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
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
The Pennsylvania Railroad K4s was a class of 425 4-6-2 steam locomotives built between 1914 and 1928 for the Pennsylvania Railroad, where they served as the primary mainline passenger steam locomotive
4-6-2
…1911, the PRR ordered an experimental K-29 class 4-6-2 from ALCO, with a larger boiler, superheater, mechanical stoker and other innovations. A similar K4 class locomotive was built by the PRR in 1914, but no more were built until 1917. Between 1917 and 1928, the PRR built 349 K-4s locomotives and Baldwin a…
PRR No. 3863 being inspected and maintained in the 1930s
A drawing design of the PRR K4s class locomotive
Baldwin builder's photo of Pennsylvania Railroad K4s 5400
No. 3768 in Raymond Loewy casing.