List of Preserved BR Standard Class 9F Locomotives - 92240

92240

This locomotive was among the last steam locomotives to be completed at Crewe Works, finished in October 1958 with a double chimney and a BR1G tender according to Western Region preference. Allocated over its life to Newport (86A) in 1958, Old Oak Common (81A) from late 1958-1960 and Southall (81C) from 1960-1965. It was withdrawn in September 1965 and sold to Barry Scrapyard. The locomotive remained at Barry until it was bought by a consortium of members of the Bluebell Railway's locomotive department in 1978. The restoration of 92240 at the Bluebell Railway was one of the first to involve the construction of a new tender from a redundant underframe and a new tender body. Much of the restoration was financed through the recycling of old newspapers donated by the public.

Re-entering traffic in 1990 as the first restored Barry 9F, it ran only a few years before several boiler stays were found to need replacement. It was at this point that the boiler was re-certified for a further ten years. It was withdrawn from service in 2002 due to the poor condition of the tubes. After many years out of the public view awaiting overhaul in the sidings at Sheffield Park, it moved in September 2009 with cousin 4MT No 75027 to be on static display at platform 1 at Horsted Keynes.

The Bluebell Railway's under-16-year-olds volunteer club is called the 9F Club, as the restoration was completed around the time of the club's formation.