August Friedrich Wilhelm von Borries (27 January 1852 in Bad Oeynhausen – 14 February 1906) was one of Germany's most influential railway engineers,[1] who was primarily concerned with developments in steam locomotives.
[2] Von Borries graduated from the Royal Institute of Trade in Charlottenburg, and then spent a year working at the Bergisch-Märkische railway.
In 1875, he joined the service of the Hanover division of the Prussian state railways and subsequently became their Chief Mechanical Engineer.
[2] In 1880 he designed the first Prussian compound locomotive, built by Schichau in Elbląg.
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