BR standard class 9F 92212

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British Railways standard class 9F No. 92212 is a preserved British steam locomotive.

No. 92212 was one of the last to be built, being turned out from Swindon in September 1959. First allocated to working over the Somerset and Dorset route to Bournemouth. It was transferred to Ebbw junction, Newport at the end of the summer and then to Tyseley in June 1962. It remained there, with two visits to Crewe Works, until October 1966, when it spent its last months at Carnforth. Sold to Woodhams' Scrapyard at Barry, where it arrived in January 1968, it was bought by 92212 Holdings Ltd, and moved to the Great Central Railway at Loughborough on 29th September 1979. Restoration was completed on 27th September 1996, and the engine has been regular performer in BR unlined black livery.