The 2-6-2T layout was popular for large narrow gauge engines, but the design was modified to allow the use of a firebox much wider than the track gauge. A standard gauge 2-6-2T normally has inside frames and the firebox is placed between the second and third coupled axles.

Steam tank locomotives of the 2-6-2 wheel arrangement in Whyte notation. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2-6-2T locomotives. The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

2025年3月1日 · While most European railroads utilized the tenderless tank design, the 2-6-2T, American lines built theirs with the common format of a trailing tender. The first 2-6-2 was built for the McCloud River Railroad in October of 1898 by Baldwin predecessor Burnham, Williams & …

The British Railways standard class 2 2-6-2T is a scrapped class of steam locomotive, one of the standard classes of the 1950s. The class was designed at Derby Works and introduced in 1953. The design derived from the LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T which BR had built after nationalisation.

2-6-2T: 4'-8½" SP (Central Pacific) California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA

These Mallet Prairie Tanks could handle twice the train load on the 5% grade that ruled, wrangling 240 tons (218 tonnes) up such a slope. On the 1.1% grade between Watson and Dragon, 51 was rated at 1,150 tons (1,045 tonnes).

Created specifically to serve logging roads, the split-saddle tank Mallet handled the rough track and steep (4-8%) grades as well as a Shay, but was easier to maintain. And so flexible was the layout that 40-deg curves [146 foot/44.5 kg/metre radii] …

2024年8月26日 · The 2-6-6-2 wheel arrangement was well-liked for its ability to lug heavy loads at slow speeds and was manufactured in a variety of sizes depending on need. In its Whyte notation the locomotive featured two leading wheels, six drivers in two sets, and two trailing wheels.

Most of the Ivatt 2-6-2T class was based on the London Midland Region but the last thirty Crewe-built engines, 41290–41319, were allocated to the Southern Region from new. On the Southern Region they worked in various locations on all three divisions, from East Kent to …

A series of 2-6-2T tank engines was first proposed in 1928 to work the Metropolitan City Widened Lines. The initial drawings featured condensing gear and a short chimney for this work. By late 1928, these features had been discarded. The design was based on the Gresley K1 and incorporated the same boiler.