2-6-0+0-6-2

First known tank engine version
First known tank engine version
First use	1911
Country	Australia
Locomotive	WAGR M class
Railway	Western Australian Government Railways
Designer	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Evolved from	0-4-0+0-4-0

Equivalent classifications
Equivalent classifications
UIC class	1C+C1, 1'C+C1'
French class	130+031
Turkish class	34+34
Swiss class	3/4+3/4, 6/8 from 1920s
Russian class	1-3-0+0-3-1

2-6-0+0-6-2
	WAGR M class no. M388, the first 2-6-0+0-6-2 locomotive
UIC class
Equivalent classifications
UIC class	1C+C1, 1'C+C1'
French class	130+031
Turkish class	34+34
Swiss class	3/4+3/4, 6/8 from 1920s
Russian class	1-3-0+0-3-1
First use
First known tank engine version
First use	1911
Country	Australia
Locomotive	WAGR M class
Railway	Western Australian Government Railways
Designer	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Evolved from	0-4-0+0-4-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-6-0+0-6-2 represents the wheel arrangement of an articulated locomotive with two separate swivelling engine units, arranged back to back with the boiler and cab suspended between them. Each engine unit has two leading wheels in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.

The arrangement is effectively two 2-6-0 locomotives operating back-to-back and was used on Garratt, Kitson-Meyer, and Golwé articulated locomotives.

A similar wheel arrangement exists for Mallet steam locomotives on which only the front engine unit swivels, but these are referred to as 2-6-6-2.

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