Editing 2-6-2 (section)

{{Short description|Locomotive wheel arrangement}} 
{{Infobox steam wheel arrangement
| name             = 2-6-2 (Prairie)
| image            = WheelArrangement 2-6-2.svg
| alt              = Diagram of one small leading wheel, three large driving wheels joined with a coupling rod, and one small trailing wheel
| caption          = 
| image2           = File:CGR 2nd Class no. 2 (2-6-2T & 2-6-2TT) of 1875.jpg
| alt2             = 
| caption2         = [[CGR 2nd Class 2-6-2TT|CGR 2nd Class of 1875]], the first 2-6-2
<!--Equivalent classifications-->
| hatnote          = 
| UIC/Germany/Italy= 1C1, 1'C1'
| French/Spanish   = 131
| Turkish          = 35
| Swiss            = 3/5
| Russian          = 1-3-1
<!--First known tank engine version-->
| date             = 1875
| country          = [[Cape Colony|Cape of Good Hope]]
| locomotive       = [[CGR 2nd Class 2-6-2TT]]
| railway          = [[Cape Government Railways]]
| designer         = [[Robert Stephenson and Company]]
| builder          = Robert Stephenson and Company
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| mainbenefit      = Better stability than a mogul
| maindrawback     = 
<!--First known tender engine version-->
| date2            = 1884
| country2         = New Zealand
| locomotive2      = 
| railway2         = [[New Zealand Railways Department]]
| designer2        = 
| builder2         = [[Nasmyth, Wilson and Company]]
| evolvedfrom2     = [[2-6-0]]
| evolvedto2       = 
| mainbenefit2     = 
| maindrawback2    = 
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}}

Under the [[Whyte notation]] for the classification of [[steam locomotive]]s, '''{{nowrap|2-6-2}}''' represents the [[wheel arrangement]] of two [[leading wheel]]s, six coupled [[driving wheel]]s and two [[trailing wheel]]s. This arrangement is commonly called a '''Prairie'''.
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