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Owner: Pennsylvania Railroad
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4900 (GG1)
Serial Number:4370Order No:
Frame Number:GE electrical gearBuilt:5/1940
Notes:PRR Class GG-1.
Other locos with this serial:  PC 4900(GG1) AMTK 903(GG1) PC 904(GG1) PRR 4900(GG1)
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"Trains" Magazine, April 1953
Title:  "Trains" Magazine, April 1953
Description:  Here is a photo taken by Mr. Bill Taub. It was published originally in the April 1953 issue of "Trains & Travel" magazine, page 26. Photo Caption: "A jaunt behind a Pennsylvania GG-1 electric is a rare experience in high-density railroading. No. 4900 is accelerating the Boston-bound 'Senator' out of Washington on a journey which leads through the industrialized east." Shown here is PRR engine #4900, a GG-1 (2-C-C-2) built in Juniata during May of 1940 and rated at 4,620 horsepower.
Photo Date:  4/1/1953  Upload Date: 9/2/2019 1:11:55 PM
Location:  Washington Union Station, DC
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4900(GG1)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
PRR 4900, GG-1, 1965
Title:  PRR 4900, 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 during August of 1965. Shown here is PRR engine #4900, a GG-1 built in Juniata during May of 1940. It is pulling into the North Philadelphia Station on Track 3 with a passenger train bound for Harrisburg, Altoona, Pittsburgh, and points West.
Photo Date:  8/15/1965  Upload Date: 11/3/2016 3:05:56 PM
Location:  North Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 4900(GG1)
Views:  381   Comments: 0


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