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Two Electrics
Title:  Two Electrics
Description:  At Harrisburg
Photo Date:  11/21/2012  Upload Date: 11/25/2012 1:15:43 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Ryan Stuart
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 915(AEM7) PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
AMTK 920 and PRR 4859
Title:  AMTK 920 and PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/6/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 1:47:18 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 920(AEM7) PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  Basking in the lare afternoon sun.
Photo Date:  10/6/2013  Upload Date: 10/7/2013 12:33:32 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  Looks ready to head out!
Photo Date:  10/6/2013  Upload Date: 10/7/2013 12:33:37 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  143   Comments: 2
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  Being tall, I was able to hold the camera overhead & shoot thru a window
Photo Date:  10/6/2013  Upload Date: 10/7/2013 12:33:35 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  144   Comments: 1
PRR GG1 4859
Title:  PRR GG1 4859
Description:  The classification light of PRR GG1 4859 at Harrisburg, PA.
Photo Date:  3/5/2014  Upload Date: 3/12/2014 6:50:57 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 4859
Title:  PRR GG1 4859
Description:  End view of PRR GG1 4859 at Harrisburg, PA.
Photo Date:  3/5/2014  Upload Date: 3/12/2014 6:50:57 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 4859
Title:  PRR GG1 4859
Description:  Oblique view of PRR GG1 4859 at Harrisburg, PA.
Photo Date:  3/5/2014  Upload Date: 3/12/2014 6:50:58 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  George L. Pitz
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
NS 25T
Title:  NS 25T
Description:  NS 25T running pull-pull as seen here with a pair of engines on the end of the train.
Photo Date:  4/6/2014  Upload Date: 4/29/2014 11:11:26 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9602(C40-9W) PRR 4859(GG1) NS 8719(C40-8)
Views:  348   Comments: 2
NRHS Harrisburg chapter GG1 & caboose
Title:  NRHS Harrisburg chapter GG1 & caboose
Description:  PRR GG1 and cabosse moved out of Harrisburg station for signal and track upgrades. Amtrak will provide a covering for the GG1.
Photo Date:  4/6/2014  Upload Date: 4/29/2014 11:12:43 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
MP 105 and NRHS Harrisburg chapter equipment
Title:  MP 105 and NRHS Harrisburg chapter equipment
Description:  Photo of Harrisburg Chapter owned GG1 and PRR caboose and milepost 105.
Photo Date:  4/6/2014  Upload Date: 4/29/2014 11:13:53 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 4859
Title:  PRR GG1 4859
Description:  Wrapped in special plastic to protect it from the elements
Photo Date:  7/16/2014  Upload Date: 8/10/2016 7:19:06 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Harry Warren
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2015  Upload Date: 9/25/2015 1:57:18 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  441   Comments: 1
GG1
Title:  GG1
Description:  Owned by the Harrisburg chapter of the NRHS, this engine is right at home in the station.
Photo Date:  5/20/2017  Upload Date: 5/12/2019 10:33:27 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  176   Comments: 1
A Whole Lot of Pennsy!
Title:  A Whole Lot of Pennsy!
Description:  The Colonial Crafts brings up the rear of Amtrak 42, as an Ex PRR Metroliner cabcar and GG1 4859 look on underneath the former PRR station shed
Photo Date:  11/12/2017  Upload Date: 12/2/2017 7:46:08 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/3/2018  Upload Date: 9/11/2018 3:17:11 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Dick Leonhardt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  111   Comments: 1
A GG1
Title:  A GG1
Description:  With a freight train
Photo Date:  5/25/2019  Upload Date: 8/17/2019 1:49:48 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1) NS 9499(C40-9W) UP 2662(ET44AH)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
PRR 4859
Title:  PRR 4859
Description:  Old next to new. I doubt the ACS will serve as long!
Photo Date:  1/12/2020  Upload Date: 1/13/2020 12:45:24 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1) AMTK 602(ACS-64)
Views:  232   Comments: 1
AMTK 90 heads west on train 43 as 4859 looks on.
Title:  AMTK 90 heads west on train 43 as 4859 looks on.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/21/2022  Upload Date: 4/21/2022 10:56:25 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 90(P42DC) PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  116   Comments: 1
AMTK 9635, PRR 4859
Title:  AMTK 9635, PRR 4859
Description:  Different era's of passenger trains.
Photo Date:  6/20/2022  Upload Date: 6/21/2022 11:07:26 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4859(GG1)
Views:  131   Comments: 1
PRR 4860, GG-1, 1953
Title:  PRR 4860, GG-1, 1953
Description:  Here is an original photo by Douglas C. Jones that was taken at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Passenger Station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 4 October 1953. Shown here is PRR engine #4860, a GG-1 (4-6-6-4) built in Juniata during December of 1937 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. This photo taken from the excursion train, which has just begun moving and will soon cross the PRR's Cumberland Valley Railroad Bridge. #7 of 14.
Photo Date:  10/4/1953  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 3:18:26 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4860(GG1)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
PRR   4860
Title:  PRR 4860
Description:  GG-1 # 4860 at Sunnyside Yard, Queens, N.Y.C.
Photo Date:  3/31/1964  Upload Date: 9/18/2006 5:59:47 PM
Location:  New Brunswick, NJ
Author:  TIMOTHY MADER
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4860(GG1)
Views:  872   Comments: 1
PRR 999400, MoW Tender, 1965
Title:  PRR 999400, MoW Tender, 1965
Description:  WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took during a trip on Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains from Wilmington to Altoona on 28 March 1965. Shown here is PRR #999400, a former steam locomotive tender that has been relegated to Maintenance-of-Way service. Instead of supplying a steam locomotive with water, it's now filled with fuel oil to replenish the steam-heat boilers in GG-1 electrics ~ like #4860, idiling-away on the adjoining track. Photo taken near HARRIS Tower, just West of the Harrisburg Passenger Station.
Photo Date:  3/28/1965  Upload Date: 10/23/2016 3:09:19 PM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4860(GG1)
Views:  1367   Comments: 0
PRR 4860, GG-1, 1965
Title:  PRR 4860, GG-1, 1965
Description:  WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took during a trip on Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains from Wilmington to Altoona on 28 March 1965. Shown here (L to R) are partial views of PRR engine #4860 and PRR MoW tender #999400. #4860 is a GG-1 built in Juniata during December of 1937. #999400 is a former steam locomotive tender that has been relegated to Maintenance-of-Way service. Instead of supplying a steam locomotive with water, it's now filled with fuel oil to replenish the steam-heat boilers in GG-1 electrics ~ like #4860. They are situated on the Locomotive Ready Tracks across from HARRIS Tower, just West of the Harrisburg Passenger Station.
Photo Date:  3/28/1965  Upload Date: 10/25/2016 2:09:47 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4860(GG1)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
PRR 4860, GG-1, 1965
Title:  PRR 4860, GG-1, 1965
Description:  WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took during a trip on Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains from Wilmington to Altoona on 28 March 1965. Shown here (R to L) are partial views of PRR engine #4860 and PRR MoW tender #999400. #4860 is a GG-1 built in Juniata during December of 1937. #999400 is a former steam locomotive tender that has been relegated to Maintenance-of-Way service. Instead of supplying a steam locomotive with water, it's now filled with fuel oil to replenish the steam-heat boilers in GG-1 electrics ~ like #4860. They are situated on the Locomotive Ready Tracks across from HARRIS Tower, just West of the Harrisburg Passenger Station. Partially visible in the background is the Market Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  3/28/1965  Upload Date: 10/25/2016 2:48:57 AM
Location:  Harrisburg, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  RollingStock,Bridge,Yard,Station
Locomotives:  PRR 4860(GG1)
Views:  574   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 4860 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR GG1 4860 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  Still bearing the PRR lozenge logo, this 1937 Altoona built GG1 sits in an unknown location. Date is a "guess-timation" as there was nothing on the back of the photn taken by Forrest Trittenbach. Not preserved - scrapped.
Photo Date:  6/1/1965  Upload Date: 1/11/2014 7:53:36 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4860(GG1)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
PRR GG! #4861
Title:  PRR GG! #4861
Description:  Here is a 1937 Altoona built GG1 sitting in a yard in Philadelphia, PA. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:  10/1/1968  Upload Date: 5/25/2014 6:28:44 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PRR 4861(GG1)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
PRR 4862, GG-1, 1963
Title:  PRR 4862, GG-1, 1963
Description:  Electrics. Here is a photo by an unidentified photographer that was taken in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1963. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4862, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built by General Electric in December of 1937 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. Looks to me like it's the "Tunnel Helper For A Day!" (Gift from Brad Mann.)
Photo Date:  8/15/1963  Upload Date: 9/20/2021 1:51:45 PM
Location:  Baltimore, MD
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4862(GG1)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
PRR "When West Meets East," Pages 9-10, 1939
Title:  PRR "When West Meets East," Pages 9-10, 1939
Description:  Here are pages nine and ten of a 14-page booklet entitled "When West Meets East." It was published by the Pennsylvania Railroad for distribution at the Golden Gate International Exposition that was held in San Francisco, California, during 1939-1940. At the left is PRR engine #4863, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during January of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. At the right is PRR engine 6100, the S-1 (6-4-4-6) built in Juniata during January of 1939 and retired in January of 1949.
Photo Date:  4/16/1939  Upload Date: 6/18/2022 8:09:35 AM
Location:  San Francisco, CA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 4863(GG1) PRR 6100(UNKNOWN)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
PRR "Modern Locomotives And Cars: 1939," Back Cover
Title:  PRR "Modern Locomotives And Cars: 1939," Back Cover
Description:  Here is the back cover of a 30-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "Modern Locomotives And Cars: 1939." Depicted here is PRR engine #4863, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during January of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  7/1/1939  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 6:55:51 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4863(GG1)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
"Pennsy Photo Section," Page 41, 2001
Title:  "Pennsy Photo Section," Page 41, 2001
Description:  Here is a photo by Mr. A.F. Sozio. It's on page six of a six-page camera study entitled "Pennsy Photo Section" that was published originally in the August 2001 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 41. Partial Caption: "Portia Mitaritono, an employee at PRR's Sunnyside Coach Yard in Long Island City, N.Y., cleans the running gear of a GG-1 electric locomotive in 1943." Partially visible in the background is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4863, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electric built in Juniata in January of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  8/1/2001  Upload Date: 9/8/2022 2:08:43 PM
Location:  Long Island City, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PRR 4863(GG1)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 #4864
Title:  PRR GG1 #4864
Description:  A lone Pennsylvania GG1 crosses over to another track to avoid a parked steam locomotive on the same track. No exact date or location was given for this photo. The photo credit goes to "Bob's Photo." Thanks to Robert Hess & Ben Helsel (see comments below) for helping to fix the location and correct the loco number. Thanks, guys for your help!
Photo Date:  9/1/1960  Upload Date: 6/7/2022 11:44:45 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 4864(GG1)
Views:  231   Comments: 2
PRR 4864, GG-1, 1964
Title:  PRR 4864, GG-1, 1964
Description:  Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide by an unidentified photographer that was taken near Washington, DC, during September of 1964. Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4864, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during January of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. In this context, it has just departed Washington's Union Station with the northbound "Manhattan Limited." This shot also shows the relative ineffectiveness of the PRR's unmanned locomotive washing machines: good for flat sides, less so for curved surfaces. (Tchowee"; #14 of 27)
Photo Date:  9/23/1964  Upload Date: 5/25/2020 9:09:20 PM
Location:  Washington, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4864(GG1)
Views:  205   Comments: 0
Yard shot from the LIRR
Title:  Yard shot from the LIRR
Description:  Dad rode the LIRR to work every day from our home in Little Neck, which gave him a good shot passing Sunnyside yard. If he saw something interesting-he was partial to GG 1s-hed grab a shot. Heres 4864 in the Scotchlite lettering waiting to back down onto a train. Check the cars in yard A-there's a DLW Phoebe Snow box car, a Pennsy 50 ft double door box, as well as IC and EL cars. Overhead is Queens Blvd; above it is the IRT Flushing Line, which was not yet designated the #7.
Photo Date:  9/24/1964  Upload Date: 12/4/2014 3:42:10 PM
Location:  Sunnyside Yard, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4864(GG1)
Views:  541   Comments: 3
PRR 4865, GG-1, 1965
Title:  PRR 4865, GG-1, 1965
Description:  Newark. Here is an original photo that I took of a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Newark, Delaware, during August of 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4865, a GG-1 built in Juniata during January of 1938. It is pulling a southbound mixed-cargo freight train. This photo taken near the three-track grade crossing at Milepost 35.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 9/20/2016 2:37:17 AM
Location:  Newark, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4865(GG1)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
"Trains" Magazine, April 1956
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, April 1956
Description:  Here is a photo taken by Mr. W.A. Burke. It was published originally in the April 1956 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 8. Photo Caption: "Over-all coat of aluminum paint, tuscan red stripe, black roof and lettering clothe one of Pennsy's famous GG-1's ~ one of two given different experimental color schemes. Locomotives are being used on crack streamliners." Shown here is PRR engine #4866, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during January of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  4/1/1956  Upload Date: 8/11/2019 1:36:19 AM
Location:  Wilmington, DE
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4866(GG1)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
PRR "Pennsylvania 4866," GG-1, 1956
Title:  PRR "Pennsylvania 4866," GG-1, 1956
Description:  Kern. Here is a postal card entitled "Pennsylvania 4866." No Postmark. Caption On Reverse: "North Philadelphia, Pa., May 12, 1956. GG-1 4866 glides along the platform for the station stop. Pennsylvania 4866 was one of three GG-1's to receive the silver color scheme. The other two were 4872 and 4880. Color was chosen for 'Congressional' service." Photo by Fred R. Kern. #4866 is a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during January of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower. Here, it's pulling a passenger train that originated in New York City. Visible in the background is a portion of the passenger shelter at the first station stop on the Cherry Hill Branch.
Photo Date:  5/12/1956  Upload Date: 10/27/2018 12:32:30 AM
Location:  North Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4866(GG1)
Views:  678   Comments: 0
PRR 4866, GG-1, 1965
Title:  PRR 4866, GG-1, 1965
Description:  WIL-ALT-65. Here is an original photo that I took during a trip on Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains from Wilmington to Altoona on 28 March 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4866, a GG-1 built in Juniata during January of 1938. It is arriving in the North Philadelphia Station with a 14-car passenger train from Washington to New York City. The time is 12:23 P.M.
Photo Date:  3/28/1965  Upload Date: 10/22/2016 5:12:49 AM
Location:  North Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4866(GG1)
Views:  465   Comments: 0
PRR GG1 #4866
Title:  PRR GG1 #4866
Description:  Interesting group of Pennsy electric locos, possibly at Enola, PA. No date, location or photographer was listed for the photo. With Steve Coraggio's help (see comment below), it may be south Amboy, NJ. Thanks, Steve!
Photo Date:  9/1/1965  Upload Date: 3/14/2021 7:18:30 AM
Location:  South Amboy, NJ
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4866(GG1)
Views:  281   Comments: 1
PRR 4874, GG-1, Front, 1967
Title:  PRR 4874, GG-1, Front, 1967
Description:  Here is the front side of a postal card that was published by Parlor Car Enterprises. Photo Credit: Aron Blum. Shown here (R to L) are Pennsylvania Railroad engines #4874 and #4867. Both are GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electrics built in Juniata and rated at 4,620 horsepower. #4874 was constructed during January of 1939, while #4867 was built in January of 1938. In this context, they're powering a mixed-cargo freight train near Elizabeth, New Jersey, in September of 1967.
Photo Date:  9/22/1967  Upload Date: 12/14/2022 7:44:47 AM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4874(GG1) PRR 4867(GG1)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
PRR 4874, GG-1, Back, 1967
Title:  PRR 4874, GG-1, Back, 1967
Description:  Here is the back side of a postal card that was published by Parlor Car Enterprises. Photo Credit: Aron Blum. Subject Line: "Pennsylvania Doubleheaded GG-1's."
Photo Date:  9/22/1967  Upload Date: 12/14/2022 7:41:19 AM
Location:  Elizabeth, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4867(GG1) PRR 4874(GG1)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
"Pictorial Review Of Progress: 1953," Back Cover
Title:  "Pictorial Review Of Progress: 1953," Back Cover
Description:  Here is the back cover of a 22-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "A Pictorial Review Of Progress On The Pennsylvania." It was issued originally in March of 1953. Partial Caption: "The Afternoon Congressional rolls out of the Hudson River tunnels from New York on its fast run to Washington." Shown here is PRR engine #4868, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during February of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  3/1/1953  Upload Date: 7/16/2020 10:47:03 AM
Location:  Newark, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4868(GG1)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
"Pictorial Review Of Progress," Back Cover, 1953
Title:  "Pictorial Review Of Progress," Back Cover, 1953
Description:  Here is the back cover of a 22-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "A Pictorial Review Of Progress On The Pennsylvania." It was issued originally in March of 1953. Partial Caption: "The 'Afternoon Congressional' rolls out of the Hudson River tunnels from New York on its fast run to Washington." Shown here is PRR engine #4868, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during February of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  3/1/1953  Upload Date: 12/26/2024 11:16:45 PM
Location:  Bergen, NJ
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4868(GG1)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
"Progress In Transportation: 1958," Pages 1 & 2
Title:  "Progress In Transportation: 1958," Pages 1 & 2
Description:  Here are pages one and two of a 22-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "Serving You Through Progress In Transportation." It was issued originally in December of 1958. From The Text: "Trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad carry 63 million passengers and move 200 million tons of freight each year. To perform these services, the company owns 2,600 locomotives, 5,200 passenger cars, 170,000 freight cars, 25,000 miles of main line, branch, and yard tracks, hundreds of stations, shops, piers, and other facilities." Bottom Photo Caption: "The stainless steel 'Congressional' ~ one of the many modern Pennsylvania passenger trains ~ runs between New York and Washington." Shown here is PRR engine #4868, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during February of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  12/21/1958  Upload Date: 7/17/2020 3:26:31 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4868(GG1)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
"Progress In Transportation: 1963," Pages 1 & 2
Title:  "Progress In Transportation: 1963," Pages 1 & 2
Description:  Here are pages one and two of a 22-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "Serving You Through Progress In Transportation." It was issued originally in December of 1963. From The Text: "Trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad carry 45 million passengers and move about 160 million tons of freight during a year. To perform these services, the company operates 2,686 diesel and electric units, 3,728 passenger cars, 137,800 freight cars, 23,000 miles of main line, branch, and yard tracks, hundreds of stations, shops, piers, and other facilities." Bottom Photo Caption: "One of the many modern Pennsylvania passenger trains operated between New York, Philadelphia, and Washington." Shown here is PRR engine #4868, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during February of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  12/21/1963  Upload Date: 7/19/2020 12:23:45 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4868(GG1)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
PRR 4868 - Pennsylvania RR
Title:  PRR 4868 - Pennsylvania RR
Description:  No location and actual date were listed for this photo.
Photo Date:  4/1/1969  Upload Date: 8/16/2016 3:17:04 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4868(GG1)
Views:  592   Comments: 1
PRR "Modern Locomotives And Cars: 1939," Page 14
Title:  PRR "Modern Locomotives And Cars: 1939," Page 14
Description:  Here is page 14 of a 30-page booklet published by the Pennsylvania Railroad entitled "Modern Locomotives And Cars: 1939." Depicted here is PRR engine #4869, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during December of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  7/1/1939  Upload Date: 7/11/2020 1:13:40 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 4869(GG1)
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Altoona Works Inspection Report, Page 18, 1946
Title:  Altoona Works Inspection Report, Page 18, 1946
Description:  Here is page 18 of a 44-page report entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Altoona Works, 1946." Caption: "Building Class GG1 Streamlined Electric Passenger Locomotives." Depicted at the lower right is PRR engine #4869, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during December of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  10/30/1946  Upload Date: 1/26/2023 5:47:25 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 4869(GG1)
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Altoona Works Inspection Report, Page 18, 1946
Title:  Altoona Works Inspection Report, Page 18, 1946
Description:  Here is page 18 of a 44-page report entitled "The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Altoona Works, 1946." Caption: "Building Class GG1 Streamlined Electric Passenger Locomotives." Depicted at the lower right is PRR engine #4869, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during December of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  10/30/1946  Upload Date: 12/24/2024 11:13:22 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  PRR 4869(GG1)
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"Sunnyside Yard," Page 23, 1948
Title:  "Sunnyside Yard," Page 23, 1948
Description:  Here is page 14 of a 16-page cover story by William L. Rohde entitled "Sunnyside Yard." It was published originally in the May 1948 issue of "Railroad" magazine, page 23. Photo Caption: "Pennsy's mechanical conveyor siphons sand from a hopper up through the tank and directly into Motor 4869." Shown here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #4869, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during December of 1938 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  5/1/1948  Upload Date: 10/15/2017 7:21:24 PM
Location:  Long Island City, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4869(GG1)
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