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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. 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,〔 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.〔 〕 He joined the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1879 as an apprentice. Gibbs was appointed General Superintendent of Motive Power of Lines East in 1903, replacing William W. Atterbury. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfred Wolcott Gibbs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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