4-6-2
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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 and two trailing wheels on one axle. The 4-6-2 locomotive became almost globally known as a Pacific type after a locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia was shipped across the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand.
New Zealand's Q class, the first true Pacific locomotive
Cape Government Railways Enlarged Karoo Class, SAR Class 5
The LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado, built in 2008
Western Australian Government Railways P class no. 508
2-6-2
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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