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The Forney Locomotive 044-T

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The FORNEY tank type locomotive was designed and patented by Mathhias Nace Forney. This type engine was built by several manufacturers of locomotives. This engine was built by Porter in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1897. The extensive use of this type engine was on elevated railways such as the New York Elevated Railway, Brooklyn Elevated, and the Chicago Elevated.

They were called the "Little Giants" and over 500 were in service at the turn of the century hauling both freight and passengers. Prior to elevated railways, surface railcars were drawn by horses. Steam powered engines on the elevated railways lasted only a few years as they were replaced by the new electric powered engines. FORNEY engines were sold to buyers all over the world for mining, lumber, plantations and for short-haul freight and passengers. FORNEYs hauled both freight and passengers in the Denver area. Denver, Lakewood and Golden Railway and the Denver Circle Railway were the most widely known.