However, there are no plans for it to return to steam. The 9Fs were among the largest steam locomotives ever built in this country. In service in the s they earned the nickname spaceships! It was assigned to the Western Region and worked on humble freights and prestigious passenger express services before being withdrawn in — a scandalously short working life of five years. New nameplates will be made for No. If you are a Friend of the Great Central Railway, you can access Main Line Xtra which provides additional news, special offers and features.
To access Main Line Xtra click here. The first was completed in with the highest number being completed in , when 61 took to the rails. Only 15 were built in and in the final year there were only three left to complete, with Evening Star being the last of these. The last numerically was in fact but this was outshopped by Crewe in , with being completed by Swindon after that date due to delays in production.
It became the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways. Colour Rail. Evening Star was launched into traffic at a time when it was already obsolete. Allocated to Cardiff Canton shed, in its first year it found itself briefly allocated to Paddington to South Wales expresses until an edict was passed by senior management worried about the use of engines with such small wheels on fast trains.
Attempts were always made to keep the engine clean, though with varying levels of success, especially when it was allocated to special duties, such as railtours. Minor damage sustained during shunting in Cardiff in was enough to mark the end for this famous engine and it was bundled off to Severn Junction yard for storage.
However, this was not to be the end because the locomotive had been designated for preservation even before it had been built and it was claimed by the National Railway Museum, despite being only five years old at this time. Despite its youth it was, nevertheless, in poor condition and was taken to Crewe works the following year where it was given a full overhaul before being sent to the Pullman workshop at Brighton for storage.
In July , some five years after the end of mainline steam, it was extracted and began a period of running at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in Yorkshire which lasted for two years and ended in May when the new National Railway Museum buildings in York were completed, at which point the locomotive was transferred there.
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