steam Locomotives [1] Locomotive Condition Owner Image Lambton tank 0-6-2T 5: NYMR: Tramways de Bruxelles à Evere et Extensions 0-4-0VBT 8 'Lucie' Operational: Mr P Middleton: Lambton tank 0-6-2T 29: Operational: NYMR: LSWR S15 class 4-6-0 825: Stored: Essex Locomotive Society: SR V class 4-4-0 926 'Repton' Operational: NYMR: WD Austerity 2-10 ...
The BR Standard steam locomotives were an effort to standardise locomotives from the motley collection of older pre-grouping locos. Construction started in 1951. Due to the controversial British Railways' modernisation plan of 1955, where steam traction was abandoned in favour of diesel and electric traction, many of the locomotives' working lives were very short: between 7 and 17 years.
BR Standard Class 9F number 92220 Evening Star is a preserved British steam locomotive completed in 1960. It was the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways . It was the only British main line steam locomotive earmarked for preservation from the date of construction. [ 1 ]
The Great Central Railway (GCR) Class 9F was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive built between 1891 and 1901. From 1923 the locomotives were redesignated Class N5 . Design and construction