92212, BR Standard Class 9F

Running number (BR/operator)	92212
Locomotive class	BR Standard Class 9F
Power type	Steam
Current location	Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line)
Owner / preservation society	92212 Holdings Ltd
Operating status	Under restoration
Preservation date	1979
Year built	1959

Notable history

One of the last 9Fs built, turned out from Swindon in September 1959. It was sold to Woodham Brothers and arrived at Barry in January 1968.

Bought by 92212 Holdings Ltd, it left Barry for the Great Central Railway at Loughborough in September 1979.

Additional notes

Location and status last confirmed Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line), August 2026. Subject to verification.

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.
92207 Morning Star — 92207 <em>Morning Star</em>, BR Standard Class 9F. One of nine 9Fs preserved. No confirmed location; see the notes.
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.