Editing 2-8-2 (section)

===Australia===
[[File:X28.jpg|thumb|left|Australian gauge-convertible X class]]
One of the world's first 2-8-2T designs was the [[South Maitland Railways 10 Class]], first delivered in 1911, by Beyer-Peacock, and spasmodically continuing delivery until 1925, then totaling 14 in the class.

The requirement for locomotives that could be converted from {{Track gauge|5ft3in|lk=on}} to {{Track gauge|4ft8.5in|allk=on}} without major re-engineering led to the introduction of Mikado locomotives by the [[Victorian Railways]] (VR) in the 1920s. Whereas previous [[2-8-0]] Consolidation type locomotives featured long, narrow fireboxes between the frames that made gauge conversion impractical, the [[Victorian Railways N class|N class]] light lines and [[Victorian Railways X class|X class]] heavy goods locomotives both featured wide fireboxes positioned behind the coupled wheels and above the frames.<ref name="Pierce">Pearce et al. (1980). ''[[Newport Railway Museum]]''. Melbourne: ARHS, p. 14. {{ISBN|0-85849-018-8}}</ref>

The [[South Australian Railways]] (SAR) employed four distinct classes of 2-8-2 locomotive, the locally designed [[South Australian Railways 700 class (steam)|700]] and [[South Australian Railways 710 class|710 class]], the [[South Australian Railways 740 class|740 class]] that was originally built for China by [[Clyde Engineering]] and purchased by the SAR after the order was cancelled in the wake of the [[Chinese Revolution (1949)|Chinese Communist Revolution]], and the [[South Australian Railways 750 class|750 class]], a group of ten surplus VR N class locomotives.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041001011246/http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/exhibits/nrm_752.html National Railway Museum - Port Adelaide] page 752 - retrieved 21 October 2006</ref>

To assist with the postwar rebuilding of Australian railways, American-designed Mikado locomotives were also introduced after the Second World War, such as the Baldwin-built [[New South Wales Government Railways]] (NSWGR) [[New South Wales D59 class locomotive|D59]] class and the [[Queensland Rail]] (QR) [[United States Army Transportation Corps class S118|AC16]] class.

A Mikado was also the last new class of mainline steam locomotive to be introduced in Australia, the [[WAGR V class|V class]] heavy freight locomotive of the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) of 1955.<ref>[http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/cgi-bin/viewtrains.py John Hurst Railway Pages] - retrieved 26 October 2006. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120205181005/http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/cgi-bin/viewtrains.py Archived] 21 June 2013.</ref>