UK: First and last BR standards together at York

[John Ashworth]

Following a message from a friend I went over to York today [2nd February 2012] to visit the National Railway Museum.

Inside the NRM positioned adjacent to each other were 92220 Evening Star (built Swindon 1960) and 70000 Britannia (built Crewe 1951 and fresh from recent Royal Train duties) - the first and last of the 999 BR standard steam locos (have they ever been together before?). Not sure how long they will stay here but they are certainly difficult to photograph as there is no access to the turntable to get any width and you need an extreme wide-angle lens.