Editing 2-8-4 (section)

===Australia===

[[File:K class + pipe train, ca. 1902.jpg|thumb|[[WAGR K class]] 2-8-4T with pipe train, ca. 1902]]

The Western Australian [[WAGR K class|K-class]] was a class of 2-8-4T steam locomotives of the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR). Between 1893 and 1898, the WAGR took delivery of 24 of these locomotives from [[Neilson and Company]]. They entered service on the [[Eastern Railway (Western Australia)|Eastern Railway]] between [[Midland Junction railway station|Midland Junction]] and [[Northam railway station, Western Australia|Northam]]. In 1900, during the Second Boer War, the Imperial Military Railways experienced a shortage of locomotives and six more new K class locomotives destined for the WAGR  were diverted to South Africa, where they were known as the [[CSAR Class C 2-8-4T|''Western Australians'']].<ref name="Oberg">{{Cite book |last=Oberg |first=Leon |title=Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010 |publisher=Rosenberg Publishing |year=2010 |isbn=9781921719011 |location=Dural |pages=95–96, 157}}</ref><ref name="Holland 1">{{Holland-Vol 1|pages=122-123, 126}}</ref>

The  [[South Australian Railways]] also operated 2-8-4s. Fleet construction commenced in 1930 and by the end of 1943, seventeen locomotives were in service on the {{RailGauge|5ft3in|al=on|allk=on}} gauge system. The design of these locomotives was based on American practices. After they were withdrawn from service by 1958, they were all scrapped.<ref name=Oberg/>