In the early 1980s, GG-1 4877 was repainted in the classic PRR tuscan red gold pinstripe color scheme to commemorate the G's many years of service. She continued to operate regular trains through 1983 and I caught up with her at Rahway early one Spring morning of that year. I only got two photos of 4877 moving; this one - the train is moving onto the main line to New York at Rahway -- and a shot in pastoral surroundings at South Amboy. In retrospect, I wish I had spent more time hunting her down in her last years of revenue service but I'm lucky to have gotten the shots I got of her. 4877 was saved from the scrap heap by dedicated railroad historians but like many wonderful locomotives, she languished for years outdoors and her paint faded. Happily, she is well on the way toward a thorough cosmetic restoration thanks to the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey. Doesn't tuscan red Pennsy parlor car 1734 look great behind this classic electric?
High quality photograph of Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 (electric) # PRR 4833 at South Amboy, New Jersey, USA.
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Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 is a class of streamlined electric locomotives built for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), in the northeastern United States.
PRR B-1 electric switchers at Philadelphia, P.A. during September 1960
(Class L5). Electric locomotive (AC) 1-B-B-1. Built 1924-1928 in PRR Altoona shops in assoc. with Westinghouse (L5paw) unit designations. (Class L5a) was a third rail DC unit to work on the existing PRR third rail electrification in the New York area. Built 1924-1928 in PRR Altoona shops in assoc. with G.E. (L5pdg), Westinghouse (L5pdw) & Brown Boveri (L5pdb) unit designations.
(Class P5). Boxcab Electric Locomotive. Built 1931-1935 by Baldwin-Westinghouse (54), GE (25), and PRR Juniata shops (13). (AAR) 2-C-2, 3750 H.P..
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Reproduced 35mm Slide Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in October 1976 On October 13, 1976 Dad shot this old Pennsylvania RR boxcar in the L&N's Etowah, TN yard. The car has had some rough use, as evidenced by the dents and rust and the mismatched replacement door, but that fact that was still in active duty use - unpatched and unrepainted - 8 years after the PRR disappeared into Penn Central is remarkable.
The Pennsylvania Railroad regarded itself as the "Standard Railroad Of The World" and for several decades was the most powerful in the industry.
