Alfred W. Gibbs

Alfred W. Gibbs

Alfred Wolcott Gibbs (October 27, 1856 – May 19, 1922) was a mechanical engineer in the railroad industry who attained the position of Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad.cite web
url = http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1856%20Mar%2005.pdf
title = PRR Chronology: 1856 (March 2005 edition)
author = Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society
date = March 2005
accessdate = 2008-01-05] cite web
url = http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1922%20June%2004.wd.pdf
title = PRR Chronology: 1922 (June 2004 edition)
author = Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society
date = June 2004
accessdate = 2008-01-05] He was instrumental in the design of a number of important PRR locomotive classes, including the E6 4-4-2 "Atlantic" type, the K4s 4-6-2 "Pacific" type, and the L1s 2-8-2 "Mikado" type.

He was born in Fort Fillmore in what is now New Mexico, and died of a heart attack at his home in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Alfred Gibbs was educated first at Rutgers College (1873–1874) and then at the Stevens Institute of Technology (1874–1878), graduating in Mechanical Engineering. [cite web
url = http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/blair/bios/sell/fir-gle.txt
title = Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens
author = Jesse C. Sell
year = 1911
accessdate = 2008-01-05] He joined the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1879 as an apprentice. [cite book
title = Hearings before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives on H. R. 19795: To Promote the Safety of Employees upon Railroads: Ash Pan Bill
publisher = Government Printing Office
location = Washington, DC
date = 1908
pages = p. 47]

Gibbs was appointed General Superintendent of Motive Power of Lines East in 1903, replacing William W. Atterbury.cite web
url = http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1903%20Mar%2005.pdf
title = PRR Chronology: 1903 (Mar 2005 edition)
author = Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and HIstorical Society
date = March 2005
Accessdate = 2008-01-05]

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