Norris Locomotive Works
The Norris Locomotive Works was a factory in Philadelphia, USA that produced more than a thousand steam locomotives between 1832 and 1866 . The Norris locomotives hold an important place in locomotive history as they were reliable and very innovative for the time.
history
The founder, William Norris, built locomotives in Philadelphia since 1831. By 1836 he had produced seven locomotives. That year he built a 2'A locomotive called the Washington County Farmer for the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad. The new Norris locomotives were very successful because they performed better and used less fuel, and also because they were less prone to repairs.
Locomotive No. 13 with the name Lafayette of the Baltimore & Ohio RR, equipped with a horizontal boiler, entered service in April 1837. The Pioneer locomotive was particularly successful . A special feature of this machine was the round standing kettle with the spherical dome : a standing kettle named after the English designer Edward Bury. The drive axle was in front of the standing boiler, and the lightweight bogie was pushed forward under the smoke chamber. In 1838/1839 7 more copies were delivered, some of which were in service for local light passenger trains until 1857. These were the numbers 16, 18, 18, 20, 21, 22 and 24 with the names PE THOMAS , JW PATTERSON , WM. COOKE , PATAPOS , MONOCACY , POTOMAC and PEGASUS . The locomotive No. 16 is said to have been converted to a 4-4-0 (2'B) wheel arrangement later.
Norris also supplied this type of machine to Europe, for example in 1838/39 for the Berlin – Potsdam route and the Birmingham – Gloucester Railway and the Vienna – Raaber Railway . Other producers of locomotives of the Norris type in Germany were Borsig and the Esslingen machine factory .
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- ↑ Postage stamps with Norris locomotives ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Greater Philadelphia Geo History Network
