The most famous 9F is Evening Star, the last steam locomotive to be built for British Railways, being out shopped from Swindon in March 1960. In recognition of this it was the only one of the 251 strong class to receive the BR Lined Green Passenger livery (the rest were plain, unlined...
each power car had a new diesel engine, the 12-cylinder Paxman Valenta, running at 1,500rpm and developing 2,250bhp (1,680kW). A first class heritage rail tour snakes through