2-2-2 Problem Class LNWR Profile and Models

2-2-2 Problem Class LNWR

531 'Lady of the Lake'. Unknown location and date. ©Public Domain

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) 7 ft 6 in Single 2-2-2 class was a type of express passenger locomotive designed by John Ramsbottom. The class is better known as the Problem class for the first locomotive built, or the Lady of the Lake class for the example that was displayed at the International Exhibition of 1862. The first examples were built shortly after the acquisition of the Chester and Holyhead Railway by the LNWR, and primarily saw use on the Irish Mail route from London to Holyhead. They were the first locomotives to be fitted with water scoops, which could refill the tender from water troughs between the tracks without stopping. One such locomotive, No. 229 Watt, was the first to use them in non-stop run from Holyhead to Stafford in 1862, while conveying despatches relating to the Trent Affair. The Lady of the Lake class locomotives spent their initial years working the Irish Mail traffic, as well as running local express services in the Manchester, Crewe and Liverpool area. They gained a reputation as "flyers" on the Irish Mail, even though the speed required by the Post Office contract (a 42 mph (68 km/h) average) was not particularly fast by contemporary standards. As steam locomotive technology developed, the class became slow and uneconomical. They were all scrapped by 1907.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Steam

Builder

Crewe Works

Build Date

1859 to 1865

Total Built

60

Tractive Effort

Unknown

Wheel Configuration

2-2-2

Operated By

London & North Western Railway

Main Duties

Express Passenger

In Service Until

1907

Surviving Examples

0

 

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