GB Railfreight unveils final Class 66 for the UK [Rail]





Date: 12/05/2016

GB Railfreight unveiled the final ever Class 66 to be built for the UK and European markets on May 10. In a ceremony at the National Railway Museum, 66779 was named Evening Star. It has been painted in lined express Brunswick green in a similar style to that of the last steam locomotive built, 9F 92220, which was also named Evening Star. The two locomotives were displayed together during the ceremony. [From Mark Bartlett]


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GB Railfreight unveiled the final ever Class 66 to be built for the UK and European markets on May 10.

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BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 no 92220 'Evening Star' waits on the down centre road in York station on 4 July 1976 prior to taking over the NELPG's 'Scarborough Spa Flyer', which it will work to the seaside resort and back.
Location: York
Company: North Eastern Railway
04/07/1976 Bill Jamieson
The last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways in 1960, class 9F 2-10-0 92220 Evening Star, pictured leaving Grosmont (and how) in 1986 while operating on the North York Moors Railway.
Location: Grosmont
Company: Whitby and Pickering Railway
//1986 Colin Miller
BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 no 92220 Evening Star storms through Settle on 30 September 1978 with the Bishop Treacy memorial special.
Location: Settle
Company: Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway)
30/09/1978 John Robin


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