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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]
Nine Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 tender locomotives survived withdrawal from mainline service into preservation: Evening Star became part of the National Collection; eight others were bought directly from BR or from Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales. Only six members of the class have been restored to running order. 92240 was the ...
The Evening Star at the National Railway Museum, York. Main article: BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star 92220 Evening Star was the last steam locomotive built by British Rail, being built in March 1960 and has for many years been a static exhibit at the National Railway Museum in York , where it resides today.
BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star, built in 1960, is the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, and was earmarked for preservation from the start of its career. It was also the last steam locomotive built in the United Kingdom for over four decades, until the completion of the new-build Tornado in 2008.
BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star This page was last edited on 11 April 2011, at 14:04 (UTC). Text is ... Category: BR Standard Class 9F.
BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star; British Rail Class 02; British Rail Class 33; British Rail Class 37; British Rail Class 43 (Warship Class) British Rail Class 45; British Rail Class 82; British Rail Class 83; British Rail Class 84; British Rail Class D2/11
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 92220 Evening Star; List of preserved BR Standard Class 9F locomotives; GCR Class 9F, a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotives; Other uses.