The Great Western Railway (GWR) GWR 5100 Class was a class of 2-6-2T side tank steam locomotives. It was the first of a series of broadly similar classes used principally for suburban passenger services.
GWR 3120 Prairie locomotive in as built condition (Howden, Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907)
5141 (ex 3141) at Haresfield Naas Crossing in 1950
8100 Class rebuild 8103 (ex 5145) at Carmarthen loco shed on 16 April 1961
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels. This arrangement is commonly called a Prairie.
CGR 2nd Class of 1875, the first 2-6-2
Victorian Railways class NA 2-6-2 tank locomotive on the Puffing Billy Railway
A Type 57 at Brussels South, 1957.
DB locomotive 23 071