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Encyclopedia > BR standard class 9F 92220 Evening Star

British Railways BR standard class 9F number 92220, named Evening Star, is a preserved British railway locomotive. She was the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways, in 1960.


Evening Star was built in Swindon in 1960. She was given a special livery of passenger green, unlike other members of her class of heavy freight locomotive which were painted black, and named Evening Star after a previous locomotive on the Great Western Railway and consistent with the naming of the BR standard class 7's.


Evening Star is currently a static exhibit at the National Railway Museum, York.




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BR standard class 9F Information (784 words)
The original proposal was for a boiler from the Standard Class 7 Britannia 4-6-2 to be combined with a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.
The 9F was used as a proving ground for a variety of technical innovations.
In 1960, 92220 Evening Star became the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways.
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Class 9F standard 92220 "Evening Star" with BR1G tender in BR green with late crest.
Class 9F standard 92192 with double chimney and BR1F tender in BR fl with late crest.
Class 9F standard 92116 with single chimney and BR1C tender in BR fl with early emblem.
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