2-8-2+2-8-2

First known tank engine version
First known tank engine version
First use	1924
Country	South Africa
Locomotive	SAR Class GE
Railway	South African Railways
Designer	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company

Equivalent classifications
Equivalent classifications
UIC class	1D1+1D1, 1'D1'+1'D1'
French class	141+141
Turkish class	46+46
Swiss class	4/6+4/6, 8/12 from 1920s
Russian class	1-4-1+1-4-1

2-8-2+2-8-2 (Double Mikado)
	SAR Class GE, c. 1966
UIC class
Equivalent classifications
UIC class	1D1+1D1, 1'D1'+1'D1'
French class	141+141
Turkish class	46+46
Swiss class	4/6+4/6, 8/12 from 1920s
Russian class	1-4-1+1-4-1
First use
First known tank engine version
First use	1924
Country	South Africa
Locomotive	SAR Class GE
Railway	South African Railways
Designer	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-8-2+2-8-2 is an articulated locomotive using a pair of 2-8-2 power units back to back, with the boiler and cab suspended between them. The 2-8-2 wheel arrangement has a single pair of leading wheels in a leading truck, followed by four coupled pairs of driving wheels and a pair of trailing wheels in a trailing truck. Since the 2-8-2 type was known as Mikado, the corresponding Garratt and Modified Fairlie types were usually known as Double Mikado.

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