Portal:Trains/Selected picture/Week 7, 2007

A 2-8-2 steam locomotive that is no longer used.

In Whyte notation, a 2-8-2 is a steam locomotive that has one unpowered leading axle followed by four powered driving axles and one unpowered trailing axle. This configuration of steam locomotive is most often referred to as a Mikado (frequently shortened to Mike), but it is also referred to as a MacArthur. The 2-8-2 was particularly popular in North America, but was also used in continental Europe and elsewhere.