BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star

BR Standard Class 9F number 92220 Evening Star is a preserved British steam locomotive completed in 1960.

The name Evening Star was chosen following a competition run in 1959-60 by the BR Western Region Staff Magazine.

Hanks, Chairman of the Western Area Board of British Transport Commission:[7] But it is also a very great day for Swindon, and, to my friends from other Regions and from the B.T.C., I trust I shall not be considered parochial when I say that it is a proud day for Great Western men everywhere who will find much satisfaction, since there had to be a "last one" that it should fall to the lot of Swindon to see the job through.

However, its career on these flagship services was cut short, by order of BR senior management, allegedly from fear of damage to its running gear which wasn't designed for extended high speed express work.

BR management's embargo, issued after they received word of the runs on 27–28 June, wasn't enforced until after driver Eddie Broom, head of Canton Shed's Local Departmental Committee (the local branch shop steward of ASLEF, the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen's extremely powerful trades union[9]), had his turn on 92220's down Capitals United Express run, on 1 July 1960.

[15] 92220 was withdrawn in 1965 and stored at Severn Tunnel Junction Marshalling Yard, after incurring minor damage in a shunting accident at Cardiff Docks.

[15] After a brief period displayed at the National Railway Museum Shildon, the engine returned to its birthplace, Swindon Works, on 3 September 2008.

Evening Star remained on display for two years at the Swindon Steam Railway Museum to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Nameplate and plaque
92220 Evening Star stands at Swindon Works on 20 March 1960, soon after the naming ceremony
92220 Evening Star at Oxford MPD in 1964
92220 passes through Northwich station to the National Railway Museum on 21 May 1983