BR standard class 9F 92220 Evening Star
Built: 1960
Retired: 1965
The last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways. She was given the name Evening Star following a competition amongst staff at the Swindon railway works. The competition winner realised one of the first trains ever to be named was called 'Morning Star' he thus offered up the name 'Evening Star' as he thought it a fitting end to steam. She was used over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line, and was recorded hauling passenger express trains at over 90 mph. Although steamed since her retirement from British Rail, Evening Star is currently a static exhibit at the National Railway Museum, York.