92245 was built at Crewe in November 1958. Motive power depot allocations. It was withdrawn from service in December 1964 and sold for scrap to Woodham Brothers at Barry. It entered the scrapyard in March 1965 and became one of the Barry Ten. The Barry Ten were the last unsold locomotives at Woodham Brothers in 1990 when Dai Woodham retired.

This is a list of BR Standard Class 9F steam locomotives that survive in preservation. Nine 9F locomotives avoided being scrapped at the end of steam traction on British Railways. Seven locomotives were obtained from Woodham Brothers scrapyard in …

Dec 22, 2024 · This operation took over 20 years, with many locomotives remaining in the yard into the 1980s, and as you can see here, at least two remain there today. These two appear to be BR #92245, a 9F Class 2-10-0 built at Swindon in 1959, and BR (ex-LMS) #44901, a Black 5 4-6-0 built at Crewe in 1945.

Loco 92245 was built at Crewe Locomotive Works in 1958 with a double chimney to a heavy freight traffic design by R. A. Riddles team based at Brighton Works.

Dec 7, 2018 · The boiler of 9F 92245 has been sold to Jeremy Hosking of Locomotive Services and is now at LNWR Heritage at Crewe where its being overhauled for use as a spare boiler for sister 9F 92212 which is due for overhaul in June 2019.

The British Railways Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for British Railways by Robert Riddles. The Class 9F was the last in a series of standardised locomotive classes designed for British Railways during the 1950s, and was intended for use on fast, heavy freight trains over long distances.

These very heavy trains, climbing a steady gradient, needed two locomotives, one pulling, the other banking at the rear. No.92245 was built at Crewe in November 1958 & spent several years at Cardiff (Canton) Depot before its tragically short working life ended in December 1964. Seen here on display at Bute Road with 80150 in front.

The 9F class, the first of which entered service in 1954, consisted of 251 locomotives by the time the last was built. The final member of the class, N°92220, was the 999th BR Standard locomotive, and also the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways.

The British Railways Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for British Railways by Robert Riddles. The Class 9F was the last in a series of standardised locomotive classes designed for British Railways during the 1950s, and was intended for use on fast, heavy freight trains over long distances.