A similar wheel arrangement exists for Mallet type locomotives, but is referred to as 2-8-8-2 since only the front engine unit swivels.

[1][4] The 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Bengal Nagpur Railway in India used two of the class HSG, built by Beyer, Peacock & Company in 1925.

Ten 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge examples were purchased by the British War Department in 1943 and used on the Bengal Assam Railway in India as their Class MWGX.

[1] The Ottoman Railways in Turkey acquired a single 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge 2-8-0+0-8-2 Garratt from Beyer, Peacock & Company in 1927.

[1] The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) owned a single Class U1 Garratt, built by Beyer, Peacock & Company in 1925.