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Owner: Penn Central
Model:Altoona GG1Built As:PRR 4892 (GG1)
Serial Number:4361Order No:
Frame Number:GE electrical gearBuilt:3/1940
Notes:PC Class GG-1; blt 3/40, AMTK 900
Other locos with this serial:  AMTK 900(GG1) PC 4892(GG1) PC 900(GG1) AMTK 4900(GG1) PRR 4892(GG1)
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PC 4902, GG-1, 1969
Title:  PC 4902, GG-1, 1969
Description:  Byerly. Here is a duplicate 35mm color slide of a photo by Allan Roberts that was taken at Sunnyside Yard in Long Island City, New York, on 4 July 1969. Photo Caption: "Penn Central GG-1's, Sunnyside, L.I., N.Y., 1969." Pictured here are four identifiable Penn Central locomotives, all of which are GG-1 (2-C-C-2) electrics built in Juniata and rated at 4,620 horsepower each. On the left is #4902, built in May of 1940; it's all decked-out for the celebration of "American Railroads 1869-1969." Next over is #4892, built in March of 1940. Then there's #4909, built in December of 1941. And on the right is #4921, built in July of 1942. This photo comes from a color slide set entitled "Electric Railroading ~ Penn Central and Pennsylvania Lines" that's produced and distributed by Blackhawk Films of Davenport, Iowa (868-25).
Photo Date:  7/4/1969  Upload Date: 10/8/2018 12:19:22 PM
Location:  Long Island City, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PC 4902(GG1) PC 4909(GG1) PC 4892(GG1) PC 4921(GG1)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
PC 4892
Title:  PC 4892
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/7/1971  Upload Date: 10/24/2019 12:26:12 PM
Location:  Croxton, NJ
Author:  albert Reinshmidt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PC 4892(GG1)
Views:  228   Comments: 1
PC GG1 4892
Title:  PC GG1 4892
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/30/1972  Upload Date: 12/21/2008 9:39:26 AM
Location:  Metropark, NJ
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PC 4892(GG1)
Views:  719   Comments: 0
"The Enduring GG1," Page 60, 1975
Title:  "The Enduring GG1," Page 60, 1975
Description:  Here is page nine of a ten-page article by Alan B. Chesley & Tony Koester entitled "The Enduring GG1." It was published originally in the December 1975 issue of "Railroad Model Craftsman" magazine, page 60. Cross-sectional drawings by Mr. Chesley are "Full size for O scale: 1/4" = 1'-0"; 1-48"
Photo Date:  12/1/1975  Upload Date: 11/3/2023 11:24:02 PM
Location:  Altoona(Juniata), PA
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PRR 4935(GG1) PRR 4895(GG1) PC 4931(GG1) PC 4892(GG1)
Views:  66   Comments: 0


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