92207 Morning Star, BR Standard Class 9F

Running number (BR/operator)	92207
Name	Morning Star
Locomotive class	BR Standard Class 9F
Power type	Steam
Owner / preservation society	Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust
Operating status	Under restoration
Preservation date	1986
Year built	1959

Notable history

Built in Swindon A Shop in May 1959, near the end of 9F production, and named Morning Star in 1986. It reached Woodham Brothers at Barry in March 1965 and stood there for twenty-one years and seven months, leaving on 21 October 1986 as the 180th locomotive rescued from the yard.

Keith Bottomley bought it on its release from Barry and restoration has continued steadily since. In 2022 the Somerset and Dorset Railway Heritage Trust agreed to buy it for £150,000; it remains at Poole, with the boiler at the East Lancashire Railway for work.

Additional notes

Location not established; see below. Status last confirmed August 2026. Subject to verification.

Reported on a private site at Poole. That is not a public preservation site with an entry here, so no location is claimed.

No owner or livery is recorded here; the source consulted gives the location and status but not those details.

Other survivors of this class

92134North Yorkshire Moors Railway — 92134, privately owned. The sole surviving single-chimney 9F. Has been based at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Currently under overhaul.
92203 Black PrinceBressingham Steam Museum — 92203 Black Prince, purchased directly from BR by artist David Shepherd in 1967. Set the British steam haulage record with a 2,178-ton train at Foster Yeoman's Tor Works quarry in September 1982. Owned by the North Norfolk Railway since 2015. In storage at Bressingham Steam and Gardens since 2024.
92212Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line) — 92212, BR Standard Class 9F. One of nine 9Fs preserved. Last confirmed at the Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line) as of August 2026.
92214Great Central Railway (heritage) — 92214 Central Star, David Clarke Railway Trust, permanent member of the Great Central Railway fleet. Boiler certificate expired at the end of December 2023; overhaul reported as having started in November 2025. Has previously masqueraded as 92220 Evening Star with NRM agreement.
92219Strathspey Railway — 92219, BR Standard Class 9F. One of nine 9Fs preserved. Last confirmed at the Strathspey Railway as of August 2026.
92220 Evening StarNational Railway Museum, York — 92220 Evening Star, the 999th and final BR Standard, and the last steam locomotive built by British Railways (March 1960). Built in BR Locomotive Green with a copper-capped chimney. National Collection, on permanent static display in the Great Hall of the National Railway Museum, York.
92240Bluebell Railway — 92240, based at the Bluebell Railway. The first 9F to be steamed in preservation, having been restored to working order in 1990.
92245Barry Tourist Railway — 92245, remains in scrapyard condition at the Barry Tourist Railway as part of a planned exhibition telling the story of the Woodham Brothers scrapyard. Boiler being used on classmate 92212; cab in a yard at Blackrod, Bolton. Not expected to be restored.