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LNWR 2-2-2 "Problem" Class

本贴由 Steve from GWR 于 2011-03-08 发布. 版块名称: Steam Traction

  1. Steve from GWR

    Steve from GWR Well-Known Member

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    I've come across various references to some of these locos. Fine looking machines they were too.

    It made me think, what if Ford launched the all-new Ford Problem? Or to widen it a bit, we could have the Nissan Headache, or the Volkswagen Depression.

    In other words, why would a loco class be named "Problem". Was it a nickname because they were a problem to drive, or were the marketing department of the LNWR just having a bad day?
     
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    LMS2968 Part of the furniture

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    It was 'Problem' as in the mathematiical sense. Similarly the 'Experiment' class was so called in the scientific mode; there was nothing experimental about the engines.
     
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  3. Neil_Scott

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    Didn't George V design his own engines for the LNWR? ;-)
     
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    I'm not sure. However, Queen Mary did do some 'moonlighting' on the Southern.....!

    Ian
     
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    The talents of the Royal Family know no bounds...
     
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    I can hear the calls from spotters as the 'Parliament' designed loco passes:

    "Another f*** up"....
     
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  7. Neil_Scott

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    I'm sure I've read that Gresley designed his pacific classes on different sizes of paper hence the name...(that's bad, really is..)
     
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  8. Martin Perry

    Martin Perry Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator Friend

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    When the A3 became A10 it must have been on microfiche?
     
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    And A1 to A10 was an even bigger jump.
     
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    Prince Albert was a bit of specialist in body piercings...
     
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    Hence the never quite of the drawing board 'Nipple ring' shunting engine
     
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    @8, no A3s became A10s.

    The latter designation was used by Edward Thompson for the remaining A1 locos (those that had not been converted to A3 spec) so the A1 designation could be used for his "rebuild" of Great Northern, which was in reality a new loco.

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    I thought the Class 60 diesels were the "Politician Class"; you can see right through them.
     
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