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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Rugby to
Leamington LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth LMS Route: Rugby to
Leicester LMS Route: Rugby to Market Harborough
Rugby Station Pre-grouping Locomotives: lnwrrm830
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LNWR 2-2-2 Problem class No 837 'Faerie Queen' stands at the
head of an up train whilst the driver oils the bearings on the large driving
wheel prior to departure circa 1904. This class of locomotive, designed by John
Ramsbottom, was introduced in 1859. The class took its name from the first of
the '7 foot 6 inch Single' locomotives, No 184 Problem. This name is a
mathematical connotation and had been applied originally to a withdrawn
Trevithick 2-4-0 goods engine. The class incorporated all of the usual
Ramsbottom features: chimney top, safety valves and screw reverser, horizontal
smoke box door, no cab, no brakes on the engine and no top lamp socket. Francis
Webb, LNWR's Locomotive Superintendent from 1871 to 1903, has carried out a
number of improvements not least the addition of a cab. has The class is also
known by one of the famous members of the class Lady of the Lake as
it was awarded a bronze medal at the International Exhibition in 1862.
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