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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.
This is a list of BR Standard Class 9F steam locomotives that survive in preservation. Nine 9F locomotives avoided being scrapped at the end of steam traction on British Railways. Seven locomotives were obtained from Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.
Standard Class 9F 2-10-0: BR black with late crest No North Norfolk Railway PLC Returned to service in 2019 after major firebox repairs. Built in 1959. [11] Sidelined in December 2023 with leaks in the main internal steam pipe and withdrawn in March 2024. [12] Not permitted to run on mainline due to flangeless middle wheels.
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]
Crosti 9F 92021 at Wellingborough shed in 1959, showing the unique layout on the right hand side of the loco. British Railways Standard Class 9F steam locomotives Nos 92020-9 were experimentally built with Franco-Crosti boilers, thus forming a subclass. All ten were built in 1955 at Crewe Works.
List of preserved BR Standard Class 9F locomotives; BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star This page was last edited on 10 April 2011, at 15:55 (UTC). Text is ...
List of preserved BR Standard Class 9F locomotives; BR Standard Class 9F 92020-9; BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star This page was last ...