Record #:

10727

Author(s):

Dunn, Michael J., III

Abstract:

Goldsboro, North Carolina was home to a locomotive manufacturing firm from the 1890s into the 1920s. The company, still active today as a foundry and steel fabricator, is Dewey Brothers and its locomotive building days spanned a period of approximately 30 years. Loggers, quarry operators, and other users of small locomotives relied on the Dewey engines, available in either standard or narrow gauge, not so much for railroad use as for operation on private tracks where duty was lighter and track more flimsy and uneven.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 17, Feb 1970, p13-14, il

Subject(s):

Locomotives--History; Locomotive industry--Goldsboro; Locomotives--Design and construction