Built by
BR (W) in
Swindon "A" Shop during May 1959, 92207 was the 13th-from-last steam locomotive to be built for
British Railways. It was part of lot number 429 (the final order for main line steam locomotives by British Rail). Costing £38,000 to build, including a 5,000-gallon tender, 92207 was completed in May 1959, and despatched to
Bristol St Phillips Marsh Depot. Its main duties were heavy
iron ore trains from
South Wales, but during its stay at Bristol it did make a rare venture to
Blackpool on an
excursion. In February 1960 it was transferred to
Southall for use on fast 'fitted' freight trains, and occasional use on
Paddington to passenger duties. After a short stay 92207 then moved to and sheds where it returned to providing the motive power for heavy iron ore trains from South Wales again. After a brief return to Bristol St Phillips Marsh, 92207 was transferred in November 1964 to its final depot,
Newport Ebbw Junction, where it acquired its 86b shed plate (the one it will carry in preservation). 92207 always stayed on the
Western Region carrying out a variety of freight and passenger duties. While stabled at Newport it worked
Cardiff to
Portsmouth duties so would have been seen passing through regularly. with a view to complete restoration. In 2012, 92207 left Shillingstone along with the group recreating an example of the extinct class of BR light pacifics ("Clan class"). Parts for 92207 are currently being restored in various locations. Shillingstone has no decent restoration facility, the two-road workshop (with gantry crane) donated in 2014 by one member was sold at a loss by the present Secretary and all locomotive movements are locked down by the ORR because of failure to implement safety management systems. In 2022, the
S&DRHT announced that they had agreed to purchase 92207 for £150,000. The locomotive is to remain in Poole for the foreseeable future, with the boiler remaining at the East Lancashire Railway for work to be carried out. A replacement tender is currently being built, from the wheel set of a
Class 40 locomotive. ==92212==