2-8-6T

{{Short description|Locomotive wheel arrangement}} {{refimprove|date=April 2014}} In the [[Whyte notation]] for describing [[steam locomotive]] [[wheel arrangement]], a '''2-8-6''' is a locomotive with a two-wheel [[leading truck]], eight [[driving wheel]]s, and a six-wheel [[trailing truck]]. All 2-8-6 locomotives constructed have been [[Mason Bogie locomotive|Mason Bogie]] [[tank locomotive]]s.

== Equivalent classifications == Other equivalent classifications are:

* [[UIC classification]]: '''1D3''' (also known as German classification and [[Italian classification]]) * [[French classification]]: '''143''' * [[Turkish classification]]: '''48''' * [[Swiss classification]]: '''4/8'''

In the [[UIC classification]] as applied in Germany and Italy, a rigid-framed locomotive of this arrangement would be '''1'D3'''', and the Mason bogie '''(1'D)'3''''.

== Usage == Four Mason Bogies of this type were built for the [[Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad]]; #25 ''Alpine'', #26 ''Rico'', #27 ''Roaring Fork'' and #28 ''Denver''. They were [[narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge]] locomotives of {{RailGauge|3ft}} gauge. Two more went to the [[Denver, Utah and Pacific Railroad|Denver, Utah and Pacific]], #10 ''Middle Park'' and #19 ''Denver''. The DU&P sold one of the latter to the [[Burlington and Northwestern Railway]], a narrow-gauge affiliate of the [[CB&Q]] operating in [[Iowa]].<ref>Burlington & Western, B&NW Narrow Gauge Branch Lines, [http://c-sng-discussion-forum.41377.n7.nabble.com/file/n14854/Bogie.jpg Burlington Bulletin No. 30] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612163412/http://c-sng-discussion-forum.41377.n7.nabble.com/file/n14854/Bogie.jpg |date=2020-06-12 }}, Burlington Route Historical Society, 1994; page 6.</ref><ref>Mason Bogie loco 2-8-6T narrow gauge B&NW #1 (c1890), [http://www.burlingtonroute.com/docs/library/subphoto/m.htm BRHS Subject-Photo index, page M] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413133057/http://www.burlingtonroute.com/docs/library/subphoto/m.htm |date=2014-04-13 }}, Burlington Route Historical Society, May 28, 2013.</ref>

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