Editing 2-8-2 (section)

===New Zealand===
Only one 2-8-2 locomotive ever operated on [[New Zealand]]'s [[Rail transport in New Zealand|national rail network]], and it was not even ordered by the [[New Zealand Railways Department]], who ran almost the entire network. The locomotive was ordered in 1901 from [[Baldwin Locomotive Works]] by the [[Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company]] (WMR) for use on their main line's steep section between [[Wellington]] and [[Paekakariki]]. It entered service on 10 June 1902 as the WMR's no. 17. At the time, it was the most powerful locomotive in New Zealand and successfully performed its intended tasks.

When the WMR was incorporated into the national network in 1908, the Railways Department reclassified no. 17 as the solitary member of the [[NZR BC class|B<sup>C</sup> class]], no. B<sup>C</sup> 463, and the locomotive continued to operate on the Wellington-Paekakariki line until it was withdrawn on 31 March 1927.