Alfred Wolcott 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.[1][2] 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.
Biography
He was born in Fort Fillmore in what is now New Mexico,[1] and died of a heart attack at his home in Wayne, Pennsylvania.[2]
Alfred Gibbs was educated first at Rutgers College (1873–1874) and then at the Stevens Institute of Technology (1874–1878), graduating in mechanical engineering.[3] He joined the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1879 as an apprentice.[4]
Gibbs was appointed General Superintendent of Motive Power of Lines East in 1903, replacing William W. Atterbury.[5]
He was a hereditary member of the Aztec Club of 1847, representing his father General Alfred Gibbs.