The Samson is an English-built railroad steam locomotive made in 1838 that ran on the Albion Mines Railway in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Samson served from 1839 to 1867 carrying coal on the six-mile line from the mines around Stellarton and New Glasgow to the East River loading pier.

It proved a strong and reliable locomotive, considered "slow but of great power" by railway workers of the day.

Samson was stored for scrap until 1893 when it was displayed at the Chicago World’s Fair as an antique, and acquired along with one of its passenger coaches by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad where it was preserved.

A careful survey of the structure of the locomotive before restoration found it remarkably well preserved, retaining 90% of its end-of-service parts.

Examination of the parts shows various repairs and evolutionary modifications that were added to the original Hackworth assembly by the shops of the Albion Mines Railway during the locomotive's long working career.