Globe Locomotive Works

The Globe Locomotive Works was a late-19th century manufacturer of railroad steam locomotives and other machinery based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1846, the firm built some one hundred steam locomotives for railroads throughout the United States. From 1849 to 1851, it was operated by John Souther as Globe Works.

In 1864 the company (a joint venture of John Souther and D.A. Pickering) ceased producing locomotives and instead focused on the manufacture of steam shovels.

Locomotives

The Elephant, a wood-burning type 4-4-0 built by the company in 1849 for the Union Pacific Railroad, had the distinction of being the first locomotive to travel west of the Rocky Mountains. The unit was subsequently renamed the C.K. Garrison (an appellation it retained for some 15 years), and ultimately carried the name Pioneer beginning around 1870 (not to be confused with the 4-2-0 named Pioneer that is preserved in Chicago).