Editing 2-6-2 (section)

===Australia===
[[File:PuffingBilly8A.jpg|thumb|[[Victorian Railways]] [[Narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways#Locomotives|class NA]] 2-6-2 tank locomotive on the [[Puffing Billy Railway]]]]

In New South Wales a class of twenty locomotives, the [[New South Wales Z26 class locomotive|Z26 class]], formerly the (I)17 class, entered service in 1892 and operated until the end of steam. Two are preserved, no. 2606 at the Rail Transport Museum at Thirlmere and no. 2605 at the State Mine Museum in Lithgow.

The principal 2-6-2T locomotives which were built for the {{Track gauge|2ft6in|lk=on}} [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge system]] of the [[Victorian Railways]] (VR), are the now famous "[[Puffing Billy Railway|Puffing Billy]]" engines. Two of these little locomotives arrived from Baldwin Locomotive works in 1898 and a total of seventeen saw service throughout the state on the various narrow gauge timber and gold lines, including the [[Wangaratta and Walhalla]]. When the VR decided to close the Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook narrow gauge route in the mid-1950s, enthusiasts mounted a successful campaign to retain the line as a preservation project. Today, the [[Puffing Billy Railway]] is one of Victoria's main tourist attractions has a fleet of saved and modified 2-6-2T engines on its active steam roster and.<ref name=Oberg>Oberg, Leon. ''Railways of Australia'', Reed, Sydney, 1975. (plus subsequent editions)</ref>

The [[Silverton Tramway]] operated two {{nowrap|2-6-2T}} locomotives from 1891, both of which are preserved in South Australia.

Queensland Railways operated one 2-6-2 tender engine of the B16{{frac|2}} class. It was built in August 1918 by the [[North Ipswich Railway Workshops]] as an experimental engine burning coke instead of coal.  After nearly 9 years burning coke, it was converted to coal in 1927. The engine spent its working life on the Brisbane to Ipswich line working coal trains. It was withdrawn in February 1950.

[[File:Belgian Rail 018 Brussels M 2.jpg|thumb|A Type 57 at [[Brussels-South railway station|Brussels South]], 1957.]]