It was turned out in GWR green livery with a copper capped chimney and given the name Evening Star. Nevada Northern Railway's Star Train pulls out of Ely on selected Summer evenings with the Dark Rangers of Great Basin National Park aboard. 92220 Evening Star was the last steam locomotive to be built for British Railways, and the only steam locomotive earmarked for preservation from the date of construction.

Evening Star, a list of newspapers; BR 92220 Evening Star, the last steam locomotive to … 92220 Evening Star 92220 was completed at Swindon, at a cost of £33,500, in March 1960 as the 999 th and last steam locomotive built by BR. The name Evening Star was chosen following a competition held by the BR Western Region Staff Magazine. These rangers love the night sky as much as we all do, but they probably know a whole lot more about stars than all of us put together. Evening Star was the only 9F to be painted in BR’s express passenger service livery of lined green.

It was the last steam locomotive to be built by BR being turned out of Swindon Works in March, 1960. "Evening Star", a song from the 2009 album The Underfall Yard by Big Big Train; Evening Star, a 1987 train simulator; The Evening Star , a 1979 role-playing game supplement for Traveller; Other uses. For Train Simulator, the 9F Evening Star add-on was developed by Iron Horse House and initially released through Steam and … ‘Evening Star’ has however, a particularly special place in Britain’s Railway history. Evening Star is historically significant as the 999th British Rail (BR) Standard, and indeed the last steam locomotive to be built by BR. It was assigned to the Western Region and worked on humble freights and prestigious passenger express services before being withdrawn in 1965 – a scandalously short working life of five years.