Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled dr
USRA Light Mikado No. 639 from the Nickel Plate Road
Australian gauge-convertible X class
Katanga Mikado no. 201, c. 1917
China Railways SY no. 1000
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-8-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled dr
2-8-2
…larger driving wheel diameter which was possible when they did not impinge on the firebox, it meant that the 2-8-2 was capable of higher speeds than a 2-8-0 with a heavy train. These locomotives did not suffer from the imbalance of reciprocating parts as much as did the 2-6-2 or the 2-10-2, because the…
Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroad's Consolidation of 1866, the first 2-8-0 built
Victorian Railways J class No. J 515
CP N-2-c no. 3716 at Canyon View
Class Tk3 No. 1136 in special service from Kouvola to Kotka