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LNWR 2-2-2 No 612 'Princess Alice' is seen in her final condition with circular smokebox door. The locomotive was one of sixty 'Problem Class' locomotives which were built between 1859 and 1865. 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. Designed by John Ramsbottom, the first of the 7 foot 6 inches 'Single' class was No 184 'Problem'; its name derived from a withdrawn Trevithick 2-4-0 goods engine which originally had a mathematical connotation, another of the class being Theorem. They incorporated all the usual Ramsbottom features: his design of chimney top, safety valves and screw reverser, horizontal smoke box door, no cab, no brakes on the engine and no top lamp socket. (Information courtesy of the LNWR Society). Photograph from the John Shelley Collection
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