British Railways 2-10-0 No. 92240
Sheffield Park, Sussex, UK 		Location: Bluebell Railway
Status: Overhaul
Posted: May 1, 2025 @ 06:05:01 by Russell Newman
This is the history and insite of BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92240, which is one of the few Crewe built 9F’s in preservation. No. 92240 was built in 1958 out of 198 9F’s built at Crewe between 1954 to 1958, and was among the last batch built there in October 1958. No. 92240 spent most of its short working life hauling freight on the Western Region of British Railways, being shedded at Ebbw Junction and Old Oak Common from 1958 and finally Southall in West London from 1960 where it was withdrawn from service in August 1965 after a short working life of just 6 years and 11 months of service with British Railways. No. 92240 ended up at Dai Woodham’s famous scrapyard at Barry in South Wales where it remained rusting away there until October 1978 when it was bought for preservation by members of the Bluebell Railway. No. 92240 was the first of the preserved 9F’s that had been rescued from Barry to be restored to traffic when it returned to steam on the Bluebell Railway in 1990. As part of the restoration a new tender for the locomotive was built in the workshops at Sheffield Park on the Bluebell Railway. This was done using an underframe salvaged from the Duport steelworks at Briton Ferry who had purchased tenders from Woodham Brothers for use at the steelworks. Although the engine was originally attached to a BR1G type tender whilst in service with BR it was decided to replicate a BR1C type tender as two BR1G tenders were already preserved. No. 92240 was a popular memeber of the Bluebell Railway’s running fleet during the 1990s until the early 2000s when it was withdrawn from service in November 2002. Having stood out of service and in storage for a number of years, work is now progressing on another overhaul at Sheffield Park with the aim of having No. 92240 back operating at the Bluebell Railway by 2028.
Posted: Apr 18, 2025 @ 10:04:55 by Russell Newman
The overhaul on BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92240, is underway in the sheds at Sheffield Park for a while now as work is mainly on the tender which is in good condition and work on the locomotive will begin soon. The Bluebell Railway has set the Awake the Giant for news and for funding the overhaul which details can be found on the Bluebell Railway’s website and social media pages.
Posted: Dec 26, 2022 @ 05:12:56 by Russell Newman
With funds for its overhaul coming in well, BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92240 has been moved from Horsted Keynes Station to Sheffield Park to be ready to go into the workshops to begin its much needed overhaul which will get underway in 2023.
Posted: Oct 13, 2019 @ 07:10:25 by Russell Newman
A appeal has been launched during the Giants of Steam Weekend at the Bluebell Railway that will see BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92240 get overhauled back in to steam again. Which will see a lot of work needed and money for this to happen.
Posted: Feb 20, 2009 @ 13:02:03 by New York Central
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