Preservation
Although steamed since retirement from BR, Evening Star has been a static exhibit at the National Railway Museum, York for many years. She is one of nine surviving 9Fs.
After a brief period displayed at the "Locomotion" museum at Shildon, County Durham, the engine returned to its birthplace, Swindon Works, on 3 September 2008. Evening Star is to be exhibited for two years at the Swindon 'Steam' Railway Museum, during which period the GWR locomotive King George V will take its place in York.
Read more about this topic: BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star
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