2-8-6

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 wheels, and a six-wheel trailing truck. All 2-8-6 locomotives constructed have been 2-8-6T tank locomotives of the Mason Bogie pattern.

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'.

Three 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 locomotives of RailGauge|36 gauge. Some were later sold to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.