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
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.
Pacific Great Eastern No. 2, a 2-6-2ST type, in 1960 during its logging career with Comox Logging and Railway
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles
2-6-2
…Baldwin followed this up with ten similar NZR WB class Prairie tank engines in 1898. In 1930–31, after nearly thirty years of 4-6-2 Pacific and 4-6-4 Baltic locomotive production, New Zealand dusted off its Prairie plans with the release into service of twenty-four NZR C class 2-6-2…
New Zealand's Q class, the first true Pacific locomotive
Builder's photograph of Altoona-built K5 no. 5698, 1929
Cape Government Railways Enlarged Karoo Class, SAR Class 5
The LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado, built in 2008