Matthias N. Forney
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Matthias Nace Forney (March 28, 1835 – January 14, 1908) was an American steam locomotive designer and builder. He is most well known for the design of the Forney type locomotive. Locomotives that he designed served the elevated railroads of New York City for many years before that system converted to electric power. One example of a Forney 0-4-4T locomotive built in 1902 by Baldwin Locomotive Works has been restored for daily operations on the Disneyland Railroad in Anaheim, California, as the railroad's number 5, Ward Kimball.
Forney was born March 28, 1835, in
Forney was a founding member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and he participated heavily in other engineering organizations such as the Master Car Builders Association.[1]
He died on January 14, 1908, in
Legacy
Forney was the author of the book Catechism of the Locomotive, first published in 1873. This work is recognized as the seminal authority on steam locomotive construction in the late 19th century.[2]
He was an editor for The Railroad Gazette, an influential weekly newspaper, for many years, including 1880 (with S. Wright Dunning).
The
References
- Forney, Matthias Nace at steamindex.com
- Wyatt, Kyle K., Curator of History & Technology, California State Railroad Museum (March 28, 2005), CPRR Discussion Group - "Catechism of the Locomotive". Retrieved June 29, 2005.
- OCLC 1785797.
- White, John H. Jr. (1968). A history of the American locomotive; its development: 1830–1880. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23818-0.
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