Mechanical engineer and former editor of the Railroad Gazette, Mr. Forney died at his apartments at the Hotel Buckingham, New York City. Born in Hanover, PA, he went to Baltimore at the age of 14 to attend a boys school run by Horace Morison, a nephew of the engineer George S. Morison. In 1852 he entered the locomotive-building shop of Ross Winans, in Baltimore, as an apprentice. Subsequent to his 3-1/2 years at Winans, he was employed by the Baltimore & Ohio and the Illinois Central Railroads as a draftsman. While with the Illinois Central, Mr. Forney invented an improved tank-engine, to be known as the "Forney locomotive", for which he was awarded a patent in 1866. Locomotives of this type would be used extensively by the New York City and Chicago elevated railroads before their subsequent electrification. Mr. Forney joined the editorial staff of the Railroad Gazette in 1870, and would enjoy a long career with the Gazette and its successors as a published writer on all topics mechanical. (from Railway Age, January 24, 1908)
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Mechanical engineer and former editor of the Railroad Gazette, Mr. Forney died at his apartments at the Hotel Buckingham, New York City. Born in Hanover, PA, he went to Baltimore at the age of 14 to attend a boys school run by Horace Morison, a nephew of the engineer George S. Morison. In 1852 he entered the locomotive-building shop of Ross Winans, in Baltimore, as an apprentice. Subsequent to his 3-1/2 years at Winans, he was employed by the Baltimore & Ohio and the Illinois Central Railroads as a draftsman. While with the Illinois Central, Mr. Forney invented an improved tank-engine, to be known as the "Forney locomotive", for which he was awarded a patent in 1866. Locomotives of this type would be used extensively by the New York City and Chicago elevated railroads before their subsequent electrification. Mr. Forney joined the editorial staff of the Railroad Gazette in 1870, and would enjoy a long career with the Gazette and its successors as a published writer on all topics mechanical. (from Railway Age, January 24, 1908)
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