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Amberswood West Junction
Amberswood West Junction
Photo: Dave Taylor
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Item #: 15812
Britannia class locomotive Morning Star 70025, climbs past Amberswood West Jct. on September 2nd 1964 with a goods train.

Comment by: John on 24th September 2010 at 10:06

Correct me if I'm wrong, but was Morning Star a 9F, and the last 9F was named Evening Star in 1961. I stand to be corrected. I've read somewhere that the first 9F was named Morning Star and the last 9F to be built for BR was Evening Star.

Comment by: Peter Young on 26th September 2010 at 14:05

70025 was called "Western Star"; 70021 was "Morning Star". Both were Britannia class pacifics - not the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement. "Evening Star" was a class 9f numbered 92220, distinguishable by its 2-10-0 wheel arrangement.

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