Finland , Finland Finland used two classes of 0-6-2T locomotive, the Vr2 and the Vr5. The Vr2 class was numbered in the range from 950 to 965. Five of them are preserved in Finland, no. 950 at
Joensuu, no. 951 at
Tuuri, no. 953 at
Haapamäki, no. 961 at
Jyväskylä and no. 964 at the Veturimuseo at
Toijala. The Vr5 class was numbered in the range from 1400 to 1423. No. 1422 is preserved at
Haapamäki.
Indonesia Nederlandsch Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij or
NIS received 10 0-6-2Ts (skirt tank) from
Sächsische Maschinenfabrik (Hartmann) in 1903 and 1912 for mixed passenger and freight trains on the
3 ft 6 in (1067 mm) Gundih–Gambringan–Cepu–
Surabaya NIS, as well as sugarcane trains on
Solo–
Wonogiri–Baturetno lines. A 0-6-2T also worked on
Batavia–
Buitenzorg line. These 0-6-2Ts were classified as NIS Class 350 (351–360) using both wood and coal as fuel. However, the NIS 350s used
teak wood more often due to the depletion of coal supplies. Teak wood is easy to obtain along the Gundih–Surabaya line, especially in the vicinity of Bojonegoro where there are still many teak forests. The NIS 350s were limited by the position of the tanks and had a water capacity of only . This small tank capacity limits the operating range of NIS 350s that had to haul NIS essential commodity trains on certain routes. They quickly ran out of water and had to frequently stop at stations to refuel. To overcome this, especially during the
dry season, a water tower or reservoir was built at each station. After
Japanese occupation and
Indonesian Independence, the locomotives were reclassified as C20. The C20 locomotive has a length of 9420 mm and weighs 33.5 tons, and able to run a maximum speed of . These were divided into two subclasses: the A subclass built by
Neilson and Company and the B subclass built by
Dübs and Company. Another 25 locomotives of the C class were built in 1906 by the
North British Locomotive Company (which succeeded Dübs) and were regarded as distinct from the
Dagupan class. The rest were scrapped between 1917 and 1940. It was last seen in January 1982 and was presumed to have been scrapped not long after due to the mill being in a decrepit state during those years.
South Africa Tender locomotives , c. 1910 Between 1890 and 1898, four 0-6-2 tender locomotives were placed in service by the Cape Copper Company on its gauge
Namaqualand Railway between
Port Nolloth and
O'okiep in the Cape Colony. Acquired to meet the traffic needs of the upper mountainous section of the line, they became known as the Mountain type. The first three of these locomotives were later described as the
Clara Class, while the fourth was included in this Class by some and included in the subsequent Scotia Class by others. Between 1900 and 1905, six more Mountain type 0-6-2 tender locomotives were placed in service by the Cape Copper Company. Later described as the
Scotia Class, they were similar to the earlier Clara Class locomotives, but with longer boilers, longer fireboxes and larger firegrates.
South West Africa Three classes of gauge 0-6-2 locomotives were supplied to
German South West Africa between 1904 and 1908. plinthed in
Tsumeb • In 1904, the
Otavi Mining and Railway Company acquired fifteen tank locomotives from
Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik in Germany. Two of them survived to be taken onto the South African Railways (SAR) roster in 1922. They were never classified and were referred to as the
Jung locomotives. • Ten
Class Ha tank locomotives were supplied by
Henschel & Son in 1904. One survived the First World War into the SAR era. • Fifteen
Class Hb tank locomotives were supplied by Henschel between 1905 and 1908. The last six locomotives were delivered as tank-and-tender engines, equipped with optional coal and water tenders. Six of them survived into the SAR era. The arrangement was soon afterwards used by
Francis Webb of the
London and North Western Railway on his famous
Coal Tanks of 1881–1897. Many locomotives of this type were also used to haul coal in the
South Wales Valleys by the
Great Western Railway and its predecessors, where the arrangement proved sufficiently successful to lead to the development of the
GWR 56xx class in 1924. of 1902 Several railways around London later used the type for heavy suburban passenger trains, notably the following: • The
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) with the
E3,
E4,
E5 and
E6 classes designed by
R. J. Billinton between 1894 and 1904. • The
Great Eastern Railway (GER)
Class L77 of 1914, designed by
Alfred John Hill. • The
Great Northern Railway (GNR)
Class N1 designed by
Ivatt, and Class
N2, designed by
Nigel Gresley between 1906 and 1921. Gresley later improved upon the GER class with various versions of his
London and North Eastern Railway (LNER)
N7 class, built between 1925 and 1928.
Lambton Tanks . In 1904, the
Lambton Railway ordered their first 0-6-2T from
Kitson & Co. to use on the collery systems. This proved to be successful over the next few years a further 6 0-6-2T were ordered, 2 in 1907 provided by Kitson, 2 in 1909 provided by
Robert Stephenson & Co., another provided by Stephenson in 1920, and a final in 1934 provided by
Hawthorn Leslie. In 1931, the railway bought 5 0-6-2Ts from the
Great Western Railway, three of which were from the former
Taff Vale Railway, and the remainder from the
Cardiff Railway.
United States The primary usage of 0-6-2 types in the United States were Tank locomotives. Many were found in the state of
Hawaii on sugar cane railroads across the state. Most notable were the 0-6-2T's of the Mcbryde Sugar Company of Kauai, 3 of which survive and are currently the only original steam engines operating in Hawaii. ==References==