Editing 2-4-2 (section)

===New Zealand===
{{Main|NZR K class (1877)}}
[[File:K 88 at The Plains.jpg|thumb|left|[[NZR K class (1877)|K class]] no. K88 ''Washington'']]
In 1877, when the [[New Zealand Railways Department|New Zealand Railways]] needed new motive power, the road turned to the [[Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works|Rogers Locomotive Works]] who supplied eight 2-4-2 tender locomotives between 1877 and 1879 that were designated the "K" class. These were the first American-built locomotives in New Zealand and proved to be quite successful.

Three of these locomotives have been preserved. No. K88 ''Washington'' was used on the first through train between Christchurch and Dunedin in 1877. After fifty years of service, ''Washington'' was dumped in the Oreti River, Southland, as a flood protection measure. In 1974, the locomotive was exhumed from her watery grave and, over the next eight years, restored to full active service.

Sister locomotives numbers K92 and K94 have also been salvaged from the Oreti river. No. K92 has been restored to full active service and has re-established her position on the [[Kingston Flyer]] train, which was made famous by the K class at the end of the 19th century.